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  • USA: Meeting at Hamburg for Lake Erie

    6 May 2010
    Authorities, Environment

    New York Power Authority representatives Sharon Laudisi and Lou Paonessa will present information on offshore wind generation, while Tom… [mappress] Source: metrowny, May 05, 2010;

  • Norway: Experimenting with floating offshore wind turbines

    2 May 2010
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    Ten kilometres off the southwest coast of Norway, the 80-metre blades of a turbine spin in the North Sea wind. It’s not an unusually large… [mappress] Source: cbc, May 02, 2010;

  • USA: Sen. Brown announces $750,000 for University of Toledo

    29 April 2010
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology

    WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today announced that the University of Toledo will receive $750,000 in funds from the U.S….   [mappress] Source: abclocal, April 28, 2010;

  • GWEC reports on Wind Power in China

    26 April 2010
    Authorities, Environment, R&D, Technology

    China (excluding Taiwan) was the world’s largest wind energy market in 2009, more than doubling its wind farm capacity from 12.2 GW in 2008…   [mappress] Source: evwind, April 26, 2010;

  • Visit to KEMA: Discussing the future energy system

    20 April 2010
    R&D

    April 20 – His Royal Highness Prince of Orange paid a working visit to KEMA this afternoon, Tuesday April 20. During the visit, the Prince was informed about efficient and distributed power generation, in which smart grids play an prominent role.

  • UK Hosts Third Clean Energy Ministerial

    25 April 2012

    The UK is hosting the third Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM3) at Lancaster House in London on 25-26 April 2012. CEM3 is an international conference aimed at accelerating the transition to clean energy technologies. Ministers from 23 leading economies will gather to discuss and guide progress made by the 11 clean energy initiatives and  explore ways […]

  • Donald Trump Fights Scottish Parliament

    25 April 2012
    Authorities

    Donald Trump told to the officials today that the government persuaded him into investing millions in the golf resort at Balmedie, and assured him that the offshore wind farm would not progress, reported Bloomberg. He also said that because of the wind farm plans the country will lose tourists. He was giving evidence to the […]

  • UK: Free Entry at Renewing The Humber Exhibition

    24 April 2012

    FREE entry for business people is available to the exhibition hall of the Renewing The Humber conference during part of the day on May 1. People not already coming to the event as delegates, can take the opportunity visit the stands and learn more about the industry, network with business leaders and find out about […]

  • The British Support Wind Power

    20 April 2012

    New research by Ipsos MORI for RenewableUK, the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industries, shows that two-thirds (67%) of respondents* are in favour of the use of wind power in the UK, with 28% “strongly in favour”. One in twelve (8%) are opposed – with only 3% suggesting that […]

  • Belgium: Colruyt Seeks Co-Investors for Offshore Wind Projects

    19 April 2012
    Business & Finance

    Colruyt Group is seeking co-investors for several offshore wind projects. The company aims to reduce financial burdens of the investments, reported De Standaard. Colruyt currently owns two offshore wind farms, Belwind and Northwind. Northwind NV, formerly known as the Eldepasco, requires 760 million euros for which the European Investment Bank is evaluating a loan of […]

  • UK: Dassault Systèmes and NCC Team Up for Composites Products and Processes

    16 April 2012

    Dassault Systèmes, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, and the UK National Composites Centre (NCC), today announced the signature of a partnership to create a collaborative environment where the NCC and its partners will work on tomorrow’s advanced composites products, thanks to Dassault Systèmes’ Version […]

  • UK: Professor Bower Advocates Against Wind Power

    12 April 2012

     The determination of the Scottish Government to resume with its goal to produce 100% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and thus continue developing wind power received severe criticism for being inefficient and outdated way of generating power, the Scotsman reports. Namely, the Economy, Energy and Tourism Committee of the Scottish Parliament is holding […]

  • UAE: ALE Loads-Out 12,000t Jack Up Vessel

    6 April 2012

    Global heavy lift and transport company ALE have successfully completed their heaviest land move of a vessel in Dubai, UAE. The move required the use of 418 axles of SPMT’s, weighing 12000t the vessel is the largest ALE has ever loaded-out on a single model of SPMT’s (Scheuerle). The purpose built jack up vessel named […]

  • The Netherlands: Tideway Purchases Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for Rollingstone

    3 April 2012

    The Dutch offshore contractor Tideway, specialized in offshore dredging, landfall construction and pipeline stabilization, has purchased Amarcon’s OCTOPUS-Onboard for her rock dumping vessel Rollingstone. For a period of nine months Tideway leased OCTOPUS-Onboard for the purpose of response monitoring & prediction and heavy weather decision support onboard the Rollingstone. In this period Tideway tested and […]

  • UK: Tidal Turbine in Orkney Producing Electricity

    17 May 2012

    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 […]

  • Finland: Mobimar 18 Wind Completes Sea Trials

    11 May 2012

    Transfer /windfarm service vessel Mobimar 18 Wind, after it was launched on February 27th, has passed all the conventional sea trials and in addition extra tests from towing 20m by 50m barge to hanging from a crane test. Mobimar 18 Wind was designed and built by Mobimar Ltd. in Turku, Finland and classed by Bureau Veritas, […]

  • Sweden: MMT Charters Survey Vessel Oceanstar

    9 May 2012

    MMT Group has signed a long term charter agreement for the. Oceanstar is a 26 m converted Dutch fishing trawler. MMT Group have fitted her out with the latest state-of-the-art survey equipment including a Kongsberg EM2040 dual head multibeam system, Applanix POSMV 320 inertial system and QPS QINSy and Fledermaus software for acquisition and data […]

  • Germany: PowerWind Names Dieter Dehlke Sole Managing Director

    8 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    Financing and restructuring expert replaces co-leadership of Stefan Heczko and Klaus Pötter. Dieter Dehlke was named sole Managing Director of PowerWind GmbH with effect from 4th May 2012. The financing and restructuring expert has taken over the responsibilities of previous Managing Directors Stefan Heczko and Dr. Klaus Pötter who left the company. 47-year-old Dehlke has more […]

  • USA: Fishermen’s Energy to File Amended Application to NJ Regulators

    7 May 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Fishermen’s Energy will file an amended application to NJ regulators by  1 June. The company plans to build 5 or 6 wind turbines with total capacity of 25 MW in waters offshore the Atlantic City, thus hoping to install the first offshore wind farm in the USA. This move follows criticism by two consulting groups. […]

  • UK: Gardline and Alicat to Exhibit at Seawork 2012

    6 May 2012

    Gardline and sister company Alicat workboats will be exhibiting at the Seawork 2012. Gardline will be on stand B177 and Alicat on stand B47. Alicat will be showcasing its latest catamaran at V31. The exhibition takes place in the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal, 103-104 Herbert Walker Avenue, ABP Southampton, Hampshire, SO15 1HJ on Tuesday 22 […]

  • UK: SeaEnergy Announces 2011 Results

    4 May 2012
    Business & Finance

    SeaEnergy PLC announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2011. Financial Summary The clear financial highlight of 2011 was the conclusion of the sale of SERL to Repsol Nuevas Energias UK Limited. This resulted in the Group recording a profit of £25.3 million for the financial year compared with a loss of […]

  • UK: Measures Taken to Protect Teesside Wildlife

    4 May 2012
    Environment

    As work progresses on the installation of the new Teesside Offshore Windfarm, special measures are being taken to ensure the protection of marine mammals and other wildlife. The wind farm being established by EDF Energy Renewables is located 1.5km off the north east coast at South Gare, Redcar. Work has been ongoing since early February […]

  • Australia: Austal Opens Henderson Marine Support Base

    2 May 2012

    To meet the growing demand for its marine services and facilities, Austal has officially announced the opening of its Marine Support Base in Henderson, Western Australia. Located adjacent to Austal’s Henderson shipyard, the Henderson Marine Support Base provides comprehensive refit, repair and maintenance services to private, commercial and defence operators. The site boasts four 90 […]

  • Germany: Energy Representatives to Meet Angela Merkel

    1 May 2012
    Authorities

    Energy representatives, including RWE AG (RWE), headed by Juergen Grossmann will meet with the German Chancellor Angela Merkel on May2 in Berlin in order to discuss the development of power plant-construction, a spokeswoman from Essen, Annett Urbaczka confirmed to Bloomberg. The holding of the meeting was also confirmed by Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert at a […]

  • Teamwork Will Reduce UK Offshore Wind Costs

    8 October 2012
    Authorities

    Chairman of the UK Government’s Offshore Wind Cost Reduction Task Force, Andrew Jamieson, said that he expects the costs of offshore renewable energy to drop over 30% by 2020, thanks to increased collaboration between companies. Mr. Jamieson will be speaking at the Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference on Wednesday in Edinburgh, with the main focus […]

  • UK Encourages Tidal, Wave Energy Generation

    7 October 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    The UK has huge potential for marine power and is considered the most attractive destination to develop marine projects in Europe, states a new report by energy experts GlobalData. The new report (Installed Capacity, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Profiles of Technology Developers and Key Country Analysis to 2030) shows that the marine energy industry […]