North Lincolnshire Council has produced planning guidelines designed to ensure its natural landscape is protected. By Julian Milnes (hvnplus) Source: hvnplus, August 31, 2011
A £6.5 million investment to deliver a new generation of engineering leaders in renewable energy was announced today by the Business Secretary Vince Cable. Leading universities and industry will provide training for up to 50 of the best engineering students as part of a new Industrial Doctorate Centre in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE). Working [...]
FoundOcean, contracted to Volker Staal en Funderingen BV (VSF), has completed the offshore grouting operations for Walney Offshore Wind Farm (OWF) Phase 2 substation installation. The substation jacket is a four-legged steel structure with one pile sleeve per leg. The jacket was secured to the seabed by injecting grout into the annuli between the pile [...]
Seajacks published report on availability of their jack-up vessels. Seajacks is a leading owner and operator of purpose-built self-propelled jack-up vessels. Seajacks currently owns and operates self-propelled jack-up vessels out of Great Yarmouth in the United Kingdom, ‘Seajacks Leviathan’ and ‘Seajacks Kraken’. The vessels facilitate installation and maintenance of offshore wind turbines, as well as [...]
A brand new UK logistics company has been launched specifically designed to meet the needs of the renewable industry sector, combining over 30 years experience. The new company -Blue Water Danbrit Shipping Limited- is based on the Humber. The company combines the well established, UK logistical expertise of Danbrit Shipping Ltd with that of [...]
PLANS for the Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm are to go on display to people in North Devon at a series of public exhibitions starting… By Andy Keeble (northdevongazette) Source: northdevongazette, August 31, 2011
In 2010 wind power accounted 5.3% of the EU’s electricity demand, but this amount varies wildly from country to country across the continent. Denmark, Europe’s wind energy leader, is of course at the top of the table – wind power covers over one quarter of the country’s electricity demand. But the country in second position [...]
Both Republicans and Democrats on Tuesday raised tough questions about Gov. Martin O’Malley’s (D) plan to increase Maryland residents’… By Aaron C. Davis (washingtonpost) Source: washingtonpost, August 31, 2011;
The firm behind a scheme to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant at Sheerness Docks has announced plans to hold a community … (kentonline) Source: kentonline, August 31, 2011
Minister for Energy and Climate Change Charles Hendry was in greater Manchester yesterday to open a newly refurbished manufacturing (menmedia) Source: menmedia, August 31, 2011
