Europe’s love affair with offshore wind may at last be venturing across the Atlantic as the first approved project in the US continues apace. However, the switch to this large-scale renewable energy form – which has the potential to displace both coal and nuclear in providing the bulk of energy cons
The wealth of career opportunities offered by the growing offshore wind energy industry will be the focus of a presentation given by Forewind together with The Crown Estate at a meeting of careers counsellors and training service providers in the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire region, next week.
The Southeast National Marine Renewable Energy Center (SNMREC) at Florida Atlantic University recently accomplished a major milestone in… (fau) [mappress] Source: fau, May 06, 2011
The World congress on renewable energy, which is scheduled to take place in Linköping during May, is expected to witness participation… By Cameron Chai (azocleantech) [mappress] Source: azocleantech, May 05, 2011;
Comfort at Sea, the joint venture between Blue Water Shipping, Denmark and ISP, Miami, has arranged a charter of the M/V SEA SPIRIT to Siemens PLC, as an offshore accommodation vessel for wind turbine installations in the Irish Sea. The vessel has been delivered Barrow-in-Furness, UK, and will be on
Engineers at the Maritime Research Institute in the Netherlands (MARIN) are in the closing stages of testing three different floating wind turbine concepts — a spar, a tension-leg platform and a semi-submersible — for the DeepCwind Consortium, led by the University of Maine. Researchers there claim
AROUND 2,000 workers would be involved in £450m plans to quadruple the size of the Liverpool Bay wind farm. By David Bartlett (liverpoolecho) [mappress] Source: liverpoolecho, May 05, 2011;
SGS, the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company, will be making its first attendance at the Offshore Wind China 2011 Conference and Exhibition in Shanghai, and at the Wind Power Asia 2011 in Beijing, both of which are leading renewable energy events in Asia. From
The Government should renegotiate “hugely and unnecessarily expensive” EU targets to boost renewable power by 2020, a think tank urged… (utilityproducts) [mappress] Source: utilityproducts, May 05, 2011;
With the European Council calling for a single EU gas and electricity market by 2014, ANN O’DEA looks at the implications for Ireland’s… By Ann O’Dea (siliconrepublic) [mappress] Source: siliconrepublic, May 05, 2011;
The coalition working to put a handful of wind turbines in Lake Erie aims to insert into the hotly contested state budget an amendment… By Chuck Soder (crainscleveland) [mappress] Source: crainscleveland, May 05, 2011;
A new training course for engineers working with wind turbines has been launched in Middlesbrough. (edie) [mappress] Source: edie, May 05, 2011;
Offshore safety professionals have acknowledged that there is a requirement for wind-specific regulations to prevent accidents when… (windenergyupdate) [mappress] Source: windenergyupdate, May 05, 2011
Floating wind farms, ocean wave power, hydrofracking, and the state of climate science will be among the featured discussions 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 Technologies
