The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center is hiring the New England Aquarium and the College of Staten Island to collect migratory and habitat data on marine wildlife to help state and federal agencies evaluate sites for future wind farms south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. The researchers will co
The Glosten Associates, Inc. formally announced plans to commercialize their PelaStar floating wind turbine platform, and make the technology available to the global offshore wind energy industry within the year. The Glosten PelaStar technology was recently selected for an intermediate-scale prototy
Ofgem E Serve has today announced that TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited (Transmission Capital Partners) has secured a licence to operate the high voltage link to the Gunfleet Sands wind farm. TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited can now operate the £49.5 million link to the onshore grid for a period of 20 y
Infocast brings its inaugural Turbines, Towers & Vessels 2011 for Northeastern Offshore Wind Projects from September 7-9, 2011 to the Providence Biltmore in Providence, RI highlighted by The Honorable Lincoln D. Chafee, Governor of Rhode Island. The event will feature case studies on all four leadin
The terms regarding the divestment of the transmission assets relating to Gunfleet Sands I and II have now been agreed between DONG Energy and the purchaser TC Gunfleet Sands OFTO Limited (Transmission Capital Partners) at the sum of GBP 49.5 million. The financial closure of the transaction has bee
Geckotech Solutions is planning to expand into the renewable energy sector after agreeing a new financing package. The Edinburgh business is a specialist in industrial rope access and confined space engineering services with clients ranging from the Forth Bridge to oil and gas companies. Now it has
Taiwan will boost its wind power capacity from 530 megawatts to 4,200 megawatts by 2030 under an ambitious renewable energy plan unveiled July 18 by the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The project, which is expected to generate NT$500 billion (US$17.27 billion) in business for Taiwan’s equipment manuf
Due to the realisation of offshore windfarms at St. Brieuc and St. Nazaire, GEOfrance will attempt geophysical studies to determine the trajectory of the future export cables. About GEOfrance “GEO.XYZ International Surveys” is an independent company specialised in hydrographic and topographic surv
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is accusing the Patrick administration of holding up Nstar’s proposed $4.6 billion merger with Northeast Utilities until the firms sign a deal to purchase electricity from the planned Cape Wind project. “In effect, the state administration is trying to hold hostage the proposed
BVG Associates in a report commissioned by The Crown Estate, concludes that, by 2020, £2 billion will be spent annually on the manufacture of wind turbine blades alone for offshore wind farms in Europe. The report also shows that the annual composites demand for European offshore wind will reach 100
The DeepCwind Consortium reviewed dozens of applications and placed 12 students around Maine and Washington, D.C. for eight-week-long summer internships. Follow this series to hear from the mouths of interns what it’s like to work for companies that are launching the floating deepwater offshore wind
Over the past eight years Robert F Kennedy, Jr. has been attacking the Cape Wind project, while also calling for the greater use of wind and solar power as alternatives to coal. In so doing, Mr. Kennedy has been derided by those across the political spectrum who say his misleading objections mask an
Later this month East Coast Training Services (ECTS) will launch a professional training course to support the fast growing offshore wind energy sector. ECTS, based at Trinity Quay in Great Yarmouth will provide a unique facility which will be used to train offshore wind farm maintenance and service
The launch of the government’s White Paper on energy market reform (EMR) could help energy comparison customers find cheap energy bills in the coming years by making the UK more attractive to investors. Matthew Spencer, director of Green Alliance, noted that the publication “moves the UK from having
