Ballast Nedam has signed an agreement with London Array Limited for the deployment of the heavy lift vessel (HLV) Svanen at The London Array Offshore Wind Farm from the second half of August this year. Svanen will perform its services in addition to the installation vessels currently installing foun
The Seajacks vessels continue to work in tandem, installing Siemens 3.6MW WTGs at a rapid pace on Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm. Recent installation activities have been described as “booming” by client Dong Energy. 155 turbines now installed – 7 turbines installed in the past week Seajacks Operations
Offshore wind power as an industry is set to undergo intense growth over the next 10-20 years. The EWEA (European Wind Energy Association)… (cleantechies) [mappress] Source: cleantechies, August 10, 2011
Three Costa de la Luz mayors have united to oppose a wind farm scheme a few kilometres offshore. By Wendy Williams (theolivepress) [mappress] Source: theolivepress, August 07, 2011
Cape Wind, the offshore wind farm famous for its 10-year fight against Cape Cod’s most prominent NIMBYs, will likely be the first U.S.… Herman K. Trabish (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, August 07, 2011
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. and Iceni Marine Services Ltd. announce that the two companies have signed a contract for the construction of a South Catamaran 14m RRV to be named ‘Iceni Pride’. The ‘Iceni Pride’ is a first of class South Catamaran 14m RRV developed from the very successful 12m RR
E.ON, RWE and WindMW today presented their plans for the construction of a base for the maintenance and operation of their offshore wind farms planned in the German North Sea. The plans provide for the development of the southern port of Helgoland to create a service and operating station. To this e
Vattenfall, Technip and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the joint venture (JV) partners behind a cutting edge Wind Deployment Centre in Scottish waters – the 11-wind turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen Bay – have submitted their consent application to Marine
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited,a leading wind turbine manufacturer in China, announced that it signed a strategic cooperative agreement with China Three Gorges New Energy Corp. ,a fully-owned subsidiary of China Three Gorges Corporation to foster closer cooperation in both domestic and int
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has completed its detailed site evaluation and conceptual design study of a proposed 5MW CETO commercial demonstration project in Irish waters. The conceptual design and site project study was 50% funded by the Irish Government’s Sustainable Energy
WindMW GmbH , a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone , has completed the financing for “Meerwind,” the largest German offshore wind farm to complete its full financing process. Meerwind is also the first German wind farm to be fully financed by private investors. The 80 turbine wind
South Boats Special Projects Ltd. announce that they have reached agreement with the administrators of Lyme Boats Ltd. to purchase the assets of the former boat building company. Under the terms of the agreement the company is now able to produce the Vigilante Workboats GRP and Aluminium designs. Th
LBA announces that Scour Prevention Systems Ltd (SPS) has successfully raised c. £350k. The company presented to LBA on 26 May 2011 looking for just £100k to close its funding round which included a £100k grant, and received an overwhelming response from our network, with firm offers for significant
EDF Energy Renewables is in talks to secure a replacement balance of plant contractor for the Teesside offshore wind farm in north-… (orbisenergy) [mappress] Source: orbisenergy, August 04, 2011
