Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Vince Cable visited the National and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Blyth last… (newspostleader) [mappress] Source: newspostleader, August 16, 2010;
The Swire Blue Ocean vessel design is an advanced specification focusing on safety, efficiency and reliability. The vessel offers a significantly improved operating weather window, crane capability of 1200T, DP2 station keeping, a transit speed in excess of 13 knots, single cabin accommodation for 1
New offshore wind turbines total 333 MW, well over half the 577 MW installed offshore last year, continuing growth in offshore wind power… by KRemington (windpowerengineering) [mappress] Source: windpowerengineering, August 12, 2010;
Grout injected during the erection of offshore wind farms is breaking up, leading to concerns over their structural integrity, according to… By Brian Tinham (plantengineer) [mappress] Source: plantengineer, August 12, 2010;
Austal, the world’s largest aluminium shipbuilder, has confirmed its participation in the forthcoming Ausmarine 2010 exhibition, to be held in Perth between November 23 and 25.
Join 3,000+ people at RenewableUK’s 32nd annual 3-day conference and exhibition, 2-4 Nov 2010 in Glasgow, UK. The event features more than… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, August 10, 2010;
Hopes are running high that windfarm projects could rejuvenate a Moray harbour. The harbour at Buckie would be “well placed” to maintain and… By Donna Macallister (pressandjournal) [mappress] Source: pressandjournal, August 06, 2010;
Balfour Beatty, the international infrastructure group, announces today that it has been appointed preferred bidder for the transmission assets of the Thanet offshore wind farm project, located off the most eastern part of Kent, as part of the Offshore Transmission Owners (“OFTO”) regulatory regime.
Major government commissions for both onshore and offshore projects across Europe have given a clear indication that the wind industry can… (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, August 04, 2010;
America’s first-of-its-kind wind blade testing facility — capable of testing a blade as long as a football field — almost never was.Because… (energyempowers) [mappress] Source: energyempowers, July 26, 2010;
Denmark-based offshore wind turbine installation specialist A2Sea has contracted Chinese company COSCO Shipyard Group for the construction… [mappress] Source: khl, July 20, 2010;
Proserv Offshore, a global provider of subsea maintenance, abandonment and decommissioning solutions and services to the offshore energy… [mappress] Source: marinelink, July 16, 2010;
The final draft of a revised training standard for working at height and rescue within both onshore and offshore wind turbines has been published by RenewableUK, after closing for consultation.
THE first of 102 new wind turbines which will change the view from Walney as they tower 450ft above the waves has been installed.A second… [mappress] Source: nwemail, July 15, 2010;
