More than 120 senior level wind industry executives – already comprised of over 45% operators – have begun to engage with one another in preparation for their arrival at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Hamburg for the 5th Annual Wind O&M Forum for Power Producers (February 18-20, 2013). Delegates are gear
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has published a new guide providing advice to community organisations for managing funds generated from renewable energy projects. As an economic development agency with a particular and unique remit to strengthen communities, HIE recognises the importance of t
A Finnish industry delegation, lead by PMI Jyrki Katainen has signed a Memorandum of Understanding of cooperation in the energy sector between Chile and Finland. This agreement includes an initial statement to set up a WaveRoller power plant in Chile as a showcase for wave energy. Chile is one of th
On 28 January 2013, LORC celebrated the official opening of Lindoe Welding Technology (LWT), which is the first in the planned line of advanced technology test centers for the offshore wind turbine industry. LWT is an open fabrication lab equipped with one of the most powerful commercially available
Offshore Center Danmark has moved to new premises on February 1st 2013 at Dokvej 3 DK-6700 Esbjerg. Offshore Center Danmark is the official national competence and innovation center for the Danish offshore industry. On behalf of its 260+ member companies and institutions, Offshore Center Danmark pus
Installation is on track for 15 megawatt wind turbine test rig. Open-access facility should encourage investment in step-up offshore wind turbine technologies sooner. Inside a new 3000 square metre hall, operations are underway to build one of the world’s largest facilities for the accelerated life
The German wind energy market recorded further stable growth in 2012. According to current data collected by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) and VDMA Power Systems (VDMA PS), 2012 saw the installation of 1,008 new wind turbines (2011: 895) with a total capaci
The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center has been awarded the first phase of a potential $93.2 million deepwater offshore wind demonstration project by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The UMaine Composites Center-led team of industry leaders and national laboratories
Offshore wind energy experts met in Waltham on Wednesday to discuss the use of Cape Wind Development as springboard for further offshore wind development in the US, writes South Coast Today. Fara Courtney, executive director of the U.S. Offshore Wind Collaborative, Bill White, director of offshore w
A unique alliance for German wind energy research was officially formed in Berlin today – the Wind Energy Research Alliance. Representatives of the three partners, the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR), ForWind, the Center for Wind Energy Research of the univer
Barge Master and GeoSea have recently completed their final offshore test as part of a series of tests designed to prove innovative motion compensated supply and installation solutions. The workability during offshore supply and installation operations is strongly influenced by both weather and sea
The wind farm project developer, PNE WIND AG, has received a further milestone payment amounting to EUR 25 million from the sale of the offshore wind farm projects, “Gode Wind” I to III. The prerequisite for this payment was the creation and handover of a foundation ground expertise for the Danish e
Siemens is to build, on a turnkey basis, the offshore part of the Noordoostpolder Wind Farm. To this end, Westermeerwind and Siemens have concluded an investment agreement (conditional contract) valued in nine figures. A total of 48 wind turbines are to be built, each with a capacity of 3 MW, in thr
Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cables and systems industry, will present its state-of-the-art range of products and services for the wind power industry at the 2013 edition of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) Annual Event, that will take place in Vienna (Austria) f
