Global wind power capacity has reached a total of 318,137 MW, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) informed in its market statistics released today. Even though this marks an increase of nearly 200,000 MW in the past five years, the annual market dropped by almost 10 GW to 35,467 MW. According to GWEC,
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “HVDC Transmission Market – Forecasts to 2018” report to their offering. The ever increasing demand of energy, with long distance between generation and consumption centers, is poised to change the nature of transmission and distribution. Ironic
TÜV SÜD PMSS will play a key role in reducing uncertainty for ornithological impact assessment in wind farm development. TÜV SÜD PMSS’s Kit Hawkins has been invited by the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) to be a member of the Steering Group for a Natural Environment Research Council (N
Enel Green Power (EGP) and 40SouthEnergy have begun the second phase of testing the R115 wave energy system at sea. The machine, which has been developed by 40SouthEnergy, will leave from the port of Livorno once again, this time completely assembled, to be tested offshore at Punta Righini before re
Western Tidal Holdings Ltd., a tidal power marine energy project developer in British Columbia has announced the execution of an Investigative Use License Agreement signed with the Shishalh Nation in January. In addition to the Shishalh Nation, Western Tidal has worked with and has gained the suppor
On January 7, the United States Patent and Trademark Office granted a patent for the GICON ®-SOF (Floating Offshore Foundation). Thus, the GICON ®-SOF ensured patent protection as an invention in the United States as well. The patent grant certificate entitled “Floating foundation supporting framewo
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) issued an annual report yesterday, highlighting the fact that the installed capacity of wind energy in 2013 decreased compared to the year before. In 2013, the onshore market decreased by 12% in the EU, whilst offshore installations grew by 34%. Overall, t
AXYS Technologies Inc. has announced the appointment of GeoSystem Research Corporation (GeoSR) as its new agent for the Republic of Korea. The agreement includes representation of AXYS’ marine product line and the WindSentinel™ wind resource assessment buoy. GeoSR has been busy, already securing two
A few days ago, Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. The turbine is now operational at the Danish National Test Centre for Large Wind Turbines in Østerild, where it will be c
Oscilla Power, Inc. (OPI) has successfully completed its 2013 open ocean testing, conducted at Isle of Shoals, NH. OPI’s prototype system was deployed in mid-July and recovered in mid-September, 2013. For nine weeks, two of OPI’s “Gen 1” magnetostrictive power generators operated according to plan,
Ecofys performed a Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) study for Navitus Bay Wind Park, which identified the most cost-efficient electrical infrastructure design. This takes the development of the offshore wind farm an important step further. The proposed Navitus Bay Wind Park is a joint venture b
Efforts to lower the cost of offshore wind energy have taken a step forward with the SPARTA (System Performance, Availability and Reliability Trend Analysis) project, which will create a database for sharing anonymised offshore wind farm performance and maintenance data. The project was launched tod
Through its Offshore Wind Accelerator programme (OWA ), the Carbon Trust has awarded DONG Energy GBP 6 million (DKK 54 million) to co-fund full scale demonstration of a new offshore wind turbine foundation called the Suction Bucket Jacket. If the demonstration is successful, it could be implemented
Vestas’ first V164-8.0 MW prototype wind turbine has successfully produced its first kWh of electricity, making it the world’s most powerful turbine in operation. “We have now completed the production, testing, and installation of the V164-8.0 MW as planned, thanks to the team’s intense effort durin
