Alstom, which became a player in the onshore wind turbine business in 2007 through its acquisition of Spanish turbine maker Ecotecnia… (powergenworldwide) [mappress] Source: powergenworldwide, June 16, 2011
The University of Washington, working with NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center (NWFSC), recently retrieved a BioSonics DT-X SUB split beam echosounder after a 1-month deployment in northern Admiralty Inlet, WA. The study location is a proposed Snohomish Public Utility District tidal energy dem
BMT Nigel Gee, a subsidiary of the BMT Group, has announced a number of innovative technologies to help improve the experience of personnel travelling to and from offshore windfarms. It is not only the vessel performance that is affected by rough weather; seasickness amongst workers travelling to of
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI) recently announced that it has commenced operation of demonstration facilities for generation of… (shimbun.denki) [mappress] Source: shimbun.denki, June 15, 2011;
The group walked up winding dirt streets, past gray clapboard homes and studios, by an artist painting a roadside scene, to a white trailer… By Matt Wickenheiser (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews, June 14, 2011;
Taiwan launched a 2,700-ton ocean research vessel in the southern port city of Kaohsiung June 13, opening a new chapter in the nation’s … By Kwangyin Liu (taiwantoday) [mappress] Source: taiwantoday, June 13, 2011;
Scientists from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory will test an offshore wind power project — but not here in California. by Steven E.F. Brown (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, June 13, 2011;
The West Michigan Wind Assessment project team at Grand Valley State University has issued a report to address the benefits and concerns … [mappress] Source: mlive, June 08, 2011;
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
For all of the ambitious goals set for the development of offshore wind, it will take years before any of the recent proposals become a … By Don Cuddy (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, June 08, 2011;
Voith Turbo Marine Engineering has developed the Voith Offshore Shuttle for wind parks. Its special feature: the so-called MOTS-system (Momac Offshore Transport System) is installed at the bow. The new system consists of a swivel arm robot, which allows safe transfers of people and goods from vessel
A Danish-Maltese joint venture – Dexa Wave Energy – is starting comprehensive tests in Maltese waters to establish the feasibility for … (timesofmalta) [mappress] Source: timesofmalta, June 06, 2011;
Canadian firm Thin Red Line Aerospace is working on the first test deployment of its energy storage system for use with off-shore wind turbines. The Energy Bag provides power storage as “undersea compressed air energy storage” (CAES) to store compressed air deep underwater, and then release it again
The SETsquared partnership, one of the UK’s most successful university collaborations, has announced the results of its competition to find a… (prlog) [mappress] Source: prlog, June 02, 2011
