Niels Bergh-Hansen, 62, member of DONG Energy’s Group Management and Executive Vice President of the business units Generation and Renewables, has decided to retire as of 1 October 2011. “You need to quit while you’re ahead and now it’s time for me to stop. I’ve been very pleased with my job and I’m
A North-Sea wind farm contributes to increased biodiversity and has hardly any negative effects on fauna, according to a Dutch research report. For two years a research team studied benthic organisms (life at the sea bed), fish, birds and marine mammals at the OWEZ offshore wind farm near Egmond aan
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. ,a leading wave energy technology company,announces the deployment for sea trials of a unique autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the expansion of the Company’s PowerBuoy product line. This latest deployment is an autonomous PowerBuoy® desi
GC Rieber Shipping and the subsea contractor Technocean has agreed on a one year extension of the charter regarding vessel “Polar Prince”. The time-charter with Technocean for the subsea vessel “Polar Prince” has been extended to September 2012. The vessel is engaged in subsea operations related to
Scientists have requested a two-year extension to the L-Aħrax Point wind mast permit to confirm results on the viability of an offshore wind… by Matthew Xuereb (timesofmalta) [mappress] Source: timesofmalta, August 22, 2011
Neptune Wind intends to develop, construct and operate an utility scale offshore wind farm about 20 nautical miles south of the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border. The project, called Nomans Wind, is being planned as a 500 MW generation facility and will employ next generation offshore turbines desig
Andrew Jamieson, regulation and markets director at Scottish Power Renewables and chair of green energy body RenewableUK, will head with… by Karolin Schaps and Jane Baird (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, August 19, 2011;
During a visit to the University of Maine Advanced Structures and Composites Center on Thursday, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar… By Nick McCrea (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews, August 19, 2011;
A 3.75 MW demonstration power project based on energy contained in the tides, is being set up in Sundarbans Region of West Bengal. The project is being set up by the West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency with the financial support from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. This informa
Vattenfall yesterday evening generated the first electricity from its wind farm off Barrow-in-Furness with Barrow’s Mayor hailing the achievement as an endorsement of Cumbria’s low carbon energy strategy. Vattenfall started offshore construction of the Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm in 2010 and a little
FIRMS developing offshore windfarms in British waters should be encouraged by the Government to create “a level playing field” by buying… By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, August 19, 2011
A NORTH Yorkshire company that has become a world leader in offshore wind turbine installation is continuing to power the future with the… By Rachel Covill (thebusinessdesk) [mappress] Source: thebusinessdesk, August 19, 2011;
Not everyone is onboard with offshore wind. by Meghan Hayward (wabi) [mappress] Source: wabi, August 19, 2011;
Hallin Marine, a Superior Energy Services company, has successfully completed the installation of the world’s most powerful single rotor subsea tidal turbine in Orkney Island, Scotland. Hallin was contracted by Atlantis Resources Corporation (Atlantis) to provide specialist services as an experience
