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  • REpower Welcomes DECC’s ROC Banding Announcement (UK)

    1 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a new proposal on how to support large scale renewable electricity under the Renewable Obligation. In response to increasing market pressures, particularly the need to reduce costs and promote cost efficient projects, DECC has altered the amount of Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs) that are […]

  • Global Energy Group Acquires Nigg Yard (UK)

    20 October 2011
    Business & Finance

      The purchase, completed in recent days, marks a major step forward for the group’s ambitious plans to develop the 238-acre site, on the Cromarty Firth in the Scottish Highlands, as a modern, multi-user facility serving a range of energy sectors, including oil and gas and renewables. Global, which has head offices in Inverness and […]

  • Kerala Could Use German Expertise in Offshore Wind (India)

    19 October 2011

    Kerala could make use of German expertise in setting up offshore wind farms along its 700-km long coast, Ingo Karsten, Consul-General… (thehindu) [mappress] Source: thehindu, October 19, 2011

  • Osiris Projects to Attend RenewableUK Event Next Week

    19 October 2011

    Osiris Hydrographic & Geophysical Projects Ltd will be attending the RenewableUK Annual Conference and Exhibition next week. Osiris Hydrographic & Geophysical Projects Ltd (Osiris Projects) are an independent UK based company providing high quality marine survey services to a broad range of clients from the Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, Utilities, Ports, Harbours and Private […]

  • Brighton Residents Give Their Opinion on Rampion Offshore Windfarm (UK)

    17 October 2011

      Residents were asked for their views about a planned windfarm off the East Sussex coast at an open day in Brighton.   (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, October 17, 2011

  • Falck Nutec Announces Safety Training Centre in Billingham (UK)

    14 October 2011
    Training & Education

    AN INDUSTRIAL training company has invested hundreds of thousands of pounds in its Tees Valley centre to ensure the safety of workers in the… By Andy Richardson (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, October 14, 2011

  • Consortium Develops First US Offshore Wind Test Centre

    13 October 2011

      The first North American offshore wind turbine test centre has started development, off the eastern Atlantic shore of the US state of Virginia, by a consortium of Ecofys, Fugro and Real NewEnergy. The project, Poseidon Atlantic, has come about through collaboration between the Commonwealth of Virginia, Northampton County and the Virginia Port Authority with […]

  • Utilities Argue Against Power Purchase from Cape Wind (USA)

    13 October 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    NStar and Northeast Utilities on Wednesday said Massachusetts regulators can’t force them to buy power from the Cape Wind offshore wind farm… By Jay Lindsay  (Associated Press) [mappress] Source: Associated Press, October 13, 2011

  • lawmakers not for Great Lakes Offshore Wind Legislation (USA)

    10 October 2011
    Authorities

    A year ago state energy experts recommended developing offshore wind energy in the Great Lakes, but lawmakers have not passed… (record-eagle) [mappress] Source: record-eagle, October 10, 2011

  • Tidal Power Project Under Way for River Camel (UK)

    6 October 2011

      A PROJECT is under way that could see Wadebridge get tidal energy from the River Camel.   (thisiscornwall) [mappress] Source: thisiscornwall, October 06, 2011

  • SeaRoc to Speak at Offshore Wind Technology Conference (UK)

    30 September 2011

      Marine engineering company SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, will be speaking on the second day of the Offshore Wind Technology conference, hosted by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The session, entitled, “Building the next generation of wind farms”, will be taking place on Tuesday 13 December in the Lakeside Centre […]

  • Penn State Gets USD 1.2m to Develop Cyber Wind Facility (USA)

    30 September 2011
    R&D

      Penn State has been awarded $1.2 million from the Department of Energy for a project on offshore wind power. The project’s goal is to develop a computational Cyber Wind Facility (CWF) that will provide wind energy researchers the capability to collect data that cannot be gathered from a field wind turbine facility, which has […]

  • Report Predicts 20MW Wind Turbines in Next 10-15 Years (UK)

    29 September 2011

      As the offshore wind sector grows so will the size of the turbines used to power its energy into electricity?   By Scott Macdonald (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, September 29, 2011

  • Dynamic Shetland to Attract Interest in Islands Renewables (UK)

    28 September 2011

    Shetland is to host its own renewable energy show in Lerwick in November to attract interest in the islands from wind, wave and tidal power…   by John Robertson (shetlandtimes) [mappress] Source: shetlandtimes, September 28, 2011

  • More than 200 Delegates Visit Renewing the Humber Conference (UK)

    27 September 2011

    MORE than 200 delegates attended Renewing The Humber, a conference held to promote opportunities in the offshore wind… (thisisscunthorpe) [mappress] Source: thisisscunthorpe, September 27, 2011

  • CWE Manufactures and Delivers CETO 4 to Reunion Island (France)

    26 September 2011

    Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited advises that its next generation commercial scale CETO unit (CETO 4) has been manufactured and delivered to its deployment location on Reunion Island by French marine defence contractor DCNS. The unit will now undergo pre-deployment testing similar to the CETO 3 pre-deployment testing undertaken by Carnegie at its […]

  • Wind Farm Offshore Rockaways Possible if Gov. Cuomo Acts Fast (USA)

    23 September 2011
    Authorities

      Clean power could come to New York City in the form of a wind farm off the coast of the Rockaways – if the governor acts fast.   By Clare Trapasso (nydailynews) [mappress] Source: nydailynews, September 23, 2011

  • Nordic Yards Brings BorWin Platform to Dock (Germany)

    15 September 2011
    Grid Connection

      Today, Nordic Yards, manufacturer of technologically sophisticated and innovative special ships and maritime structures, brought BorWin beta to dock. It is the first self-erecting offshore transformer platform to be built in Germany. The power converter, which will contain accommodation units in addition to the technical equipment for transforming and transmitting the energy generated by […]

  • Hovercrafts could Reduce Offshore Wind Energy Costs (UK)

    14 September 2011

    Floating hotels and sea-going hovercraft capable of safely ferrying maintenance teams to the UK’s next generation of offshore wind farms… By James Murray (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, September 14, 2011

  • Evidence Uncovered that Government Policy is Stalling Offshore Wind Development in UK

    12 September 2011

      As part of a detailed investigation into power cable installation in the offshore wind industry, technology and consultancy company Enventi have uncovered evidence which they believe shows that current UK Government policy is stalling offshore wind development. The findings arise from analysis carried out into supply contracts awarded to submarine power cable manufacturers which […]

  • With Collaboration to Renewable Success, Says Legal Expert (UK)

    17 January 2012

      COLLABORATION between companies will be vital if the Humber is going to harness its renewable energy ambitions, according to a leading solicitor working in the industry. Andrew Oliver, head of renewables at Andrew Jackson, which has offices in Hull and Grimsby, said new partnerships were crucial for success in the emerging green energy sector. […]

  • GDF SUEZ Reaches 1GW of Installed Wind Energy (France)

    5 January 2012

    Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman and CEO of GDF SUEZ, and Yves de Gaulle, Chairman and CEO of Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR) and member of the GDF SUEZ Executive Committee, inaugurated the CNR wind farm at Guerville, in the French Seine-Maritime department. With the commissioning of this 12 MW facility, GDF SUEZ passes the 1,000 MW […]

  • Cape Wind President Comments Recent Cape Wind Development (USA)

    3 January 2012

    Jim Gordon explained how the SJC decision to uphold the approval of the Cape Wind contract with National Grid helps propel the project forward. „I think big wind means that there is huge offshore wind resource right off the coast of Massachusetts that we can tap for greater energy independence, more stable electric costs, new […]

  • Swedis Government Sets Goals to Increase Wind Power by 2020

    28 December 2011
    Authorities

    Swedish energy authorities say the wind power industry in this Nordic nation has “wind in its sails,” with a 40 percent boost in the past…   (alaskadispatch) [mappress] Source: alaskadispatch, December 28, 2011

  • Renewables Awards 2012 to Showcase Humber Potential (UK)

    23 December 2011

    A HULL-based company that has grown to be one of the city’s business success stories is backing an awards event recognising the area’s newest industrial sector. The Insurance Partnership is sponsoring a category in the Humber Renewables Awards 2012. It is the first time such accolades have been staged locally and the event will celebrate […]

  • UK: Ofgem Seeks Contractor for Offshore Transmission Assets

    12 November 2012
    Grid Connection

    Building on an already established regime for the awarding of offshore transmission licences in which over £2 billion of assets have been tendered for, Ofgem is now running a further tender competition for the transmission assets that connect the West of Duddon Sands wind farm to the onshore grid. The transmission assets are being constructed […]