Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has scooped a Green Energy award for an innovative pontoon system designed to support the… (dca-pr) Source: dca-pr, November 29, 2010;
Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Corporation Ltd (XEMC) has recently unveiled the world’s first 5MW permanent magnet direct-drive offshore-specific wind turbine. The achievement was marked by a 21st October ceremony in Xiangtan which was attended by leading officials representing regional and national government including the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and [...]
REpower to deliver 48 turbines of the 6M type for phases 2 and 3 Biggest project financing in the offshore wind industry Installations planned for 2012 and 2013 respectively REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and the Belgian offshore project development company C-Power have signed a contract agreeing the delivery of 48 wind energy turbines of [...]
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $125 million from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid. The transmission link is part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the first phase [...]
A BILLION-POUND windfarm in the sea off Barrow will make its first contribution to poweing up Britain’s Christmas decorations next month. By John Simpson (nwemail) Source: nwemail, November 26, 2010;
SMart Wind, the consortium led by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has submitted a Scoping Report to the Infrastructure Planning Commission (IPC) detailing the proposed approach to the development of the first projects in the 4GW Hornsea Zone. It sets out the proposed content, key issues and methodologies for the Environmental Impact Assessment [...]
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology (002202, 2208.HK) plans to purchase a 85 percent stake in Golden Concord Wind Power (Jiangsu) and a… (capitalvue) Source: capitalvue, November 26, 2010;
C-Power is pleased to announce that it has closed the financing of the second and third phases of the offshore wind farm on the Thornton Bank (located about 30 km in the North Sea off the Belgian coast). A group of 7 commercial lenders: KBC, Rabobank, Société Générale, KfW Ipex-Bank, Commerzbank, Dexia and ASN Bank [...]
FoundOcean, the subsea and offshore grouting specialist for the global energy construction industries, is undergoing a major reorganisation at its UK Offshore Service Base in Livingston as it says farewell to one of the longest serving members of the company, Peter Lauder, as he retires after 27 years of service. FoundOcean, the subsea and offshore [...]
A public meeting will be held next week regarding offshore wind energy in South Carolina, according to a news release. The meeting will be… (thesunnews) Source: thesunnews, November 25, 2010;
