The Ferguson Group’s multi-purpose offshore service vessel, the ASV Pioneer, has demonstrated exactly how these vessels can be used, supporting a North Sea wind farm project which involved the installation of 140 wind turbines, with a total capacity of 500 megawatts – enough to power around 530,000
Tekmar Energy Limited, the leading supplier of cable protection systems for the offshore wind and oil & gas markets globally, has announced an agency agreement with the Massachusetts-based Whitman Consulting Group Inc. (WCG). Beginning immediately, WCG will represent Tekmar as its commercial service
Two of Sonardyne International Ltd. subsidiary companies, Sonardyne Brasil Ltda and Sonardyne Asia Pte Ltd, have been awarded OHSAS 18001 Safety Management System Standard accreditation following audits of their sites in Rio das Ostras and Singapore. These are the first in the Sonardyne group of com
East Anglia THREE Limited, a subsidiary of East Anglia Offshore Wind and a joint venture between ScottishPower Renewables and Vattenfall, has announced dates of Public Information Days being held as part of the formal consultation process for the proposed East Anglia THREE offshore wind farm. The de
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to release its first-ever proposed rule limiting carbon dioxide pollution from existing power plants on June 2. The good news is wind energy is already helping nearly every state make progress toward whatever reductions the EPA will require
E.ON has received the “European Cleantech Corporation of the Year” award at the 10th European Cleantech Forum in Stockholm (Sweden), organized by Cleantech Group, developer of the i3 market intelligence platform. Every year, one company gets awarded for its significant action to promote innovation i
Henrik Stiesdal, Chief Technology Officer of Siemens Wind Power will use his seminar at CWIEME Berlin to reveal how permanent magnet generators (PMGs) can be used in an affordable way to increase the durability of wind turbines. It’s a well-known principle of engineering that the more components in
E.ON distribution system operators (DSOs) in Germany will put up to 180 new voltage-regulated distribution transformers (VRDTs) into service by the end of the year. About 60 of the VRDTs, which incorporate technology from Bavaria-based Maschinenfabrik Reinhausen (MR), are already operational. The na
Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd (SRTP) has used MSC Software Corporation’s Nastran and Patran with Laminate Modeler to design and analyze the rotor blade of the largest tidal turbine in the world today. With their latest innovation, the SR250 converter, Scotrenewables Tidal Power created an award-win
The Energy research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has conducted tests to validate and subsequently approve Mitsubishi Electric’s compact wind lidar as complying with European wind measurement standards. The lidar (portmanteau of “light” and “radar”) is a remote sensing apparatus that projects a la
FLiDAR has recently strengthened its team with three experienced engineers. Bruce Douglas, General Manager of FLiDAR said: “Based on recent commercial successes we are delighted to be able to grow the team with talented and experienced individuals. We aim to deliver better services to our clients an
Tuco Marine Group has developed a new series of vessels consisting of 16 boat models designed especially for the most critical and tough working conditions at sea. The new line of boats is called ProZero and the development of these vessels mark the launch of an ambitious bid on the future vessels i
Sixty young start-ups were competing for the innovation award with the custody of the chief Scientist of the Ministry of Economy, as part of the start-up WOW competition that took place in the Mixiii 2014, which is the yearly central event for the hi-tech industry. “The judges were really taken with
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced it is moving forward with wind energy planning efforts on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore New York. The bureau is publishing a Call for Information and Nominations (Call) to obtain nominations from companies interested in commer
