A group of educational and research institutions is seeking a partner on the deployment of an offshore meteorological wind assessment… (nawindpower) [mappress] Source: nawindpower, November 17, 2010;
NORTH-EAST residents are to be given the chance to express their views on plans for a £150million offshore windfarm near Aberdeen next week. By Rebecca Buchan (pressandjournal) [mappress] Source: pressandjournal, November 17, 2010;
The projector screen in the Providence Biltmore’s 17th-floor ballroom flashed image after image of offshore wind turbines being built. By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, November 17, 2010;
ABB Power Systems UK has become the first engineering company to use cutting-edge Augmented Reality (AR) technology to showcase an example of critical energy infrastructure. Among the first people to try out the new animation were Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and Secretary of State for Energ
The European Wind Energy Association expects the European Commission to estimate Wednesday that the EU needs to spend Eur140 billion ($192 billion) on power infrastructure in the next 10 years, EWEA press officer Peter Sennekamp said Monday. The EC said in its 2020 energy strategy unveiled on Novemb
Last week the 5th edition of the Maritime Awards Gala took place at the Amsterdam Convention Factory in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Over 700 prominent people from the Dutch maritime industry attended. The Maritime Awards Gala was established in 2000 by the Holland Marine Equipment Association and co
MPI Offshore celebrated a further milestone in the construction of the state-of-the-art wind turbine installation vessel MPI Adventure: installation of the 1,000-tonne-capacity main crane. The main crane, which was designed by Gusto MSC of the Netherlands, was constructed in China and transported to
The Grimsby Telegraph is calling on the public to support plans to bring the offshore windfarm industry to the region.That is the call from… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, November 16, 2010;
Liverpool City Region could become the west coast’s major hub in development of the UK’s offshore wind industry, according to a new report… By Angela Johnson (clickliverpool) [mappress] Source: clickliverpool, November 15, 2010;
At the beginning of September, Liebherr delivered the second heavy lift offshore crane type MTC 78000 straight from its manufacturing plant in Rostock. The MTC 78000 is one of the biggest offshore slewing cranes worldwide. With a maximum dynamic torque of 78,000 mT, the MTC 78000 is the most powerfu
Wind power off Rhode Island’s coast will be the subject of a conference intended to draw representatives of industry, government and… (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, November 15, 2010;
SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured
Representatives of companies in the offshore wind industry will be in town this week for a conference sponsored by the state Economic… Alex Kuffner(projo) [mappress] Source: projo, November 15, 2010;
Campaigners on Tiree are up in arms over plans for a huge offshore windfarm which, they say, would cast a shadow over the island and… (pressandjournal) [mappress] Source: pressandjournal, November 15, 2010;