With five successful offshore wind projects under its belt, Vattenfall UK turned to Danish offshore wind installation business A2SEA to install the world’s largest offshore turbines, R5, at Ormonde, 10km off the UK coast at Barrow-in-Furness. “We didn’t want to take any chances at Ormonde, so we wen
The West Michigan Wind Assessment project team at Grand Valley State University has issued a report to address the benefits and concerns … [mappress] Source: mlive, June 08, 2011;
Eddie O’Connor, one of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs, has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate of Engineering, from NUI … By Patricia Austin (insideireland) [mappress] Source: insideireland, June 08, 2011;
Siemens Energy has installed the first prototype of its next generation offshore wind turbine in Høvsøre, Denmark, and has today initiated the first trial operation. The new SWT-6.0-120 wind turbine with a power rating of 6 megawatts (MW) and a rotor diameter of 120 metres uses the innovative Siemen
Vos Prodect Innovations is going to be represented at Renewable UK’s annual offshore wind event which will be held on 29th – 30th of June 2011, in Liverpool. In addition to the well-known unique cable protection systems Vos Prodect is going to introduce our newest development ”Cable Hang-off System”
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder and Korea’s largest green energy provider, today completed the site trial of a prototype 500 kW tidal current power system at Uldolmok Passage in Jeollanam-do, southwest Korea. Tidal current power is a form of hydropower that converts the kin
SgurrEnergy announces the enhancement of the company’s strong working relationships with KfW IPEX-Bank, UniCredit Bank and other leading European project and export finance banks, by winning a new construction monitoring contract for Germany’s first project financed offshore wind farm, Borkum West I
The rapidly developing offshore wind industry off the UK’s east coast must gather knowledge from the oil and gas sector’s 45 years experience of working in harsh offshore environments. That is the key conclusion from a major study by Natural Power on behalf of POWER cluster to look at challenges fac
Three large cement anchors have arrived in Coos Bay, where they will wait in an undisclosed location, to be assembled later this Summer to… (kcby) [mappress] Source: kcby, June 08, 2011;
The rise of wind energy is no longer being looked upon as an alternate source of energy. The United States is a leader in the field of wind energy and the US in 2010 was the second largest user of wind energy in the world, just behind China. In fact, the US had over […]
Offshore Wind 2011 is a must for anyone interested in the development of the sector’s huge potential, not just in the UK but worldwide. With over 2,500 delegates expected to attend, numerous workshops and renowned speakers the event should present a valuable opportunity to engage with industry profe
For the fourth year in a row, Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference will experience extensive growth. The number of registered exhibitors for Offshore Energy 2011, to be held 11 & 12 October at the Amsterdam RAI, already succeeds expectations. Compared to 40 registered exhibitors in the same perio
Offshore wind farm operators could be facing O&M costs as high as €100,000 to €300,000 per year, per turbine, according to the latest Wind Energy Update Operations and Maintenance report. This figure could be spiked by an additional 20 percent over the short term, as innovative 5MW variable-speed an
For all of the ambitious goals set for the development of offshore wind, it will take years before any of the recent proposals become a … By Don Cuddy (southcoasttoday) [mappress] Source: southcoasttoday, June 08, 2011;
