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  • Three Firms Form Joint Venture to Build Structures for Wind Energy Projects off East Coast

    17 May 2011
    Business & Finance

    A Middleboro company working with Cape Wind has formed a multinational joint venture with two other firms to build structures for wind…   By Herald Staff (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, May 17, 2011;

  • Scotland Needs to Take Control of Its Seas, Says Salmond

    17 July 2013
    Authorities

    For Scotland to be able to benefit from harnessing the marine energy off its coast, independence is the answer, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. The key issue lies in the fact that the Crown Estate Commissioners manage Scotland’s seabed out to 12 nautical miles, as well as almost half of its foreshore, while the […]

  • Offshore WIND Conference Heralds New Dawn

    22 October 2018

    The ninth annual Offshore WIND Conference (OWC) is starting today, 22 October, at Amsterdam RAI, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. 

  • Cape Sharp Tidal to Hold Public Meetings

    18 September 2015

    Cape Sharp Tidal will hold four open house meetings over the next few weeks, in preparation for its upcoming turbine deployment. Cape Sharp Tidal, a joint venture between Emera and OpenHydro, plans to install two 2 MW tidal turbines at the FORCE test site and connect them to Nova Scotia’s grid. Those who will be attending the meetings will get […]

  • USA: Six East Coast states governors team up to support Cape wind

    26 April 2010
    Authorities

    Governors of six East Coast states, including Massachusetts’ Deval Patrick, are teaming up to support Cape Wind, the controversial wind farm   [mappress] Source: Boston Herald, April 24, 2010;

  • PAN-Humber Local Enterprise Partnership ‘Win-Win’ for Grimsby-Area (UK)

    30 May 2011

    A PAN-Humber Local Enterprise Partnership, finally agreed yesterday, has been heralded as a ‘win-win’ for the Grimsby-area, paving the way… (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, May 30, 2011

  • UK: Adur and Worthing Councils Worried about Job Creation from Rampion OWF

    10 October 2013
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Adur and Worthing councilors held a meeting of their joint planning committee regarding the Rampion offshore wind farm, at which they expressed their skepticism about the benefits that the development could bring to the area. The councilors believe that of the 1,000 jobs that are said to be created only a small amount of jobs […]

  • Scotland Needs Investment to Stay on Track for Renewable Targets

    22 March 2011
    Authorities

    THE renewables market in Scotland has been plunged into uncertainty as a result of the Government in Westminster considering far-reaching… [mappress] Source: Herald, March 22, 2011  

  • UK: Donald Trump Takes Another Step Against EOWDC

    28 December 2012

    Trump Organisation executive vice president George Sorial has revealed that he had instructed UK lawyers Dundas & Wilson to officially request a public inquiry from Marine Scotland regarding the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) project, according to Herald Scotland. After calling for an inquiry for a year, Donald Trump has made this last move […]

  • Single EU Electricity Market may Result in Higher Costs for Irish Consumers

    27 April 2011

      A single EU electricity market may result in higher costs for Irish consumers, according to the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) in a paper published today. The paper says incentives for wind and wave and tidal generation should be scrapped. The paper, A Review of Irish Energy Policy (the link to the report […]

  • Setting Straight Claims of Cape Wind Opposition (USA)

    4 February 2011
    Business & Finance

    Opponents of Cape Wind, the still-embattled herald of offshore wind in the U.S., have raised an array of unsubstantiated objections, but the… By Herman K. Trabish (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, February 04, 2011

  • ZephIR 300 Heralds New Era for Wind Lidar

    2 November 2010
    Technology

    Natural Power have announced the release of an evolution in lidar technology – ZephIR 300 – which draws upon the 6 years field experience and 450 deployments of the existing ZephIR system which has operated in over 25 countries worldwide. ZephIR 300 represents a validated, traceable and affordable continuous wave (CW) lidar system calibrated to […]

  • Keith Anderson Calls for Fast Clarification of UK Energy Bill Details

    7 January 2013

    Keith Anderson, the Chief Corporate Officer of Iberdrola in the UK and the head of ScottishPower Renewables, has warned that any delays to the Energy Bill will cause a standstill to several projects that are ready to start with the construction, the Herald Scotland news site writes. There are between 10 and 15 power plant […]

  • Sanilac County Officials to Slow Down Offshore Wind Turbines in Lake Huron (USA)

    17 January 2011
    Authorities

    Sanilac County officials are part of an ad hoc group of municipal leaders from across Michigan’s Thumb that is urging the state to go slow… By Amy Biolchini, Times Herald (thetimesherald) [mappress] Source: thetimesherald, January 17, 2011

  • Saltire Prize Unattainable for Scottish Wave, Tidal Energy Developers

    2 March 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Technology

    The GBP 10 million Saltire Prize, created by the Scottish Government to accelerate the commercial development of wave and tidal energy technology, could easily be left without an awardee, since all four companies competing for it are currently far away from meeting the challenge, according to The Herald.  Namely, the Saltire Prize requires the developers to generate […]

  • French Environmental Authority Affirms Bay of Saint-Brieuc Decision

    28 February 2018
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    France’s Environmental Authority has dismissed an appeal against its recent decision that a new environmental assessment study is not needed for the 496MW Bay of Saint-Brieuc offshore wind project following the switch from the Adwen 8MW to the Siemens Gamesa 8MW turbine.

  • Samsung Might Increase Its Presence in Scotland

    1 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Korean engineering giant, Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) after deciding to base its first offshore wind project at Methil in Fife, might increase its presence in Europe if it decides to open a research and development centre in Glasgow, The Herald Scotland informed. Namely, SHI confirmed to Nick Clegg that it was “actively considering” this step, […]

  • USA: Two Massachusetts Business Groups Campaign against Cape Wind

    27 May 2013

      Massachusetts Competitive Partnership (MACP) and the Associated Industries of Massachusetts have promoted an anti-wind campaign in three Massachusetts newspapers on Thursday, writes State House News Service. Namely, those two business groups took full-page color ads in the Boston Globe, the Boston Herald and the Cape Cod Times, displaying words of warning and the phone […]

  • Gamesa Begins Transporting Largest Wind Turbine Blade Ever Built in Spain

    10 April 2013

    Gamesa last night began transporting a 62.5-metre blade destined for a prototype of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in Spain. The blade, manufactured at the Aoiz factory (Navarre) is the longest turbine blade ever produced and transported in Spain and is one of the largest in Europe. The blade travelled overnight from […]

  • USA: Maine Aqua Ventus I Gets Green Light

    15 January 2014
    Authorities, R&D

    The Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) gave an initial consent to Maine Aqua Ventus I offshore wind project yesterday. Voting 2:1, the PUC approved the terms of an agreement between the state and the project’s developers, the Associated Press informs. This will put the project on the path to compete for a USD 47 million […]

  • Maine PUC, UMaine Urged to Make Offshore Wind Proposal Public (USA)

    18 September 2013
    Authorities

    Environment Northeast and the Conservation Law Foundation sent a letter to the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) in which they are urging the authority and the University of Maine (UMaine) to make the Maine offshore wind project’s plan public now and then to decide its advantages by December 31, the Portland Press Herald reports. The […]

  • Environmental Assessment to Be Conducted in Cape Breton, Canada

    7 November 2012
    R&D

    The Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia was commissioned by the Energy Department to perform a strategic environmental assessment in Cape Breton, which will focus on tidal, offshore wind and wave energy. Commercial tidal power projects there can proceed after the assessment is finished, which is expected to be by summer 2013, according to […]

  • NSP Likely to Submerge Tidal Turbine in Early 2013 (Canada)

    12 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    Nova Scotia Power may have a tidal turbine back in the water this year but it’s more likely to be early 2013, says the CEO of parent company Emera.   By Joann Alberstat (thechronicleherald) [mappress] Source: thechronicleherald, January 12, 2012; Image: openhydro

  • EUCC Provides Special Discount for Its Members at Offshore Wind Construction Summit (South Korea)

    7 February 2012

    The European Union Chamber of Commerce is going to provide a special 15% discount offer to its members at the Offshore Wind Construction Summit in Jeju, reports The Korea Herald. The Summit will be held from 15-17 February at ICC Jeju Island, South Korea, and the participants will be provided with a perfect platform to […]

  • UK: Orkney Islands Council Urges Talks About Connection Upgrade Delay

    25 December 2012
    Grid Connection

    Following the announcement that the cable upgrade from Orkney to Caithness will be delayed until 2018, Orkney Islands Council has called for urgent talks with ministers. Besides the problems in securing planning consents and land acquisition, SSE said they are also facing problems in the global supply chain for subsea cables, reports Herald Scotland. Councillor […]

  • NRDC’s Kit Kennedy Opposes Claims against Cape Wind (USA)

    16 October 2012
    Environment

    Clean Energy Counsel at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Kit Kennedy, opposes the claims on Cape Wind’s environmental impact that were made by the Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (APNS). Mr. Kennedy says in a statement on Boston Herald’s news site that the APNS’ claims that its lawsuit aims to protect the environment are […]