The first offshore wind turbine installed in Spain has been commissioned this morning. It is also Gamesa’s first offshore prototype, with 5 MW of nominal power and installed at the Arinaga Quay in Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). This turbine, with a rotor diameter of 128 meters and a total height of
Government figures released today in the annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics show that electricity production from renewable energy sources in 2012 was up by almost 20% on the previous year and accounted for over 11% of all electricity generated in the year. This increase has predominately been dr
The Department of Energy and Climate Change today releases 4 key publications: the Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics 2013, UK Energy in Brief, Energy Flow Chart, and Energy Consumption in the United Kingdom (web only) providing detailed analysis of production, transformation and consumption
Sustainable economic growth that is sensitive to the environment is at the centre of draft management plans that will form the future National Marine Plan. A joint marine consultation has been launched today that will help decide how Scotland’s seas are managed in the future. The joint consultation
SSE plc will today hold its Annual General Meeting in Perth. The Interim Management Statement summarises SSE’s performance since the start of the current financial year on 1 April 2013, and includes updates on operations and investments in SSE’s Networks, Retail and Wholesale businesses. As previous
Deep water wind turbines are key to unlocking the massive energy potential in Europe’s Atlantic and Mediterranean seas and the deepest parts of the North Sea, a new report from the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) shows. The report reveals that floating turbines in North Sea deep waters alone
AREVA has been selected by the consortium of GDF SUEZ – EDP Renewables as the exclusive turbine supplier for the second offshore wind call for tender in France. This call for tender plans for the installation of 1 000 MW of total capacity in the zones of Tréport (Upper Normandy Region) and the islan
Governor Deval Patrick joined Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rick Sullivan and others to celebrate the five year anniversary of four key energy and environment initiatives in the Commonwealth. “I am proud of the work we have done together to make Massachusetts a leader in the clean energ
TAG Energy Solutions played host to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Danny Alexander MP, during a visit to the North East of England. Mr Alexander was given a tour of TAG Energy Solution’s 6,920 square metre automated tubular production facility and met a number of the company’s skilled engineer
ISO 14001:2009 certification by TÜV Süd is considered to be the starting point of the full certification of a management system at PALFINGER MARINE’s corporate headquarter in Köstendorf. Safety, environmental protection and the highest quality are key values for PALFINGER MARINE that can now be demo
Germany has put forward plans to scale back support for Offshore Wind which includes a reduction to the current feed-in tariff [FIT]. Under the current regulations, the FIT will allow 19 cents/kWh to be grant for the first eight years of operation of an offshore wind farm which is fully grid connect
Seajacks installation vessels Leviathan and Zaratan departed from the port of Esbjerg during the 16th and 17th July 2013, to begin installing the first batch of 80 Siemens 3.6MW offshore turbines at Meerwind Offshore Wind Park. The first turbine was successfully erected by the team on-board Leviatha
Following the successful delivery of the replacement crane for the Seajacks Leviathan in 2012, Kenz Cranes received a repeat order for another 400t crane to be used for the installation of offshore wind turbines. Following its successful extensive FAT test at the Kenz facility in Zaandam, the Nether
Unfortunately for Alderney residents, the prices of electricity cannot be lowered, stated chairman of Alderney Electricity Mike Richards, reports BBC. Mike Richards said that there was no quick solution for this problem, and that tidal energy could be the answer, but not in the near future as it wou
