Representatives from South Carolina and North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy on the south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards regional collaboration fo
Masdar Power, one of the five integrated units of Masdar, and partner in London Array, along with DONG Energy and E.ON, toay announced that the 630MW first phase of London Array – which will be the largest offshore wind farm in the world – is due for completion by the end of 2012. On-site […]
Gamesa, a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, inaugurated its first manufacturing base in Brazil, in the town of Camaçari in north-eastern Bahía. With this, the company has begun to make wind turbines in Brazil, just six months after it announced its decision to
GDF SUEZ has announced it will bid in the tender from the French government for the offshore installation of 3,000 MW of wind turbines by 2015. The Group recently entered a partnership with VINCI and AREVA to design the best business, energy and environmental proposal. This partnership brings togeth
IREC participes in EMERGE, a research project aimed at developing a system for generating offshore wind energy. The project has been allocated a budget of 3,910,275.80 euros It is partly financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and co-financed with ERDF funds as part of the INNPACTO 2010 P
Basque seaport of Mutriku, located between Bilbao and San Sebastian witnessed a historical day in energy generation history. Utility Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant – the first worldwide in commercial operation. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment fo
Economics and not engineering will determine the viability of the tidal energy industry in Nova Scotia, says the chief operating officer … By Bill Power (thechronicleherald) [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 08, 2011;
Siemens and the Australian Lynas Corporation Limited have signed a letter of intent to establish a joint venture for the production of neodymium based rare earth magnets. Siemens requires this kind of magnets for the production of energy-efficient drive applications and wind-turbine generators. Lyna
Project manufacturing specialist MTL Group was delighted to welcome HRH The Duke of Kent to its new 300,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Rotherham. Escorted by the Lord-Lieutenant for South Yorkshire, HRH The Duke of Kent was greeted by MTL Group Managing Director Dr. Henry Shirman and the High
Although a relatively new technology, off shore wind energy is the leader of the three technologies with 2,946 MW currently deployed in Europe, and plans for North America’s first off shore wind farm to be developed during 2012. Th e wave and tidal energy industries are at an earlier stage, lacking
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced the completion of a two-year study into potential ecological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted by sub-sea power transmission cables. The study’s key findings relate to engineering solutions that reduce
The bulk of financing for one of the most costly ever wind farms in the German North Sea has now been secured. A consortium of commercial banks and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed the finance contract for the Global Tech I project in Hamburg . The external borrowing requirement is around E
Wave energy startup AWS Ocean Energy recently tested this novel wave power device on the surface of the famous Loch Ness lake. By Phil McKenna (technologyreview) [mappress] Source: technologyreview, July 07, 2011;
The AMBAU GmbH success story continues. Windreich AG has placed an order with the company for the manufacture of 80 tripods for the MEG Offshore 1 project. This is the largest complete order for offshore foundation structures to be received by AMBAU. Following the order for 80 sets of monopiles and
