Subsea service specialist Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has secured the former AEI Cables site in Kent from landowners South East… [mappress] Source: oilpubs, July 12, 2010;
Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables, the developers of the East Anglia offshore windfarm zone, have appointed ERM as lead environmental consultant to assist in the development of the first project in the zone. The 7.2GW development will be built in several phases with, the proposed first site, c
The supply chain in the UK is struggling to gain access to the offshore wind market, one expert has suggested. [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, July 05, 2010;
Siemens will become shareholder (49 percent) in A2SEA A/S, a supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. The Danish energy company, DONG Energy, will continue to be the main shareholder of the company. A2SEA in Fredericia, Denmark, employs about 200 people. Siemens
Germany’s first offshore wind park was dealt a blow with the failure of two turbines due to inferior materials. [mappress] Source: spiegel, June 23, 2010;
Work on the new outer Harbour has been completed at Buxton’s Bight at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk. The project undertaken by Walcon Marine… [mappress] Source: bymnews, June 22, 2010;
Quietly, the U.K. has emerged as one of the world’s more promising offshore wind markets in harnessing the strong, steady power of ocean… Peter Alpern (industryweek) [mappress] Source: industryweek, June 21, 2010;
Raymarine’s premier navigation system, the G Series, has been chosen for installation on a 20 metre Alicat workboat, to be used as a support… [mappress] Source: bymnews, June 18, 2010;
Nearly 500 people braved the weather to experience Vattenfall’s Lillgrund Offshore Wind Farm from close-by on one of the twelve trips… Stina Kindberg Piironen (ewea) [mappress] Source: ewea, June 15, 2010;
The systems installed at the Thornton Bank wind farm achieve outstanding levels of power output and technical availability. REpower turbines at the alpha ventus test site reach positive performance levels as well Almost one year after final commissioning of the Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium, RE
Today, Danish energy company DONG Energy inaugurates its latest British offshore wind farm, Gunfleet Sands. The wind farm, located in the Thames Estuary off the Essex coast, will supply green power corresponding to the annual power consumption of some 125,000 British households. Thus, Gunfleet Sands
Chinese companies assembling parts of wind turbines and solar panels will use Ostend as a hub for dispatching their products. It is hoped… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, June 14, 2010;
Operation and maintenance (O&M) costs account for a significant portion of the overall costs of all wind farm projects, but it will take a… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, June 08, 2010;
After a long debate, the Environment Minister Karen Ellemann has announced that is has now been decided that the test center with 250 meter high wind turbines is to be located in Østerild in Thy. The purpose of the new test center is to test the future’s offshore wind turbines with a height of up [&
