Offshore looks like the next big expansion area for the wind industry. Conventional ideas extended to offshore tasks will mount turbines on… [mappress] Source: windpowerengineering, May 13, 2010;
Five Ashtech ProFlex 500 GNSS receivers are helping guide the operations of the self-propelled jack-up vessel Bard Wind Lift I, the first… [mappress] Source: marinelink, May 12, 2010;
Two self-propelled jack-up vessels purpose-built for installing offshore wind turbines have made Great Yarmouth’s EastPort UK their home… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyfocus, May 11, 2010;
SCI, the leading independent provider of technical expertise to the steel construction sector, has been commissioned by the Research… [mappress] Source: steelguru, May 08, 2010;
Grouting seals for wind turbines are notoriously difficult to produce, with many failing during installation. With a recent Government announcement that 6,000 new wind turbines will be built around the coast of the UK in the next few years, this is a problem that needs a solution. That solution come
With the ability to produce 10 MW of power or more, the SeaTitan is expected to be the world’s most powerful wind turbine. This wind turbine [mappress] Source: nextbigfuture, May 05, 2010;
High in the air and buffeted by gusts and gales, wind-turbine gearboxes present a range of opportunities for failure. The durability of… [mappress] Source: theengineer, May 05, 2010;
Different layers of the seabed reflect sound waves in a specific way. Researchers are harnessing the benefits of this fact to efficiently… [mappress] Source: fraunhofer, May 05, 2010;
The standard for wind turbines being built by the ever-innovating wind industry in utility-scale installations has changed from 1.5… [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, May 04, 2010;
It is the country’s trump card for meeting its EU 2020 renewable energy target. But not just that: it also promises to deliver the UK from the black hole of energy dependency, kick-start the green economy, and restore Britain’s standing as an industrial, engineering and maritime nation.
Offshore windfarms will double as radar defence systems in a pioneering deal involving the Ministry of Defence, which previously opposed the [mappress] Source: The Guardian, May 04, 2010;
The development of a turbine manufacturing industry along Virginia’s coast is key to creating jobs and reducing the costs of offshore wind… [mappress] Source: newsleader, May 04, 2010;
Vattenfall is placing another piece into the climate puzzle by starting off the construction work of its third wind farm in the UK in… [mappress] Source: Vattenfall , May 04, 2010;
A recent Wall Street Journal article highlighted offshore wind energy projects being constructed in Europe: “By offering generous incentives, the U.K. already has built more offshore wind power than any other nation. Now it is planning a wave of vast new wind farms, in some of Europe’s stormiest wat
