Statoil has awarded Aker Solutions a significant part of the frame agreement for inspection services on all of their offshore installations and onshore plants in Norway. The contract period is for four years with options for further extensions up to four years. The yearly volume of the contract will
One of Lancashire’s new MPs has called for a rethink on windfarms being built in the countryside. [mappress] Source: lep, July 02, 2010;
While solar energy can only be harnessed during the day, wind power may be one of the best renewable energy solutions.However, as turbines… [mappress] Source: ecofriend, July 02, 2010;
The renewable energy sector requires “urgent action” to ensure that it does not miss its “potential boom era” through a lack of long-term… [mappress] Source: newenergyfocus, July 01, 2010;
Leading French wind project developer and renewable energy producer VALOREM recently added a Triton Sonic Wind Profiler to its wind resource assessment program. The purchase, which followed an initial rental Triton deployment, represents a significant endorsement by a leader in the French wind indus
Vattenfall reached an important construction milestone this weekend, when the 100th, and final, turbine was installed at Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, which has been under construction since 2008 and is due to be finished in early autumn 2010. The installation of
The scientists have invented floating ocean-based wind turbines, which could be the next big thing in the renewable energy solutions. [mappress] Source: oneindia, July 01, 2010;
The US Department of the Interior and Department of Energy plan to increase offshore renewable energy development together, under a formal agreement signed Tuesday. Interior and the DOE would develop “attainable” goals for constructing renewable energy projects on the US Outer Continental Shelf, det
· RenewableUK’s ‘Building an Industry’ report released · Government must act now and commit to the £60m offshore wind infrastructure competition to ensure key port infrastructure upgrades will go ahead as a key requirement to attracting manufacturing jobs · Government in conjunction with industry ne
Exclusive from Offshore wind 2010 conference in Liverpool. David Still, managing director of CBE talked today on Offshore Wind 2010 Conference about building the industry and offshore wind supply chain. Supply chain is all about timing, we can’t relie on given time frames. He also added they are bui
An ongoing dispute over who should bear the costs of onshore grid upgrades necessary to connect planned Round III wind farms is “the single biggest issue facing developers,” a top official in the Crown Estate tells Recharge. The official said that there has been little progress in resolving the issu
In June, REpower Systems AG passed the one gigawatt milestone with wind energy systems installed in France. The manufacturer has installed around 500 turbines across the country since 2002. This corresponds to 20% of France’s existing wind energy capacity. Alongside its activities in the sale, insta
Siemens has been awarded a major order with Lincs Wind Farm Ltd to implement the grid connection for the Lincs offshore wind farm. The order volume for the grid connection is GBP101 million (approximately EUR120 million). Siemens Energy announced in December it is also supplying 75 of its high-perfo
Blue Offshore and Caley Ocean Systems have announced the commencement of the design of an innovative cable installation system for delivery by Spring 2011. The system features an unique flexible modular basket carousel, which enables the carousel to have variable carrying capacities to suit the proj
