The study, ‘Meeting Europe’s Renewable Energy Targets in Harmony with Nature’, said that expanding renewable energy… (platts) [mappress] Source: platts, November 23, 2011
University of Queensland researchers want to set up wind or tidal turbines at suggested site for Dudgeon Point coal terminal. Mr Froome of University of Queensland thinks this renewable project could lower carbon footprint of terminal. Solar plant is unlikely to be installed at this site. Mr Froome
The Welsh Government has been accused of “going backwards” with its renewable energy policies after figures revealed it had seen… [mappress] Source: walesonline, November 22, 2011
In the UK Renewables Roadmap published in July, DECC announced funding of up to £30m – subject to value for money assessments – for offshore wind innovation. DECC expects to fund two schemes under this programme, one of which is the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration
Leading Dutch offshore energy company Bluewater Energy Services has secured a tidal demonstration berth at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) for demonstration of its floating Tidal Energy Converter, BlueTEC. Bluewater has successfully completed its development and design phase including model
SCOTLAND is the natural home to offshore renewable energy, with their abundant natural resources and long heritage… By Johanna Yates (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, November 22, 2011
The wind power resource off the Atlantic Ocean is huge. But harnessing that power—moving it from the coast to the places where it’s needed—is an equally huge challenge. A team led by Prof. Willett Kempton at the University of Delaware has received a $540,000 grant from the Department of Energy (DOE)
In the next five years, China’s investment in offshore wind is expected to exceed 25 billion RMB. This figure is set to increase along the years with the installed capacity of offshore wind will reach 10 million KWs in 2015 and 30 million KWs in 2020. Noppen hosted the 2nd Offshore Wind Power Techno
German based electricity grid operator Tennet warns government that they can’t keep up with the pace of offshore wind grid development. They said that construction of further cables at this rate is not doable due to lack of cash and skilled staff at Tennet and at their suppliers Tennet has nine grid
Renewable energy company Wavegen has been awarded for their achievements at SCDI’s Scotland International Awards (Friday 18 November), in Glasgow’s Thistle Hotel. Voith Hydro Wavegen walked away with the Accenture Award for Outstand International Achievement in Green Energy. The firm specialises in
All AREVA M5000 5 Megawatt offshore wind turbines are tested from now on in the new full load test bench in Bremerhaven (Germany) to deliver a 100% quality product to the next offshore sites. The test bench offers the possibility to check the functionality under nominal load conditions and is a tool
More than 7.000 visitors are expected in the period from 29th November to 1st December to attend the congress and the exhibition being held concurrently in the Amsterdam RAI Exhibition & Convention Center in the course of Offshore 2011. Windcomm offers the opportunity to obtain comprehensive informa
Mercon launches a new product during the EWEA Offshore Wind in Amsterdam on 29/30 November and 1 December, together with partner ALE. You can visit their stand and learn all about their new innovation EMI – for Eco Metmast Installation. EMI is an eco-friendly and economical way to install metmasts o
MT Højgaard, the company who have deployed most offshore wind foundations globally, have teamed up with foundation specialists Seatower to offer “cranefree” gravity foundations. The new foundations have been developed specifically for the deeper waters and bigger turbines that will soon become preva
