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  • Engineering Students Choose ACCIONA as Fifth Best Spanish Employer

    24 July 2012

    Engineering students have chosen ACCIONA  as the fifth best company to work for in Spain, according to a report made by a firm of consultants, Universum.  More than 6,206 engineering and IT students from 32 Spanish universities took part in the study, which was carried out from November 2011 to April 2012. The results of the […]

  • EWEA: EU Must Amp Up Work on Post-2020 Renewable Energy Plans

    27 November 2015
    Authorities, Environment, R&D

    EU member states must show more political will in their plans for renewable energy after 2020, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The latest conclusions by the Energy Council – a meeting of the EU’s 28 energy ministers and the European Commission – recommend that member states set out post-2020 plans for climate […]

  • Floating LiDAR Deployed in Utsira Nord Area to Support Norwegian Offshore Wind Development

    4 July 2023
    Business development, Research & Development

    TGS has announced the deployment of the “first-ever” LiDAR buoy measurement campaign to support Norwegian offshore wind development. This represents the first industry-led investment and installation toward making large-scale Norwegian offshore wind a reality, said TGS. The buoy has been deployed in the Utsira Nord zone. Throughout the 12-month campaign, it will conduct wind, metocean, […]

  • Wärtsilä to Power Technologically Advanced UK Research Ressel

    13 December 2010
    R&D

    Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has been awarded the contract to supply the propulsion equipment for a new, state-of-the-art, research vessel. The vessel will be operated by the UK’s Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), and is to be built at the C.N.P. Freire S.A. shipyard in Spain. The NERC is the UK’s main […]

  • NStar-Northeast Utilities Merge Seek Shareholders Approval (USA)

    4 January 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Shareholders of NStar (NYSE:NST) will be asked to approve the proposed merger with Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) at a special meeting March…   (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, January 04, 2011

  • Angela Merkel Announces 7 Billion Dollars in Soft Loans to Kick-Start Investment in Renewable Energy (Germany)

    3 May 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Germany is offering 5 billion euros (7 billion dollars) in soft loans to kick-start investment in renewable energy, Chancellor Angela Merkel… (monstersandcritics) [mappress] Source: monstersandcritics, May 03, 2011;

  • Maryland House Committee May Soon Vote on Offshore Wind Bill (USA)

    6 April 2011

    A Maryland House committee could vote soon on a measure aimed at developing offshore wind turbines.   (greenwichtime) [mappress] Source: greenwichtime, April 06, 2011

  • US East Coast Wind & Metocean Survey Completed Ahead of Central Atlantic Lease Sale

    24 July 2024
    Business development, Research & Development

    TGS has completed a wind and metocean data collection project along the US East Coast, which the company describes as the largest in the region. The campaign involved deploying and simultaneously operating five offshore LiDAR buoys covering nearly 600 kilometres from Massachusetts to the Virginia/North Carolina border. Data were collected from July 2022 through July […]

  • HBM Makes Case for Fiber Optical Foundation Monitoring Technology

    19 January 2018
    Technology

    HBM, a supplier of foundation monitoring systems including both resistive and fiber-optical strain gauges, has weighed the technical advantages and costs of both technologies, ultimately advocating the use of fiber-optical strain gauges on offshore wind foundations. 

  • Offshore Wind Power Enjoys Energetic Public Support in Maryland (USA)

    13 January 2012
    Business & Finance

    If measured by the turnout at the rally at the Annapolis state house on Wednesday, of all the issues confronting the Maryland General…     By Keith Harrington (huffingtonpost) [mappress] Source: huffingtonpost, January 13, 2012

  • AXYS Appoints New President and CEO

    12 February 2014

    AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) has named Terry Tarle as the new President and CEO. “This decision follows an extensive search for the right candidate who will not only fit the AXYS culture, but will also have the ability to lead the growth of the company to meet our strategic objectives,” said Dave Thomas, board member […]

  • GE to Combine Onshore and Offshore Activities

    17 March 2015
    Business & Finance

    The USA energy giant, GE, will combine its onshore wind activities into the renewable energy joint venture with Alstom.  “It has been decided to combine the assets of GE and Alstom in the renewable energy sector into a single group, reporting directly to [GE] CEO Jeff Immelt,” said Mark Hutchinson, in charge of the merger. […]

  • USA: MREC Cooperates with NREL on Offshore Renewables R&D

    29 August 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The New England Marine Renewable Energy Center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (MREC) announced that it has signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The three-year agreement creates a partnership to advance research and development of renewable energy captured from ocean waves, tidal […]

  • Deepwater wind buoy being built at Quonset (USA)

    17 October 2010
    R&D

    Deepwater Wind is assembling a state-of-the-art “wind measuring” buoy at Quonset Point that will be the first of its kind in the United…   By Alex Kuffner (projo) [mappress] Source: projo, October 18, 2010;

  • Sen. Christie Signs Wind Power Bill in NJ (USA)

    20 August 2010
    Authorities

    New Jersey has taken a big step in the creation of “green” jobs with the approval of a measure that promotes the creation of offshore wind…   (kyw) [mappress] Source: kyw, August 20, 2010;

  • MHI Vestas 8MW Turbines House SPM’s Condition Monitoring System

    15 September 2017
    Operations & Maintenance, Technology

    MHI Vestas had installed SPM Instrument’s Intellinova Parallel MB condition monitoring system on the 8MW wind turbines, 32 of which were erected at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, according to SPM’s article from 11 September.

  • Ecofys WTTS Performs Floating LiDAR Uncertainty Assessment

    12 September 2016
    R&D

    Ecofys WTTS has performed the first ever full uncertainty assessment of a floating LiDAR to support the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO.nl) in their preparations of the next round of Dutch offshore tenders. The aim of the study was to quantify the certainty with which the wind data, currently measured at the offshore wind farm zones Hollandse […]

  • TenneT Opts For LIOS Export Cable Monitoring Kit

    22 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Technology

    Germany-based Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT has awarded LIOS Technology with a contract for the supply of a Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) unit for an export cable of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The LIOS EN.SURE DTS will allow a real time fibre optic temperature monitoring of a 50km 155kV export cable, […]

  • Siemens Gets EC Clearance for Veja Mate Buy

    4 February 2019
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Wind Farm Update

    The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of sole control over Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH by Siemens Project Ventures GmbH, part of the Siemens group. Veja Mate Offshore Project GmbH operates the 402MW Veja Mate offshore wind farm in the German North Sea and is currently owned and controlled by […]

  • German Chancellor Gets Insight into ABB’s Hybrid HVDC Breaker

    11 April 2014
    Authorities, Grid Connection, Technology

    On her visit to Germany’s Hannover Messe 2014, Chancellor Angela Merkel got a glimpse of ABB’s new hybrid HVDC (high-voltage direct current) circuit breaker, a critical technology in enabling the transition to renewable energy. “Let’s get started with building the new power grid!” Merkel told ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer, who was briefing her on how […]

  • UMaine’s DeepCLiDAR Ready for the Market

    26 October 2016
    R&D, Technology, Training & Education

    DeepCLiDAR, a floating light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system developed by the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center, has completed a new deployment performance test 12 miles off the Maine coast in 65 meters of water. AWS Truepower validated DeepCLiDAR’s data recovery and measurement accuracy against Carbon Trust’s industry-standard performance criteria. With the third-party […]

  • DNV GL Verifies Nacelle-Mounted ZephIR LiDAR

    25 July 2017
    Technology

    ZephIR’s nacelle-mounted LiDAR has been verified by DNV GL after an independent performance verification of the LiDAR has been undertaken by DNV GL on the test site in Janneby, Germany, which demonstrates the product is compliant with best-practice guidelines developed in the EUDP UniTTe programmes.

  • Safety Alert Issued on Butendiek OWF Accident

    8 September 2014
    Wind Farm Update

    A serious accident occurred in the night of Sunday 6 July 2014 at the German offshore wind farm Butendiek. The victim, a Danish employee hired by Ballast Nedam, was admitted to the hospital in critical condition.  Due to the seriousness of his injuries, he spent 6 weeks in hospital. He will need further surgery and […]

  • EOLOS and ZephIR Extend LiDAR Partnership

    24 May 2018
    Contracts & Tenders, Technology

    EOLOS has signed further agreements with sole supplier ZephIR Lidar extending order coverage of the ZephIR 300M wind LiDARs used within the EOLOS FLS200.

  • AXYS Pre-Commissions WindSentinel for U.S. Navy Project

    29 May 2014
    Authorities, R&D, Technology

    AXYS Technologies Inc has completed pre-commissioning of a WindSentinel platform for the United States Navy project to validate an offshore floating LiDAR wind resource assessment system. AXYS teamed up with Sound & Sea Technology (SST) as well as DNV GL to secure the US Navy contract and supply the system. The LiDAR underwent an initial […]

  • RWE Starts Power Performance Testing on Galloper OWF Turbines

    12 July 2021
    Wind Farm Update

    RWE has started Power Performance Testing of the wind turbines at the Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK, using the nacelle based LiDAR ZX TM from ZX Lidars. Galloper, which was officially inaugurated in September 2018, comprises 56 Siemens Gamesa 6.3 MW turbines, installed at the wind farm site located some 30 kilometres off the coast of […]