Business & Finance
University Signs Cooperation Agreement to Develop Offshore Wind Farm (Taiwan)
National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) signed a cooperation agreement with a non-profit organization and a company to build… By Yang Sui-jui and Lilian Wu (focustaiwan) [mappress] Source: focustaiwan, September 26, 2011
Isle of Wight Firm Provides Crafts for Offshore Wind Industry (UK)
IN 1997, after more than 35 years in the boat building industry, Clive Jeffery was facing redundancy. By Ross Findon (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, September 26, 2011
AMSC Reports Net Loss of USD 186.3 Million (USA)
American Superconductor Corporation, a global power technologies company, reported financial results for fiscal year 2010 ended March 31, 2011, and the first quarter of fiscal year 2011 ended June 30, 2011. The company’s fiscal 2010 results include previously announced restatements of results for th
Wind Farm Developer Becomes Latest Member of Renewables Network (UK)
AN ENERGY company developing a North Sea wind farm has signalled its commitment to local contractors by becoming the latest member of a networking organisation. RWE npower renewables, which is responsible for the Triton Knoll Offshore Wind Farm project, has demonstrated a wish to meet suppliers acro
Dong Energy to Cash in More than USD 150 Million in Subsidies (UK)
ONE of the companies building a windfarm off the Furness coast is netting more cash from the government than any other in the UK. (nwemail) [mappress] Source: nwemail, September 22, 2011
Avanti Moves to New HQ, Opens New Training Facilities (Germany)
Avanti Wind Systems has gathered its activities in Germany in Elmshorn near Hamburg. Until now, Avanti Wind Systems Germany GmbH had its headquarters in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, but it has now been moved to Elmshorn, where Avanti already has a factory. In connection with the factory and offices in
JPMorgan to Help Sell Bard (Germany)
If there is one sector in clean energy that can be fairly confident of achieving tenfold, or more, growth over the next decade, it must be… (climatespectator) [mappress] Source: climatespectator, September 22, 2011
Catch Begins Third Phase of Training Facility Expansion (UK)
WORK has begun on the third phase of expansion at the South Bank’s unique process industry training facility. (thisisgrimsby) [mappress] Source: thisisgrimsby, September 21, 2011
Around 100 Visit GLOW Meeting (USA)
Around 100 residents of Charlotte and neighboring areas gathered at the Roger Robach Community Center at Ontario Beach Park… By Melissa Daniels (mpnnow) [mappress] Source: mpnnow, September 21, 2011
NIB Loans USD 328m to Dong Energy for Anholt Offshore Wind Park (Denmark)
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Danish energy company DONG Energy have signed a loan totalling EUR 240 million ($328 million) for financing the Anholt offshore wind farm. The loan has a maturity of 10 years and will partly finance the construction of what will become one of the world’s largest
Alstom to Lower Capital Cost of Offshore Wind Turbines (USA)
Alstom and several prominent US-based research institutions have been awarded a $4.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research and develop advanced control systems and integrated innovative sensors that increase energy production and lower the capital cost of offshore wind t
Turbine Access System Wins Carbon Trust Funding (UK)
Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have announced they have been awarded a contract from The Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access (OWA-A) Competition. The competition, backed by the Trust and eight leading wind farm developers, challenged industry to think
Dominion Wins Grant to Work on Cost Reduction of Offshore Wind Electricity (USA)
Dominion has received a two-year, $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to look for ways to reduce the cost of offshore wind electricity generation by at least 25 percent. “One of the biggest challenges to off-shore wind generation is bringing down the cost so it can be more competitive
Central Cape Breton Community Ventures to Submit Iona Tidal Energy Proposal (USA)
Central Cape Breton Community Ventures Inc. wants to develop a multimillion-dollar marine research centre at the Port of Iona, which is… (capebretonpost) [mappress] Source: capebretonpost, September 19, 2011