IBERDROLA RENOVABLES and the French company AREVA have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly bid on two zones for offshore wind power development off the French coast. Both companies have agreed to bid for two of the five areas that the French government has offered for competitive tender
Infocast returns this year with its 2nd Annual Edition of the Freshwater Wind 2011 Summit at the Doubletree Hotel – Dearborn in Detroit MI, July 18-20, 2011 and the timing couldn’t be better! Spurred by LEEDCo’s enormous 30-MW Ohio 2012 wind project with expectations of 1000-MW of capacity in Lake E
Seajacks UK Limited (Seajacks) announced it has entered into a contract with WindMW GmbH (WindMW) for the installation of foundations and turbines for the Meerwind Project, which will be located off the coast of Germany in the North Sea near the island Helgoland. Seajacks will be providing services
If wind power is going to meet 20% of our predicted energy needs in 2100, millions of wind turbines must be installed around the globe… (environmentalresearchweb) [mappress] Source: environmentalresearchweb, June 29, 2011;
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”) today announced that it will release fiscal fourth quarter and full year 2011 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 14, 2011. A conference call to review these results will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time that day (3:00
DONG Energy and Bladt Industries have today after an EU-tendering process signed a framework agreement on long-term cooperation on the manufacture of foundations for DONG Energy’s future offshore wind farms in Northern Europe. “The cooperation is the first of its kind in the offshore wind turbine in
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and P&O Maritime Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of 2 x Incat Crowther designed 17.5m Wind Farm Service Vessels withoptions for further vessels. The two vessels will be built under survey to Lloyds classification at t
The Port of Hartlepool today hosted a visit by Charles Hendry, Minister of State for the Department of Energy and Climate Change, and used the… (mgn) [mappress] Source: mgn, June 28, 2011
Up to £20m of government money will go to funding new marine power technology, the climate change minister announced today. (theengineer) [mappress] Source: theengineer, June 28, 2011;
ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has developed an integrated approach to manage sediment mobility risk and is making the service available to coincide with RUK’s Offshore Wind Conference being held in Liverpool (28-30 June 2011). The Sediment Mobility and Risk Tool (SMART) is designed
Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. (“OPT” or the “Company”), a leading wave energy technology company, announced that the first of its new generation utility-scale PowerBuoy(R) device, the PB150, has delivered better-than-expected initial results from tests being conducted off the northeast coast of Sco
The Clearwater Project will generate tidal stream energy from the Eastern Scheldt barrier using tidal stream turbines. Tidal stream energy is a highly sustainable and environmentally friendly form of renewable energy. Above all it is a proven technology, with several projects on the way around the w
The province is inviting experts from around the world to work together to accelerate the emerging tidal energy industry and discuss growing opportunities for Nova Scotia businesses. Representatives from Canada, U.S.A., U.K. and Korea will be in Halifax to discuss technology in the Bay of Fundy and
The level of public subsidy paid to encourage development of onshore wind power generation in the UK may survive the government’s … (icis) [mappress] Source: icis, June 28, 2011;
