Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected for the development of a number of testing facilities for the rapidly expanding global wind industry. The state of the art facilities are under development by customers worldwide. In the UK Converteam has been contracted
Xiamen will seek the use of marine renewable energy, and promote the construction of Maluan Bay tidal power project and Xiamen Bay wave… (whatsonxiamen) [mappress] Source: whatsonxiamen, September 01, 2011
With the wind industry moving toward larger wind turbine platforms in the future, GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company, today announced it has begun work on the first phase of a 2-year, $3 million project from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a n
Using kites and balloons to tap the strong, consistent winds more than two kilometres in the air could avoid many of the pitfalls of … (environmental-finance) [mappress] Source: environmental-finance, August 30, 2011
New mobile radar systems, each costing about £20 million, are being purchased from a US defence contractor to ensure Britain’s early … By Robert Mendick (telegraph) [mappress] Source: telegraph, August 28, 2011
The canteen and the reception area were full of guests when DONG Energy’s new premises centrally located at the port of Esbjerg were officially inaugurated on Thursday 25 August. Flemming Horn Nielsen, newly appointed country manager of E&P Denmark in the business unit Exploration & Production which
Plans to develop an ocean-based renewable energy industry in Massachusetts took some positive steps forward last month with the… By Beth Perdue (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, August 28, 2011
A coalition of 24 governors from both major parties and each region of the country has asked the administration to take a series of steps to provide a more favorable business climate for the development of wind energy, starting with a seven-year extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC) and the I
Some 60 people attended a public presentation by one of the top names from the Friends of the Earth (FoE). (iomtoday) [mappress] Source: iomtoday, August 25, 2011;
The world’s demand for safe and clean energy continues to grow, with renewable sources playing an every greater role. Wind power generation, having expanding offshore, is now not only looking out but up. International renewable energy consultancy, GL Garrad Hassan, has issued the first market report
A draft Offshore Renewable Energy Strategic Action Plan from DETI has proposed targets of 600MW from offshore wind and 300MW from tidal… (energyireland) [mappress] Source: energyireland, August 25, 2011
The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on… By:Jacques Buhart & Nicolas Lafont (natlawreview) [mappress] Source: natlawreview, August 25, 2011
U.S. officials recently announced that they are conducting a study on regulating worker safety in the offshore renewable energy industry – an important move that could protect the lives of thousands of offshore employees on the Gulf Coast, Texas maritime attorneys Kurt Arnold and Jason Itkin of Arno
UK and Germany now share a common goal: to rapidly accelerate the development and deployment of offshore wind energy to help their … (sciencebusiness) [mappress] Source: sciencebusiness, August 24, 2011
