LYNN-BASED Chalcroft Construction has sent a team up north as part of a two-year programme to allow a Scottish Power electricity substation… (lynnnews) Source: lynnnews, October 31, 2011
Statoil ASA (STL), Norway’s largest oil and natural gas company, is looking to develop offshore wind in Japan as that nation promotes more r… By Sally Bakewell (bloomberg) Source: bloomberg, October 31, 2011;
A NATIONAL Grid scheme that could see giant electricity pylons constructed along the Waveney Valley has prompted a warning from more than 15… (dissexpress) Source: dissexpress, October 31, 2011
East Anglia Offshore Wind, a 50-50 Joint Venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, today confirmed it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with both International Port Holdings (IPH) of Great Yarmouth Port Company and Associated British Ports (ABP) of Lowestoft. These MoU’s highlight that Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft Ports have the opportunity to play key [...]
The Switch, a leading provider of permanent magnet generator and full-power converter packages, told today that it will continue to pursue its successful business strategy as an independent company following the announcement by its shareholders and power technology company AMSC regarding the termination of the previously announced acquisition agreement. The Switch is well-positioned to continue [...]
Stephen Robertson – Commercial Manager, will be giving a presentation at the Scottish Enterprise Event – Concept to commercialisation – Achieving successful renewable energy development. The event takes place at the Edinburgh Conference Centre on the 10th of November 2011. Stephen will be speaking at 11.45 – 12.00 on Test and demonstration in the [...]
The search is launched today for the brightest and best talent and achievements in the Energy industry over the last year. The prestigious Offshore Achievement Awards, recently re-launched by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Aberdeen section with the support of main sponsor Taqa Bratani, are now open for entries. For the first time in [...]
The associated company WINDEA Offshore GmbH & Co. KG will exhibit at the EWEA Offshore 2011 in Amsterdam on the shared booth of the WAB e.V. in hall 10 at the stand no. 10140. Meet their experts in · offshore wind turbine erection, commissioning and maintenance, · crew transfers (whether ship or helicopter), · supply [...]
MMT Group announces its new ownership of a Kongsberg EM2040D. The EM2040 dual head system has recently been installed on MMT’s survey and ROV vessel IceBeam. This is the first highly developed multibeam echo sounder to combine all of the advanced features of deepwater echo sounders to the near-bottom sounding environment. Such features include: 1. [...]
The misperception that Europe’s wind power industry is a major user of rare earth metals can now be laid to rest. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has now published its “Report on Critical Metals in Strategic Energy Technologies”, clearly showing that the European wind industry is not a significant user of rare earths. [...]
