DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1 in the German part of the North Sea. The construction will represent a total investment of approximately EUR 1 ¼ billion. Borkum Riffgrund 1 will consist of up to 89 3.6 MW turbines from Siemens Wind Power with a total capaci
Recent criticism of the Liberals’ announcement to postpone offshore wind development while asking for more research on land-based turbines… By Vanessa Brown (clintonnewsrecord) [mappress] Source: clintonnewsrecord , February 24, 2011
Supporting the burgeoning development of wind farms is the next big growth opportunity in the offshore helicopter transportation market… By Charles Alcock (ainonline) [mappress] Source: ainonline , February 24, 2011
Global Marine Energy, Inc. today announced the opening of its office in Boston Massachusetts. Global Marine Energy is an American owned licensee of Global Marine Systems Ltd, the market leading offshore cable installation and marine engineering company. For over 160 years, Global Marine has been suc
Hartlepool could be a major player in the wind energy sector for the next 50 years. (hartlepoolmail) [mappress] Source: hartlepoolmail , February 24, 2011
Advanced composites of glass fibre and polyester will be employed by LM Wind Power in the creation of the longest to date wind turbine … (ecocomposites) [mappress] Source: ecocomposites, February 24, 2011
Community-based offshore wind developer Fisherman’s Energy is planning a 25MW demonstration project off the coast of New Jersey. [mappress] Source:windpowermonthly , February 23, 2011
Even with a push in the United Kingdom to advance renewable energy, North Sea reserves will play a big role in the regional energy mix,… (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, February 23, 2011
Members of the state’s congressional delegation are pressuring the U.S. Department of the Interior to listen to fishermen as the agency… (ack) [mappress] Source: ack, February 23, 2011
Over the course of the next three to five years, there will be a huge demand for skilled mechanical and electrical engineers to work on the… (responsesource) [mappress] Source: responsesource, February 23, 2011
The offshore wind industry is in transition, and faces faces challenges that are typical of all fast-growing sectors: unforeseen problems… (wind.energy-business-review) [mappress] Source: wind.energy-business-review, February 23, 2011
The second-largest utility in Massachusetts has agreed to buy electricity from three wind power companies to help it meet renewable power… (canadianbusiness) [mappress] Source: canadianbusiness , February 23, 2011;
The wind farm developer PNE WIND AG, one of Europe’s leading wind farm companies with more than 5,700MW of onshore and offshore wind farm capacity in development, has been appointed as a preferred development partner to the Forestry Commission Scotland for the potential development of wind power sch
UK employee owned marine engineering company Houlder has announced that the Turbine Access System (TAS) being jointly developed with BMT Nigel Gee to provide safe personnel access to offshore wind turbines will feature in a visual presentation at the EWEA 2011 Conference in Brussels. The patented ac
