THE development of a wind farm in Manx waters could bring in £8 million of revenue a year for the island’s exchequer. (iomtoday) [mappress] Source: iomtoday, December 06, 2011
Fishermen’s Energy announced that they have completed another significant step in building what may be the first offshore windfarm in the United States. Early in November, a team of Fishermen’s engineers and specialists from Lockheed Martin installed a sophisticated wind measurement device on the ro
Gamesa announced on Friday that it has ruled out Dundee from its potential UK hub list. They said that Dundee can’t help them in achieving plan to manufacture G11X-5.0 MW and G14X-7.0 MW offshore wind turbines. Leith, proposed by Forth Ports, entered the race for UK hub. The Spanish wind turbine dev
In light of recent events, Japan has been urged to pay more attention to renewable energy sources. Coincidently, in the same month as one… By Carin Hall (energydigital) [mappress] Source: energydigital, December 06, 2011; Image: kyushu-u
The States of Guernsey has teamed up with several UK universities on projects to investigate marine renewable energy. (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, December 06, 2011
Today sees the launch of a new website to support and promote the South Boats Service Centre at Venture Quays, Cowes. This state-of-the-art boat refit, boat repair and boat maintenance facility for vessels of up to 30m has 24-hour tidal access to the yard’s ship lift and a hall height in excess of 1
EWEA offshore 2011 ended on Thursday. During the three days Seaports of Niedersachsen has presented the excellent conditions in the Lower Saxon seaports for production, assembly and handling of offshore wind energy facilities. Many industry representatives showed great interest in port services and
Tore Engevik has been appointed director of Aibel’s new business area, Wind. Engevik was previously CEO of Vestavind Offshore AS. “Engevik has long and relevant experience. He therefore has the best point of departure for heading the company’s new business area,” says President and CEO Jan Skogseth
FEARS have been raised that one of Yorkshire’s most famous scenes will be blighted by a vast new offshore wind farm being built five miles… By Jack Blanchard (yorkshirepost) [mappress] Source: yorkshirepost, December 06, 2011
THE owner of a former Tyneside shipyard is preparing to invest £50m in converting part of the site into a facility to make wind turbine foundations – creating hundreds of jobs. OGN Group is already using a section of Hadrian Yard in Wallsend to build an oil production platform for American firm Apac
The Crown Estate welcomes the announcement from DECC that it has granted planning consent for the Westermost Rough, Round 2 wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire, which could provide up to 245 MW of generating capacity. Rob Hastings, Director of the Marine Estate at The Crown Estate said: “The consen
Seajacks will be main sponsor of the Southern North Sea Conference 2012. The event will be held at the University of East Anglia’s John Innes Centre in Norwich (UK) on March 1st. The conference will focus on the main assets of the Southern North Sea; offshore wind and gas – with a running theme of [
The German WINDFORCE 2012 – Offshore Conference & International Trade Fair will take place for the first time in Bremen in coming June. Messe Bremen will be the focus of the offshore sector from June 26 – 29, 2012. Bremen, Bremerhaven and the Northwest Region together form the competence center as f
The National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has appointed Trevor Murch as its new Non-Executive Chairman. Trevor took up his position on the 1st December, taking over from Alan Rutherford who steps down after 6 years as Chairman. An Oxford University graduate, Harvard Business School MBA and qualif
