Recently, Airborne Marine has announced the first two successfully manufactured 1-shot RTM Tidal blades with embedded insert technology for Nautricity. These first two blades are part of a series of seven 4 metre blades for the 250KW test turbine. Nautricity will make the Mull of Kintyre the first t
An associate professor at the University of Delaware, Cristina L. Archer, spoke about various advantages of wind energy at the “Why Wind Energy?” seminar held at the Environmental and Natural Resource Sciences building on Cook Campus on Friday. Besides its environmental benefits in comparison with f
The Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2013, proposed by Governor Martin O’Malley, passed the House Economic Matters Committee on Friday, the Baltimore Sun reports. Last year, Governor O’Malley’s similar offshore wind bill passed the House of Delegates, but failed to pass the Senate Finance Committee. On F
The search for enough skilled workers to meet the future demands of the East of England energy industry has prompted one recruitment business to rename and relaunch itself ready for the challenges ahead. Inspired by its own slogan, Beccles-based PDS will from this week be known as People With Energy
After the RWE npower renewables released their plans on connection of their Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm to the grid, they have hit an obstacle. Mark Simmonds, Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness, thinks that these plans are „unsuitable“, as he believes that the wind farm should be
EEW Special Pipe Constructions GmbH, located in Rostock (Germany) announced that they received an order to manufacture 80 foundations for the Offshore wind project Butendiek. Contract signing with their customer Ballast Nedam was in November 2012 in the Netherlands. Since the beginning of February t
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 intervi
The Harper Government is showing its commitment to stimulating innovation and job creation with an investment of $61.8 million to help 23 new clean technology projects from across the country reach commercialization. One of these projects is ARC-1000 full scale tidal turbine demonstration at FORCE,
Ocean Power Technologies, a company that plans to install wave energy system offshore Oregon Coast, was not able to locate its buoy anchor, writes The World Link. Last fall, the company installed the 450-ton anchor for PB150 PowerBuoy 2.5 miles offshore Oregon Coast, with a float attached to it at t
The Honourable Joe Oliver, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, was joined by the Honourable Peter Kent, Minister of the Environment, on February 15th, to announce an important investment to support 23 clean technology projects in communities from coast to coast. Funding for the projects, which t
Lamprell, a leading provider of diversified engineering and contracting services to the onshore and offshore oil & gas and renewables industry, announced the successful completion of construction of the wind turbine installation vessel, Windcarrier 2 “Bold Tern”. Having resolved all outstanding comm
The offshore installation of the topside for Riffgat wind farm has been completed on Saturday, February 16th 2013. The topside, delivered on turnkey basis by Strukton Hollandia JointVenture, left the fabrication yard in Krimpen aan de IJssel one week ago. The topside has been lifted on board the SHL
A Stanford economist pitches open-source software for evaluating potential offshore wind turbine sites for optimal energy production and minimal disruption of other marine industry. Offshore wind has significant potential to help the United States meet its growing energy needs, but the U.S. marine r
The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) has assembled a team of local experts and world-class partners to create pioneering scientific and engineering solutions in the development of the first freshwater offshore wind project in the nation. LEEDCo’s “Icebreaker” project is receiving $4
