STX announces that it has commissioned the first offshore direct drive wind turbine and has completed a successful test run on Monday August 1st. STX’s first offshore direct drive wind turbine was installed under the project called ‘The demonstrative offshore windpark of Jeju island’. It sets a star
Earlier this month, Blackstone, leading investment and advisory firm, announced the financial closing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. The Meerwind project was made possible by the German regulatory framework for offshore wind, which is on
Deepwater Wind hailed the announcement by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse, and Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee that the federal leasing and permitting process for a utility-scale offshore wind farm in Rhode Island Sound is moving forwar
A public meeting to present and discuss the draft of a Wind Energy Plan for Dukes County will be held on Wednesday, August 24, Martha’s… (marthasvineyard) [mappress] Source: marthasvineyard, August 24, 2011
With SBM Offshore’s strong marine and offshore experience and skills base, the Group is well-suited to answer the expanding supply/… (Market Publishers) [mappress] Source: Market Publishers, August 24, 2011
DexaWave Energy Malta has succesfully launched a 1:10 scale model of its wave energy converters off Zonqor Point in Marsascala. This model is a scale down of the 60 metre converters that the company plans to deploy off Gozo to convert wave power into electical energy. Together with its high tech wav
NOF Energy, the business support organisation for Teesside’s oil, gas, nuclear and renewables, is leading a mission to explore… by Mike Hughes (nebusiness) [mappress] Source: nebusiness, August 23, 2011
Development of the new Nordex N150/6000 offshore turbine is progressing according to plan. Nordex has now assigned technology service provider TÜV Nord to certify the turbine type. This certification is required before the wind power system can be operated on the high seas. In addition, it serves as
BMT Asia Pacific and BMT Nigel Gee, subsidiaries of BMT Group, the leading international design, engineering and risk management consultancy announced today completion of a major project supporting the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind ambitions. Commissioned by Taiwanese Government agencies, an
A group of Taiwanese experts visited Germany from Aug. 14-19 on a government-sponsored trip to learn about offshore wind energy and build… By Lilian Lin and Jamie Wang (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, August 22, 2011
The global warming in recent years showed the major need for green renewable energy. The heavy heat waves, floods, melting icebergs and the many natural disasters that struck all the continents have created a situation that does not allow us continue to produce energy in ways that pollutes the globe
GCube, the leading provider of insurance services for renewable energy initiatives, has increased its underwriting capacity to $680 million for wind energy and solar projects worldwide. Despite a contracting insurance market, the additional capacity was raised separately from existing Lloyd’s underw
The first transition piece for Walney 2 was placed on 16 April. Less than four months later, all 51 transition pieces have been installed. On the night of 5 to 6 August, the last TP was installed, and Goliath has now demobilised and left the site. 43 turbines installed in Walney 2 and 19 array [&hel
A North-Sea wind farm contributes to increased biodiversity and has hardly any negative effects on fauna, according to a Dutch research report. For two years a research team studied benthic organisms (life at the sea bed), fish, birds and marine mammals at the OWEZ offshore wind farm near Egmond aan
