Rapidly growing marine consent and survey consultancy EMU Limited (EMU) has announced the appointment of a new Principal Consultant to head its expanding marine policy team. Justine Saunders, who has more than 14 years experience with the sustainable development of the marine environment, joined EMU
Ocean energy company, BioPower Systems, today announced that it has completed extensive tests of its full-scale O-DriveTM power conversion module, successfully delivering stable power to the grid over extended periods with a high level of efficiency. The O-DriveTM 250kW module is designed to plug in
On August 1, 2011, SGS announced Christoph Thiel as the new Global Business Development Manager, Renewable Energies. Christoph will focus on global sales and business development activities at SGS Renewable Energy Services. Drawing on his first-rate experience and know-how in the renewable energy se
GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW
Eight builders and operators of German offshore wind farms will test various noise reduction methods for the construction of offshore wind farms as from 13 August of this year. This series of tests will be conducted on the so-called “Brodtener Pfahl” near Brodten off Travemünde. Every 2 days a tug b
Joshua Myers has been busy putting electrodes on the heads of juvenile salmon, trying to determine how the fish will react to the… [mappress] Source: thenewstribune, August 08, 2011
A MINISTERIAL visit to North Essex could signal a major boost for the region’s wind farm industry. By James Dwan (essexcountystandard) [mappress] Source: essexcountystandard, August 08, 2011
ELECTRICAL equipment firm Dron & Dickson is expanding from its traditional oil and gas markets into renewable energy after securing a £6… By Peter Ranscombe (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, August 08, 2011
At one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms, about 16 kilometres off the coast of Denmark, turbines catch enough breeze from the… By Erin Conroy (thenational) [mappress] Source: thenational, August 08, 2011
On Thursday, August 11 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. at the Strand Theatre, 345 Main Street in Rockland, the Island Institute will present “On… (islandinstitute) [mappress] Source: islandinstitute, August 08, 2011;
A new study in Environmental Research Letters, looking at the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands for the past two years, finds… by Matthew McDermott (treehugger) [mappress] Source: treehugger, August 08, 2011;
Texas has pulled ahead in the final stretch of getting the nation’s first offshore wind farm and will win the race against long-announced project, Cape Wind. After achieving a major milestone in 2010 with more than 10,000 MW of installed onshore wind energy capacity, the state will now erect the fir
The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG has completed the first half year of 2011 successfully. The operating result (EBIT), the fundamental key value for the entrepreneurial success of a wind farm developer, lay at about EUR 0.9 million (previous year: EUR 8.2 million). The positive result is particula
Energy saving efforts by firms across the UK over the coming years could be set to get a major boost as a result of the emergence of… (rapidonline) [mappress] Source: rapidonline, August 08, 2011
