Business & Finance
Framework Contract Awarded to Shepherd Construction (UK)
Narec has awarded a framework contract to Shepherd Construction for the building of three new facilities to house new test rigs for full scale wind and marine prototype devices: * Project Nautilus, a 3MW drive train test rig, will de-risk in-field activities by allowing Narec to perform certificatio
Dong Energy Financial Calendar (Denmark)
DONG Energy has planned the following release dates for the interim reports and the Annual General Meeting. 11 March 2011: Annual Report 2010 12 April 2011: Annual General meeting 19 May 2011: Interim report for first quarter of 2011 16 August 2011: Interim report for second quarter of 2011 4 Novemb
L-3 Announces Acquisition and Disposition (USA)
* Acquires FUNA International, GmbH, Expanding Marine and Alternative Energy Capabilities * Divests InfraredVision Technology Corporation L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it acquired FUNA International, GmbH (FUNA) on December 22, 2010. The terms of the transaction were not disclo
Classification for Offshore Wind Service Vessels (Norway)
Classification society Det Norske Veritas (DNV) has produced the world’s first class rules aimed at establishing a set of uniform standards… (maritimejournal) [mappress] Source: maritimejournal, January 10, 2011
Areva to Supply 40 Turbines M5000 for Borkum West II Offshore Wind Farm (Germany)
Areva announced, at the end of December 2010, the signing of a contract worth 400 million euros, with Trianel, an association of German… (instalbiz) [mappress] Source: instalbiz, January 07, 2011
Fred Olsen Renewables Backs Away From Forth Array Offshore Windfarm (UK)
THE Scottish Borders is one of Scotland’s main windfarm electricity generating areas but while that wasn’t much help to the population… (berwickshire-news) [mappress] Source: berwickshire-news, January 06, 2011
Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site Updates (UK)
By Nathalie Stevenson As we near the end of the first year of the project, I wanted to take the opportunity to recap the significant progress that has been made by Narec as we work towards our target to have first demonstrator deployments by the end of 2013/early 2014. Our proposed facility was awar
EU Will Exceed Renewable Energy Goal of 20 Percent by 2020
The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Today the European Wind Energy Association published its analysis of the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans, submitted by the EU Member States to the European Commission. “Ta
Offshore Renewables to Create 5,000 Jobs (UK)
More than 5,000 jobs could be generated from the marine renewables industry in the south-west, a new report has claimed. (lowcarboneconomy) [mappress] Source: lowcarboneconomy, January 04, 2011
Trapp Goes Offshore for New Venture (UK)
ENTREPRENEUR Tony Trapp is hoping to start securing orders for his latest engineering venture within weeks after impressing potential… By Babette Decker (journallive) [mappress] Source: journallive, January 04, 2011
Law School Releases Top 10 Environmental Concern List (USA)
Congress’ failure to adopt climate change legislation, the Gulf oil spill and the United States’ first greenhouse gas rules top an… By Lisa Rathke (boston) [mappress] Source: boston, January 04, 2011
NStar-Northeast Utilities Merge Seek Shareholders Approval (USA)
Shareholders of NStar (NYSE:NST) will be asked to approve the proposed merger with Northeast Utilities (NYSE: NU) at a special meeting March… (bizjournals) [mappress] Source: bizjournals, January 04, 2011
SeaEnergy Signs Three Moray Firth Milestone Agreements (UK)
Renewable energy developer SeaEnergy plc said its Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd joint venture has signed three milestone agreements to… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, December 29, 2010
Wind Turbine Market Analysis to 2015 – Global Capacity, Equipment Market Size and Market Share, Regulatory Framework and Cost Analysis
Wind Turbine Market Analysis to 2015 – Global Capacity, Equipment Market Size and Market Share, Regulatory Framework and Cost Analysis ; The report provides an in-depth analysis of global, regional and key countries wind turbine market. This alternative energy research report gives historical and fo