Fermin Catalán, Chief Engineer for the Gamesa’s new G11X offshore turbine, a 5-MW platform, has been named the wind innovator 2012, Windpower Engineering news portal reports. “My first experience with renewable energy came from my brothers who built a parabolic solar collector for fun,” says Mr Catalán. Mr Catalan explained that he spent most of [...]
An underwater turbine that is set to be used in Scotland’s first and only consented tidal power project has successfully completed an initial testing period in Orkney, and is providing electricity for homes and businesses on the island of Eday, one of Orkney’s northern isles. The 1MW power generator was installed last December, in some [...]
The companies from the renewable energy industry, which are to attend Seawork International commercial marine showcase and conference on May 22 – 24, are seeking talented students to join the industry, the Daily Echo reports. Renewable energy is predicted to have a fourfold increase in number of jobs in the next eight years, thus the [...]
A WIRRAL based environmental consultancy is to manage marine-life protection measures at one of the biggest wind farms currently in construction in Europe, after securing a £multi-million contract with Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm Limited. CMACS Ltd will deliver a robust monitoring programme throughout the wind farm’s construction, ensuring the safety of marine mammals, [...]
Incat Crowther announce the launch of ASP Tyne and ASP Thames, two 18 metre Catamaran Wind Farm Service Craft. ASP Tyne and ASP Thames were constructed by Topaz Marine at their Abu Dhabi yard in the UAE, and will be delivered to ASP Holdings in the UK. ASP Tyne and ASP Thames are the latest [...]
Simon Gray, currently chief executive of Wells Community Hospital, is to be the new ‘face’ of EEEGR, the East of England Energy Group. Mr Gray takes over as chief executive from EEEGR founder John Best who stepped down earlier this year. A former chief executive of the East Anglian Air Ambulance and having held senior [...]
The latest Renewing the Humber conference offered insights to companies in the area, which are searching to identify the Humber opportunities, This is Grimsby news portal reported. Grimsby is already serving the growing needs of the O&M part, with manufacturing, assembly and installation logistics considerations for the larger later round projects, and Able’s Marine Energy [...]
Colpitts World Travel announces its newly formed Renewable Energy travel support team, operating from their UK and European Headquarters in Edinburgh. The team is able to draw on over 30 years of experience from the Oil and Gas division in Aberdeen, utilising a number of transferable skills as well as offering concessionary airfares that many sectors [...]
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond while speaking on Monday in Norway, referred to progress made on NorthConnect, according to the UPI news portal. The NorthConnect is a planned venture to join the British and Scandinavian electricity grids by laying a subsea cable that would act as a two-way traffic route in renewable power, exchanging Scotland’s wind [...]
The National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations (NFFO) and the Crown Estate recently hosted a meeting for representatives of fishing organisations from France, Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Denmark, the FishUpdate news portal reports. The European fishing organisations were acquainted with the mapping project that the NFFO is working on in collaboration with the Crown Estate, which is [...]
