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  • UK: No Renewables for Guernsey in Near Future

    3 October 2012

    States of Guernsey renewable energy policy advisor Matt Des Forges said that the wind, wave and tidal energy will not replace current electricity sources in Guernsey any time soon, writes BBC. Due to the high cost of renewables, wind energy is expected to be implemented after eight years and tidal and wave after 2020. Des […]

  • UAE: Masdar CEO Stresses Importance of Energy Diversification

    1 October 2012

    Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of Masdar and United Arab Emirates Special (UAE) Envoy for Energy and Climate Change, addressed members of the International Peace Institute (IPI) – a New York-based independent, not-for-profit think tank dedicated to promoting the prevention and settlement of conflicts by strengthening international peace and security institutions. Climate change, energy […]

  • SDE to Power India with Wave Energy

    25 September 2012
    Business & Finance

    Delegation of a major Indian automobile manufacturers arrives to visit the offices of SDE Israel to sign a cooperation agreements and the construction of sea wave clean and pollution free power generation plants along the coast of India, following India’s largest power outage in July 2012 Which left half the population of India, approximately 670 […]

  • UK: Osiris Projects Introduces Apprentice Scheme

    25 September 2012

    Targeting college leavers with A-Level mathematics, physics, geography, IT, geology, or similar, the scheme aims to attract those interested in a career in hydrographic surveying or marine geophysics. Personal mentoring and professional training will be provided with the opportunity to pursue an exciting career and the prospect of advancement in the company structure.  Project Manager […]

  • UK: Device for Detecting Sea Mammals to Be Launched

    24 September 2012
    Technology

    A device called PAMBuoy will be launched this week by a spin-out company SMRU Limited from St Andrews University. PAMBuoy is said to be useful first of all for offshore wind developers, as it allows detecting whales, dolphins and other sea mammals in the project area. A marine mammal scientist who was involved in the […]

  • Offshore WIND Goes to Husum, Germany

    12 September 2012

    The Offshore WIND team will be at HUSUM WindEnergy 2012 next week. Visit us at stand 2E03! We are all there to help you and your company with news, opinions, interviews, recruiting and publicity. When you have news to be published on www.offshorewind.biz speak to Armin. When you are looking to recruit wind engineers on […]

  • Able UK to Present Plans for AMEP

    11 September 2012

    Able UK will present its plans for Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the South Humber bank at a renewable energy exhibition in Sheffield to be held on September 18. AMEP comprises 790 acres of developable land and 1.3km of new deep water quays, particularly designed for the offshore wind sector, the Insider news site says. […]

  • SMM Direct: Caterpillar Consortium Powers ‘INNOVATION’

    6 September 2012

    Caterpillar Marine Power Systems, together with SAM Electronics, SCHOTTEL and Zeppelin Power Systems, have delivered an integrated power and propulsion package for “M/V Innovation”, one of the largest and most innovative offshore wind turbine installation vessels to date. The consortium of globally renowned marine specialists provided both shipowner and shipyard a single-source solution for all […]

  • Japan Tests Floating Wind Turbines

    30 August 2012

    As the UPI reports, Japanese officials have announced that the country’s first floating wind farm is operational from Wednesday. The wind farm is located about a half mile off the coast of Kabashima island, one of the Goto Islands. Next summer, the 100-kilowatt turbine will be replaced by a larger 2-megawatt generator after collecting performance […]

  • Denmark: Vestas’ EBIT Declines to USD 40 Million

    22 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Vestas generated revenue of EUR 1,611m in the second quarter of 2012 – an increase of 15 per cent to the year-earlier period. EBIT before special items declined by 48 per cent to EUR 40m. The EBIT margin before special items was 2.5 per cent – an improvement of 21 percentage points compared to the […]

  • Finland: Two Moventas Companies Merge

    16 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    Wind gear manufacturer Moventas Wind Oy and industrial gear manufacturer Moventas Santasalo Oy are merging into one company on 31 August, 2012. The new company, named Moventas Gears Oy, continues the operations of both companies. “Our new name, Moventas Gears, represents us well. We are an expert in power transmission, whether our customer operates in […]

  • UK Companies to Invest in Philippines Tidal Energy Potentials

    6 March 2012

    There are several sites at Philippines that investors from UK find interesting for tidal energy ventures. Nautricity is a Scotland-based firm which develops technical solutions to generate electricity from current flows which occur naturally in the world’s oceans, seas, and estuaries. The company has already identified more than eight areas suitable for producing energy from […]

  • Germany’s Green Energy Revolution Faces Risk

    4 March 2012
    Authorities, Grid Connection

      German offshore wind revolution faces risk because of delays in connecting the turbines to the grid, reports the National. E.ON and RWE warned that the power connections would not be ready in time and that the consequences could be disastrous. Germany may respond by introducing new investors but the problems are bad news for […]

  • UK: Tidal Transit Wins First Contract for WSV Ginny Louise

    27 February 2012
    Operations & Maintenance

    Docking-based Tidal Transit has won its first contract in the offshore servicing industry for its state-of-the-art support vessel Ginny Louise. The contract was signed with Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Ltd, which is developing the 140-turbine Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast. The Ginny Louise arrived in Norfolk waters few weeks ago after […]

  • China: Offshore Wind Has Maximum Growth Potential, Nexans’ President Says

    27 February 2012
    Environment, R&D

    Satrijo Tanudjojo, president of Nexans (China) Wires & Cables Co., stated in an interview “The future of power cable will be submarine. China has put a lot of efforts into renewable energy, and one of the areas which is considered to have the maximum growth potential is offshore wind farm,” therefore submarine cables are needed […]

  • Great Interest in EnBW Baltic 2 (Germany)

    21 February 2012

    The investment offer for EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm appears to be very popular: many municipal utilities, industrial companies and institutional investors from Baden-Württemberg and Germany are interested in participating in the second EnBW’s Baltic Sea wind farm. “We are delighted to be well received. In addition to partners who have already participated in […]

  • Government Reappoints HIE Board Members (UK)

    20 February 2012
    Authorities

      Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing today announced the re-appointment of Craig Spence and Steven Thomson to the board of Highlands and Islands Enterprise. Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) is the Scottish Government’s economic development agency for an area covering more than half of Scotland’s land mass, stretching from Shetland in the […]

  • Save Out Sound Releases Statement Regarding Nstar, Cape Wind Deal (USA)

    16 February 2012

    Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound released statement regarding the NStar agreement to buy 27.5% of Cape Wind. “Ratepayers, municipalities, and businesses will be saddled with increased electric bills because of the state’s arm-twisting to force NStar to purchase power from this wildly overpriced project. Gov. Patrick has forced NStar to agree to this purchase as […]

  • Offshore Center Danmark Wins Distinguished EU Award

    14 August 2012

    The Danish knowledge center for the offshore sector, Offshore Center Danmark, has been acknowledged in a very distinguished way for its efforts in helping to create collaboration through networks and for making visible Danish competences in the oil, gas and offshore wind turbine sectors. In its capacity as a cluster organization, Offshore Center Danmark has […]

  • Denmark: Keeping Offshore Wind Workers Safe

    14 August 2012

    It’s tough to do onshore, tougher on wind farms built close to shore, but what of these farshore wind power plants? Can the industry cope with those challenges? In June 2011 Claus Rose, in his role as Chairman of Global Wind Organisation told an audience at a conference organised by leading think tank Wind Energy […]

  • The Netherlands: Vos Prodect Completes Sealing Tests

    7 August 2012
    Technology

    Following the successfully completed sealing tests, Vos Prodect is awarded with a variation order for the supply of Sealed Cable Hang-off Systems for the Offshore wind farm project, that is currently being delivered. Decision has been given by the developer based on the performed concept tests which met their requirements. Provided leakage rate is within […]

  • Offshore Wind Could Power India Soon

    6 August 2012
    Authorities

    India aims at exploiting its vast offshore wind potential by generating at least 4500 MW from that source, therefore, the country could soon have an offshore wind energy policy. As the Indian Government has turned to reducing the fossil fuel-based power generation, the proposed policy would involve a switch to energy production from offshore wind, […]

  • USA: DOE Announces RFI on Offshore Wind

    3 August 2012
    Authorities, R&D

    U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Water Power Program has announced a Request for Information (RFI) on offshore wind energy and marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) resources to support deployment of offshore wind and MHK technologies. The purpose of this RFI is to gain input from industry, academia, local, state, and federal government agencies and other […]

  • Singapore: Swire Takes Delivery of WIV Pacific Orca

    27 July 2012

    Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited (“SPO”), the parent company of Swire Blue Ocean A/S, today took delivery of Pacific Orca, the world’s largest windfarm installation vessel (“WIV”), from Samsung Heavy Industries (“SHI”). The vessel will be deployed to provide service for the Danish utility company DONG Energy. The vessel’s particulars include a length of […]

  • Global Wind Turbine Order Intake in First Half Decreases by 30 Pct

    26 July 2012

    Impacted by regulatory uncertainty in Europe and tightening policy measures in China, global wind turbine order intake in 1H/2012 decreased by 30% year-over-year, consistent with MAKE’s expectations of a 5% decline in 2013 installations globally. Despite these conditions, there was good activity in emerging markets in Latin America, Africa and Eastern Europe which partially offset […]

  • UK Reduces Support for Wind Power

    25 July 2012
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    Changes to subsidies for renewable electricity could incentivise between £20 billion and £25 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017. The Banding Review for the Renewables Obligation will support jobs and deliver more clean power with a reduction in costs to consumers between 2013 and 2015, Ministers said. Bandings were today […]