Business & Finance
Developers to concentrate on oceana county after masons refusal (USA)
Now that Mason County is out of the Scandia/Havgul wind farm picture, developers will scale back their plans again and concentrate on Oceana… Kevin Braciszeski(oceanaheraldjournal) [mappress] Source: oceanaheraldjournal, June 17, 2010;
Department of Public Utilities holds a meeting about Cape Wind power deal (USA)
Massachusetts utility regulators are holding the first of three public hearings on National Grid’s deal to buy power from the Cape Wind… [mappress] Source: boston, June 17, 2010;
World Wind Energy Award 2010 goes to the Founding Member States of IRENA (Turkey)
Istanbul/Bonn (WWEA) – On the occasion of the 9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, the Board of the World Wind Energy Association has decided to give the World Wind Energy Award 2010 to the Founding Member States of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and hand it ov
DOE releases request for information on Offshore Wind Demonstration Project (USA)
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a Request for Information (RFI) seeking input from the public on the research,… [mappress] Source: allvoices, June 16, 2010;
Spain reduces it’s offshore wind and solar goals
The Spanish government has lowered its installed capacity targets for solar and offshore wind power, although it is maintaining plans to… Juan Montes (nasdaq) [mappress] Source: nasdaq, June 15, 2010;
The Ostend port authority signs a deal on renewable energy with China
Chinese companies assembling parts of wind turbines and solar panels will use Ostend as a hub for dispatching their products. It is hoped… [mappress] Source: heavyliftpfi, June 14, 2010;
Great Yarmouth port celebrates £50 million deal with Subocean (UK)
Bosses at Great Yarmouth’s £50m outer harbour are celebrating after they signed a major contract with a leading offshore wind energy company [mappress] Source: evwind, June 11, 2010;
Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to invest in FLOW offshore wind energy project
Today, the outgoing Economic Affairs Minister Van der Hoeven granted funding of €19.5 million for the Far and Large Offshore Wind (FLOW) innovation project. The subsidy matches the same level of funding previously announced by the companies in the FLOW consortium. The budget will be spent on the fir
Norwegian company continues with plans in four Michigan counties (USA)
A Norwegian company that originally proposed wind farms to four West Michigan counties encountered a setback: the Mason County board… [mappress] Source:woodtv , June 10, 2010;
AMSC AND HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES EXPAND WIND POWER STRATEGIC ALLIANCE (USA)
Team Developing 5 MW Wind Turbine for Rapidly Growing Global Offshore Market, HHI to Begin 5 MW Wind Turbine Production for the Offshore Market in 2011 DEVENS, Mass., U.S. and ULSAN, South Korea – June 9, 2010 – American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company,
The Netherlands: Ballast Nedam signs contract for Walney II Offshore Windpark
Ballast Nedam Offshore has signed a contract with Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd (a joint venture between DONG Energy of Denmark and… [mappress] Source: ballast-nedam, June 08, 2010;
Moog to supply REpower with electric blade pitch control systems (Germany)
Moog Industrial Group will supply REpower Systems AG with electric blade pitch control systems for the RWE Innogy Nordsee Ost 1 offshore… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, June 07, 2010;
Habib Dagher envisions a new business sector that could transform the state (USA)
Less than 24 hours after returning from a wind energy conference in Dallas, Habib Dagher was sitting in front of a video monitor here at the… [mappress] Source: pressherald, June 07, 2010;
Five bids for offshore wind turbines (USA)
Five formal proposals to build wind turbines in the New York waters of Lake Ontario or Lake Erie have been submitted to the New York Power… [mappress] Source: democratandchronicle, June 04, 2010;