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  • Top News of the Week Apr 8 – 14, 2013

    14 April 2013

    VIDEO: Installation of Foundations and Wind Turbines at London Array The commissioning of the London Array’s 175th and final turbine happened at 16.09 on Saturday, 6 April. Thus, full capacity has now been reached at the 630MW first phase of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The following is a video of foundation and turbine […]

  • LOGIC INSTRUMENT Pioneers on High Sea (Germany)

    4 June 2013
    Technology

    LOGIC INSTRUMENT, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rugged mobile computers, pioneers on the high sea. Around the first offshore wind power plant in Germany, important environmental compatibility data are collected – with the rugged mobile computers from LOGIC INSTRUMENT the researchers can capture their data even under the worst environmental conditions. Since April […]

  • VIDEO: CWhisper SWATH in Action

    24 May 2013
    Operations & Maintenance

    Recently, CWind has placed an order for a second CWhisper SWATH, an innovative 19.5m composite workboat designed and built by CTruk. The design objectives of CWhisper were to dramatically improve the comfort of technicians transiting out to offshore wind farms.  Motions are approximately a quarter of those of conventional catamarans, significantly increasing the current wave […]

  • UK: Unequivocal Message from Scientific Community

    27 September 2013
    Authorities, Environment

    Responding to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, (IPCC), Maf Smith, Deputy Chief Executive of RenewableUK, said: “The scientific community is sending a clear and unequivocal message to policymakers that urgent action is needed to reduce our carbon emissions and set in place paths to create a future of clean, […]

  • VIDEO: Interview with ‘Icebreaker’ Team

    18 February 2013

    Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has assembled a team of local experts and world-class partners to develop the “Icebreaker”, the first freshwater offshore wind project in the nation. The team gathered for a kick off meeting on February 5, 2013. The following is a video of an interview with LEEDCo’s partners: [mappress] Offshore WIND […]

  • REenergy Electric Deploys Ioxus’ Ultracapacitors (China)

    25 January 2012
    Technology

    Ioxus, Inc., a manufacturer of premium performance ultracapacitor technology for transportation, alternative energy, medical, industrial and consumer product markets, announced it is providing ultracapacitors for pitch control and main control systems independently researched and developed by REenergy Electric (Suzhou) Co., Ltd., a manufacturer of wind turbine power control systems in Suzhou, China. This effort helps […]

  • UK: NORSEWiND Entering its Final Days

    11 April 2012
    R&D

    Nautilus is now in the last 100 days of the 4 year NORSEWInD Project for which the company is running the Knowledge Management programme. NORSEWInD is developing real-time high quality hub-height wind internet based atlases for the the offshore wind energy industry in the Baltic, Irish & North Seas. It is doing this by developing […]

  • Ireland to Become Energy Exporter

    23 March 2012

    Ireland is on the threshold of becoming an exporter of energy. Having traditionally imported fuel or burned locally-produced peat to provide energy, Ireland is now looking at bringing in €6bn a year in export revenues in less than a decade. The source of this potential “windfall” is the increasing number of wind farms around the […]

  • HCE Establishes itself in Sweden and Acquires Wastgota

    17 January 2012

      Norway and Sweden will be soon perceived as a common market for renewable energy, most likely as of January 1, 2012. This development is the outcome of the establishment of the joint Norwegian Swedish certificate system for the production of renewable energy, also known as the Green Certificate. Havgul clean energy AS (HCE) was […]

  • RenewableUK Marine Survival Training (MST)

    22 July 2011

    Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA) a part of Southampton Solent University’s Faculty of Maritime fit Technology provides first class training, consultancy and research to the international shipping and offshore industries. Over the years, WMA has been successfully providing OPITO approved Basic Offshore Safety Induction fit Emergency Training (BOSIET), Further Offshore Emergency Training (FOET) and Helicopter Underwater […]

  • WFS Technologies Partners with Omni Instruments (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    WFS Technologies, the world’s leading supplier of radio and acoustic solutions for underwater communication, navigation and power transfer, announces a new industry partnership with UK supplier of instrumentation and data loggers, Omni Instruments, based in Dundee, Scotland. Omni Instruments Ltd. Established 1996, specialises in providing measurement and data acquisition systems in the UK, Europe and […]

  • Renewable Energy and Nature in Harmony (UK)

    23 November 2011
    Environment

     The study, ‘Meeting Europe’s Renewable Energy Targets in Harmony with Nature’, said that expanding renewable energy… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, November 23, 2011

  • PGE Looks at Acquisitions Outside Poland

    14 November 2011
    Business & Finance

    PGE SA is looking at acquisitions outside Poland as the country’s largest power utility prepares to release a new strategy in December to…   By Maciej Martewicz (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 14, 2011

  • Developer Fits Twiflex Brakes on Proteus NP 1000 (UK)

    12 September 2011

    In July 2010, after five years in development, the Proteus NP 1000, from Neptune Renewable Energy, arrived at the Humber Estuary at Hull…   (onlinetes) [mappress] Source: onlinetes, September 12, 2011;

  • Cosalt Rides Offshore Wind Boat With its Life Saving Appliances (UK)

    21 April 2011
    Technology

      Cosalt is proactively supporting the wind energy market through the supply of Life Saving Appliances (LSA) aimed specifically at wind…   (seawork) [mappress] Source: seawork, April 21, 2011;

  • ABB Acquires Powercorp (Switzerland)

    12 December 2011
    Business & Finance

    ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Powercorp. Powercorp’s portfolio includes automation and control technologies to manage the integration of renewable energy into isolated grids and keep generation in balance with consumption. The company also supplies systems that dynamically store and release energy in response […]

  • Seakeeper Ships Gyro Stabilizer for Testing (USD)

    2 December 2011
    Technology

    Gyro stabilizer expert (no comma) Seakeeper recently shipped M21000 gyros units to Hvide Sande Skib & Baadebyggeri for testing. HSSB will install the gyros on two DONG Energy’s wind farm support vessels. Seakeeper gyros create opportunities for HSSB like builders in the wind farm support industry. They offer more stability to the crew during transfer […]

  • Renewable Energy Investments Grew by 25% in 2010

    19 January 2011

    Renewable energy has notably penetrated energy markets and provides about 19 per cent of international energy needs in 2009, with a capacity… (emirates247) [mappress] Source: emirates247, January 19, 2011

  • Marine Renewables 2010 Report

    5 January 2011

    Offshore renewables have been doing well- notably offshore wind  now nearing 1.5G off the UK coast, but also tidal current turbine systems. (environmentalresearchweb) [mappress] Source: environmentalresearchweb, January 05, 2011

  • Wind Power in China

    16 December 2010

    China Suntien Green Energy said on December 3 it had registered its 49.5-megawatt Kangbao Sanxiatian wind farm with the clean development… (china-briefing) [mappress] Source: china-briefing, December 16, 2010

  • Going Offshore (UK)

    9 December 2010
    R&D

    Scotland has already shown that it is a powerhouse in the renewable energy industry. The Scottish Government has set ambitious targets of… (onlinetes) [mappress] Source: onlinetes, December 09, 2010

  • “Maryland: Got Wind?”

    7 December 2010

    Carrying banners that read “Maryland: Got Wind?,” a small group of environmental activists marched down West Street toward the State House… By Tina Reed (istockanalyst) [mappress] Source: istockanalyst, December 07, 2010

  • NWCC Transmission Update Briefing (USA)

    28 October 2010
    Training & Education

    Our next NWCC Transmission Update Briefing will take place on Tuesday, November 2, 2010 at 1:00 PM Eastern (12:00 CT / 11:00 MT / 10:00 PT). The Center for Advanced Energy Studies’ Energy Policy Institute (EPI) is leading a team of researchers from Boise State, Idaho State, and the Idaho National Laboratory in an innovative […]

  • Open call for brilliant ideas (USA)

    22 October 2010
    R&D

    Solve the problem of accessing wind farms 160 km offshore and you could land a £2billion opportunity. Offshore wind farms are in the right places to capture wind resource but challenging to access for operations and maintenance. So we need solutions for transporting and transferring personnel and equipment to turbines in far-shore sites around the […]

  • Romax Technology and Hansen Transmissions announce combined offering (UK)

    15 October 2010
    R&D

    Romax Technology Limited (“Romax)”, the drivetrain and gearbox solutions specialists and Hansen Transmissions International NV (“Hansen”), one of the leading wind turbine gearbox designers and manufacturers, have signed an agreement to combine their expertise to wind turbine manufacturers, primarily focussed on the Chinese and South-Korean markets. Romax and Hansen will work together to deliver to […]

  • Product piracy in the European wind business (Denmark)

    20 September 2010
    Business & Finance

    Svendborg Brakes wins Unfair Competition and Copyright Infringement Law Suit concerning the protection of original Svendborg brakes The Bielefeld District Court in Germany ruled in favour of Svendborg Brakes A/S in a copyright infringement and unfair competition law suit filed against a competitor concerning the protection of the original Svendborg brakes. Alleging that the competitor […]