The University of Maine has narrowed in on the Midcoast as the most likely area for future offshore wind development in a 567-page report… By Gillian Garratt (workingwaterfront) [mappress] Source: workingwaterfront, April 07, 2011
Maine’s energy future may depend on the wind, and a team of college students is helping create it. By Ken Christian (wcsh6) [mappress] Source: wcsh6, April 06, 2011
Officials with Grand Valley State University’s Muskegon-based renewable-energy center say a new partnership with a Spanish counterpart will… By John S. Hausman (mlive) [mappress] Source: mlive, April 06, 2011
Ecorys has been contracted by the European Commission to identify growth opportunities for the European shipbuilding industry and its marine… (ecorys) [mappress] Source: ecorys, April 04, 2011
Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind energy market, is attending the Energy 2011 Hannover trade fair (hall 27, stand M34) to showcase its new wind turbine, the G136-4.5 MW Class III, which is specially designed for low-wind sites. The device strengthens the newest turbine system Gamesa has
Wind farms produced less power than ever last year despite an increase in the number of turbines, new annual energy statistics show. (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, April 04, 2011
The European Union’s High Power, High Reliability Offshore Wind Technology (HiPRWind) project is looking into the development of up to 20 MW… (reinforcedplastics) [mappress] Source: reinforcedplastics, April 04, 2011
The generation of electricity through offshore renewables increased by nearly 75 per cent last year, government figures show. By Mark Stephens (energysavingtrust) [mappress] Source: energysavingtrust, April 04, 2011
SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) is planning to develop Scotland’s first offshore wind turbine testing facility at Clydeport’s Hunterston site in North Ayrshire. The proposed new facility will be an extension of SSE’s Glasgow-based Centre of Engineering Excellence for Renewable Energy (CEERE),
Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion , is initiating a study of what it would take to build a high-voltage underwater … (dom) [mappress] Source: dom, April 01, 2011
San Onofre is known for its beachside nuclear power plant but an Orange County company thinks the ocean itself can make power. (mercurynews) [mappress] Source: mercurynews, March 31, 2011
Principle Power, Inc, of Seattle is using $1.4 million in funding from the Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable… By Mark Higgins (energy) [mappress] Source: energy, March 30, 2011
Energy consultancy Xodus Group has been awarded the contract to deliver an important environmental study for a major tidal project in the… (oilvoice) [mappress] Source: oilvoice, March 30, 2011
An ongoing study of port development in Rhode Island has found that there is potential for 1,000 new jobs from cargo shipping, auto imports… By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, March 28, 2011
