First Minister Alex Salmond was in Fraserburgh to discuss plans for an offshore windfarm which is helping Scotland meet its renewable… (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, August 12, 2011
The Netherlands and Germany are embroiled in a dispute over the placing of wind turbines at sea off the coast of the Dutch island of… (dutchnews) [mappress] Source: dutchnews, August 11, 2011
UK based Offshore Marine Management (OMM) is significantly expanding its business in the German sector via the establishment of its first Operational Support Base at Cuxport. OMM’s German subsidiary; Offshore Marine Services GmbH (OMS) is also investing in its headquarters in the City of Bremen by r
The Seajacks vessels continue to work in tandem, installing Siemens 3.6MW WTGs at a rapid pace on Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm. Recent installation activities have been described as “booming” by client Dong Energy. 155 turbines now installed – 7 turbines installed in the past week Seajacks Operations
OF THE nine million people killed in the First World War, few could have died in more unusual or tragic circumstances than those lost in the Battle of May Island. Two hundred and seventy lives were claimed as two submarines sank and three other vessels were damaged on the night of January 31-Febru
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded marine survey specialists EMU Limited (EMU) a multi-million pound hydrographic contract as part of its programme to systematically survey the waters around the UK. Using the latest dual-head high-resolution multibeamechosounders to obtain seabed d
Scira partners Statoil and Statkraft insist the 317MW Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm is on budget despite a revised construction schedule that now targets commercial operation in summer 2012. That is some six months later than originally planned. The ballpark cost of the troubled project remain
Seajacks UK announces that WindMW GmbH (WindMW) has confirmed that the Meerwind project has reached financial close. Seajacks will be the the main installation contractor and will use vessels from Seajacks’ fleet to install 80 foundations and wind turbine generator sets at Meerwind’s location in the
Aberdeen could become an offshore wind technology hub if plans put forward by industry firms are approved. By Emily Thomas (energysavingtrust) [mappress] Source: energysavingtrust, August 11, 2011
IBERDROLA has surpassed 8,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity in Europe, solidifying its status as the benchmark for this type of energy on the continent. This installed capacity is enough to supply nearly four million Europeans and prevent the emission of around 14 million tonnes of CO2. The c
The amount of wind blowing off the California coast has high potential. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory atmospheric scientists are working with a Norwegian company to leverage that wind as a valuable energy source. LLNL has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sway, a renewable energy co
GDF SUEZ reported robust results for first-half 2011, with EUR 45.7 billion in revenues, an increase of +7.9% despite very unfavorable impact of weather conditions in the Group’s domestic markets. Growth in operating activities was solid with EBITDA increasing +8.2%. This strong increase came mainly
SCOTLAND’S first commercial-scale tidal turbine has been connected to the electricity grid off the Orkney coast and begun generating… By Jenny Fyall (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, August 11, 2011
SAMTECH, a European leader in non-linear CAE simulation, structural optimization and coupled multiphysics, announces the launch of the new commercial release 3 of SAMCEF for Wind Turbines, SAMTECH’s professional product for advanced dynamic analysis and certification of Wind Turbines. Wind Energy is
