Archive for: October, 2011

London Array Kick Starts Kent’s Coastal Week (UK)

London Array kick started this year’s Kent’s Coastal Week, by helping children learn more about renewable energy. The London Array team had a stand in Whitstable Harbour, and with 7,000 visitors over the weekend, the team were kept busy with people wanting to know more about what will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm. [...]

Holland Shipyards to Construct Mobile Offshore Accommodation Module for Jumbo Offshore

Holland Shipyards to Construct Mobile Offshore Accommodation Module for Jumbo Offshore

Today Jumbo Offshore and Holland Shipyards have signed an agreement for the construction and delivery of a mobile offshore accommodation module for 50 persons. This module will be used by Jumbo Offshore when large installation jobs are contracted and the existing on-board accommodation does not suffice in capacity. Having one single accommodation block instead of [...]

Austin to Offer More Renewable Energy (USA)

The City of Austin is within reach of its goal to have 35 percent of its energy come from renewable sources by 2020 after three new wind pow… By Bobby Longoria  (impactnews) Source: impactnews, October 28, 2011

Tidal Energy Awards Construction Legal Advisory Services Contract to JHW Law (UK)

Tidal Energy Limited announces that JHW Law Ltd has been awarded the Construction Legal Advisory Services Contract for the demonstration DeltaStream device. The contractor’s scope of work will consist of providing legal contract support services to TEL during operation of the manufacture and construction contracts. About Tidal Energy: Tidal Energy Ltd is an innovative renewable [...]

Vestas Shares up After Offshore Wind Turbine Order Announcement (Denmark)

  Shares in Denmark’s Vestas , the world’s biggest maker of wind turbines, on Friday rose by 3.7 percent after the company announced it had wo… by Mette Fraende (reuters) Source: reuters, October 28, 2011

WFS, MSSL Present Real-Time Tension Sensor (UK)

WFS Subsea, leading supplier of through-water (and through-ground) wireless technology for communication, navigation and power transfer and Monitor Systems Scotland Ltd today begin promoting the r-tTs (Real-Time Tension Sensor) for wireless load monitoring in the Offshore, Marine and Energy industries. Typically, once an alarm is received to indicate a problem with chains on a production [...]

The Netherlands: Councils Campaign Against Eneco’s Offshore Wind Farm Plans

The Netherlands: Councils Campaign Against Eneco’s Offshore Wind Farm Plans

  The seaside resorts of Zandvoort and Noordwijk are working together to campaign against plans to build a massive wind farm 23 km out to sea… (dutchnews) Source: dutchnews, October 28, 2011;

RusHydro to Work with Two North Korean Companies on Renewables

  Russian hydropower company RusHydro plans to cooperate with South Korean companies Hyundai Heavy Industries​ and Korea Electric Power Corpor… (power-eng) Source: power-eng, October 28, 2011

The Netherlands: Turbine Transfers Joins EWEA Offshore 2011 Event

Turbine Transfers will be exhibiting at this years EWEA Offshore 2011 event in Amsterdam from the 29th to the 31st of November. They are at stand #11120. EWEA Offshore 2011 aims to educate the offshore energy sector on the latest industry best practices, create new business opportunities with global contacts in a flourishing market and [...]

Coalition Wants 20 pct Maine’s Energy Renewable (USA)

Six years before Maine utility companies are required to get at least 10 percent of their power from renewable energy sources, a coalition… By Andrew Neff (bangordailynews) Source: bangordailynews, October 28, 2011


 

 


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