In March 2011, SAL will take into service its second Type 183 heavy lift vessel. The vessel is under construction at the Sietas shipyard in Hamburg. The innovative ship will be the second heavy lift vessel with 2 x 1,000 tonne SWL cranes. It is also capable of maintaining a speed of 20 knots. [&hell
Wind turbines attached to floating buoys can harness stronger, more sustained winds in the open ocean. But the floats now used for such… By Phil McKenna (technologyreview) [mappress] Source: technologyreview, February 04, 2011
Opponents of Cape Wind, the still-embattled herald of offshore wind in the U.S., have raised an array of unsubstantiated objections, but the… By Herman K. Trabish (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, February 04, 2011
Michael Bromwich, director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), reiterated the federal agency’s… By Mark Del Franco (nawindpower) [mappress] Source: nawindpower, February 04, 2011
• Total performance EUR 804.0 million • EBIT EUR 44.4 million • Order backlog rises to EUR 2.9 billion In the first nine months of the fiscal year 2010/11, REpower Systems AG (WKN 617 703) achieved a total performance of EUR 804.0 million, compared with a total performance of EUR 936.3 million for t
The wind energy sector is on an upswing. Installed power worldwide, totalling 203,000 MW in 2010, will rise to 1,900,000 MW in 2020. TÜV SÜD… By Kim Chapman (iewy) [mappress] Source: iewy, February 04, 2011
In response to a proposed federal natural gas and oil leasing program for the Atlantic, Governor Beverly Perdue of North Carolina created… By Toni Reale (cleanenergy) [mappress] Source: cleanenergy, February 04, 2011
SeaEnergy (AIM: SEA) today announces that it has agreed a further extension to the terms of an existing loan facility until the earlier of 31 March 2011, or completion of the SeaEnergy Renewables Limited (“SERL”) sale process. The facility is provided by LC Capital Master Fund, Ltd (“LC”), a major s
Blue Offshore and Integrated Subsea Services have completed their feasibility study on the possible use of multipurpose DP2 vessel Normand Tonjer for array cable installation on offshore wind farms. The scope of the study included development of deck layouts for cable installation and cable burial t
Niagara County is now officially opposed to a Great Lakes Offshore Wind energy project involving Lake Ontario. The lake between Youngstown… By Joyce M. Miles (tonawanda-news) [mappress] Source: tonawanda-news, February 03, 2011
· Department of the Interior to issue wind and wildlife guidelines imminently · Congressional hearing requested by conservationists By Ted Williams (flyrodreel) [mappress] Source: flyrodreel, February 03, 2011
BUSINESSES can find out the opportunities presented by the offshore wind sector at an event taking place at York Racecourse on February 10. (yorkpress) [mappress] Source: yorkpress, February 03, 2011
Delivering cost-effective, innovative solutions to connect, construct and install next generation, deepwater, offshore wind farms The… (energyportal) [mappress] Source: energyportal, February 03, 2011
Prysmian, one of the leading worldwide players in the energy and telecommunications cable industry, is to showcase its latest technological innovations, specifically designed to support the development of smarter and greener power grids, at MEE 2011, the electrical industry’s largest tradeshow in th
