The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) opened its Africa High-level Consultative Forum, one of the year’s largest summits of African energy ministers and experts and the only to concentrate exclusively on renewable energy. Building on the endorsement of IRENA’s 148 member countries for an
An East Anglia consortium is bidding to host one of the Government’s new Technology Innovation Centres for renewable energy… (businessweekly) [mappress] Source: businessweekly, July 11, 2011;
Representatives from South Carolina and North Carolina met in Charlotte in June to discuss opportunities for collaborating to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy on the south Atlantic seaboard. The meeting is being heralded as a significant first step towards regional collaboration fo
Gamesa, a world leader in the design, manufacture and maintenance of wind turbines, inaugurated its first manufacturing base in Brazil, in the town of Camaçari in north-eastern Bahía. With this, the company has begun to make wind turbines in Brazil, just six months after it announced its decision to
GDF SUEZ has announced it will bid in the tender from the French government for the offshore installation of 3,000 MW of wind turbines by 2015. The Group recently entered a partnership with VINCI and AREVA to design the best business, energy and environmental proposal. This partnership brings togeth
IREC participes in EMERGE, a research project aimed at developing a system for generating offshore wind energy. The project has been allocated a budget of 3,910,275.80 euros It is partly financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation and co-financed with ERDF funds as part of the INNPACTO 2010 P
Basque seaport of Mutriku, located between Bilbao and San Sebastian witnessed a historical day in energy generation history. Utility Ente Vasco de la Energía (EVE) officially inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant – the first worldwide in commercial operation. Voith Hydro supplied the equipment fo
Wave Hub has been named Sustainable Project of the Year in the businessGreen Leaders Awards 2011. By Nick Eyriey (businesscornwall) [mappress] Source: businesscornwall, July 08, 2011;
Economics and not engineering will determine the viability of the tidal energy industry in Nova Scotia, says the chief operating officer … By Bill Power (thechronicleherald) [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, July 08, 2011;
Although a relatively new technology, off shore wind energy is the leader of the three technologies with 2,946 MW currently deployed in Europe, and plans for North America’s first off shore wind farm to be developed during 2012. Th e wave and tidal energy industries are at an earlier stage, lacking
NaiKun Wind Energy Group Inc. announces that on July 5, 2011 a total of 830,000 incentive stock options and 1,660,000 warrants have been granted to certain directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Company pursuant to the Company’s Stock Option Plan and the Company’s Amended and Restated
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced the completion of a two-year study into potential ecological effects of electromagnetic fields (EMF) emitted by sub-sea power transmission cables. The study’s key findings relate to engineering solutions that reduce
Georgia’s wind resource is vast; however, no large-scale wind farms have been built onshore or offshore of the Peach State. Nearly 2,000 megawatts (MW) of onshore wind resource exists in Georgia, and another 60,000 MW resides offshore. A single megawatt of wind capacity can generate enough electrici
Wave energy startup AWS Ocean Energy recently tested this novel wave power device on the surface of the famous Loch Ness lake. By Phil McKenna (technologyreview) [mappress] Source: technologyreview, July 07, 2011;
