Technology
USA: The future is in direct drive wind turbines
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;
The UK has plans to ramp up from 1GW to 33GW of offshore wind power within five years
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.
UK: Offshore windfarms causing problems to radars
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;
USA: Study shows Virginia coast is key to creating jobs
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 to build its third UK wind farm
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;
Design flaws on Dutch and UK’s Offshore wind turbines
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
USA: ABS announces wind turbine installation units notation at OTC
With the emergence of mobile offshore units primarily intended for the installation, maintenance and repair of wind turbines, classification [mappress] Source: motorship, May 03, 2010;
Germany: Vessels for Wind Farm Tenders use M72 engines
The number of wind farms generating sustainable energy is increasing steadily. These farms are supplied and maintained by tenders – vessels whose specialized design makes them impervious to heavy seas. “Thanks to our powerful propulsion plant, the special double-hull construction and our electronica
Germany starts up first offshore wind farm
Bremen/Norddeich: The time had come. On 27 April 2010 Federal Environment Minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen started up the first German wind park [mappress] Source: ambau-hb, April 27, 2010;
Investments in offshore wind energy projects to rise around 30 percent in 2010
Many energy experts believe that offshore wind energy will be one of the top renewable energy sources in the future, and that offshore wind… [mappress] Source: renewableenergyarticles, May 03, 2010;
A century-old German shipyard finds a new niche to fill a modern need
The illustrious history of the century-old Nordseewerke shipyard in Germany was heading toward a final unhappy chapter when the global… [mappress] Source: pennenergy, May 03, 2010;
SBM Offshore to supply the design for installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based Lamprell Energy.
Engineering outfit SBM Offshore is to supply the design for two highly specialised wind turbine-installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based [mappress] Source: upstreamonline, May 03, 2010;
Norway: Experimenting with floating offshore wind turbines
Ten kilometres off the southwest coast of Norway, the 80-metre blades of a turbine spin in the North Sea wind. It’s not an unusually large… [mappress] Source: cbc, May 02, 2010;
Germany: Siemens direct-drive turbines available for both onshore and offshore applications
With projected growth in offshore wind farms, turbine makers are adopting direct-drive generators, a technology that could help address… [mappress] Source: cnet, April 30, 2010;