A former staffer for Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee has landed a job with the American Wind Energy Association, the lobby group announced Wednesday. Christopher Long was the deputy policy director for the governor since Chafee took office in January. He left about two weeks ago, said Chafee spokesman Michae
Scottish and Southern Energy plc announced financial report for the year to 31 March 2011. Lord Smith of Kelvin, Chairman of SSE, said: “SSE’s key financial objective is to deliver above-inflation increases in the dividend every year, and this has again been achieved. SSE is one of just six FTSE 100
Wind Towers Ltd, the joint venture between SSE (Scottish and Southern Energy plc) and Marsh Wind Technology Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Marsh Global Holdings Ltd, has completed the purchase of the Skykon wind turbine tower manufacturing and assembly plant at Machrihanish, Campbeltown, from its Adminis
Floating wind farms, ocean wave power, hydrofracking, and the state of climate science will be among the featured topics discussed at NYIT’s sixth annual Energy Conference on Thursday, June 2, at the NYIT de Seversky Mansion in Old Westbury. The conference, “Beyond Carbon: Offshore Energy and Techno
E.ON has today (Friday 20th May) re-opened its Scroby Sands Wind Farm Visitor Centre in Great Yarmouth following an extensive … (eon) [mappress] Source: eon, May 20, 2011;
It will not be a great deal of money to start with, but Ashtabula County will get a cut of the revenue from a pilot offshore wind farm… By Carl E. Feather (starbeacon) [mappress] Source: starbeacon, May 20, 2011;
Dr. Habib Dagher, director of the Advanced Structures and Composites Center at the University of Maine, will be speaking to elected … (villagesoup) [mappress] Source: villagesoup, May 20, 2011;
AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) have announced the launch of their Ocean Renewables brand. Ocean Renewables brings AXYS’ existing array of offshore renewable energy assessment and monitoring systems together under a single brand, enabling clients in this sector to get a full overview of their range of
Having presented itself to the European market in spring 2011 at the EWEA in Brussels, and to the German public at Hannover Messe, PCS did not want to pass by the USA, with its well-developed WINDPOWER conference and exhibition. WINDPOWER, this year in Anaheim, CA, 22 – 25/ 5/ 2011 is one of the [&h
In the harbour of Mostyn, the first two wind turbines for Walney 2 have been loaded onto Kraken, and she is awaiting better wind conditions before leaving for the Walney 2 site. Also in the harbour in Mostyn, the installation vessel Leviathan is awaiting Kraken’s departure before it can take its pos
The Western Isles could capitalise on Scotland’s green energy boom following the news today that Aquamarine Power has secured seabed… (aquamarinepower) [mappress] Source: aquamarinepower, May 19, 2011
In a paper published today at All-Energy conference and exhibition in Aberdeen, Scottish Renewables outlines the necessary actions … (scottishrenewables) [mappress] Source: scottishrenewables, May 19, 2011
The foundation installation has had a good start, and the installation vessels Svanen and Goliath have already managed to place 20 monopiles and 11 transition pieces in Walney 2. However, for the last almost two weeks, the installation has been influenced by unfavourable weather conditions, but de
The European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off the coast of Aberdeen, Scotland, is calling for innovators to bring their… (renewableenergyfocus) [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, May 19, 2011;
