The master of a wind farm passenger transfer vessel has today been ordered to pay £9,702 in fines and costs after pleading guilty to a breach of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. Michael Gallagher was in charge when the workboat catamaran Windcat 9 with 15 people on board when it hit a large floating
The European Commission has concluded that the €86.6 million aid, granted by France to the “Supergrid Institut pour la transition énergétique” for a research project aimed at developing a new generation of long-distance energy transmission networks, complies with the EU rules on State aid. Joaquín A
A group of three companies have secured an important project supporting the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind sector. BMT Asia Pacific (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, IT Power and Ramboll will work together to provide consulting services to Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute
A group of three companies have secured an important project supporting the development of Taiwan’s offshore wind sector. BMT Asia Pacific (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, IT Power and Ramboll will work together to provide consulting services to Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute
The U.S. Energy Department, in coordination with the U.S. Navy, yesterday announced funding for two companies that will continue to advance marine and hydrokinetic (MHK) technology as a viable source for America’s clean energy future. Ocean Energy USA and Northwest Energy Innovations will test their
In order to ensure that potential tenderers can offer their views on framework conditions and contribute to making the content of the conditions attractive and flexible for the market, the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) decided to conduct a technical dialogue in May 2013 covering two offshore wind proje
Those who doubt the value of wind power in generating power for the UK are being urged to think again by James Gray, inward investment director for EEEZ, the East of England Energy Zone. He wants to see the nation’s politicians, business leaders and energy industry fully behind the many initiatives
The U.S. Navy has committed to get half of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2020. One element of that strategy will be looking to extract energy from tides, currents and waves. The University of Washington is helping to reach that goal with an $8 million, four-year contract from the Nav
European Heads of State missed the opportunity to set an ambitious target for renewable energy in the 2030 climate and energy framework, EWEA said today in a press release. Read the full release below: The European Council’s decision to set an EU-binding target of 27% showed a lack of ambition to im
The States of Guernsey have prepared draft secondary legislation (an Ordinance) for public consultation under the Renewable Energy (Guernsey) Law 2010. The aim of the Ordinance is to enable effective development of offshore renewables (such as offshore wind, tidal and wave energy) in Guernsey at the
The Joint Parliamentary Committee yesterday cleared the way for the multi-million pound Able Marine Energy Park (AMEP) on the South Bank of the Humber, UK. Able UK’s Executive Chairman Peter Stephenson said that this is brilliant news for the company, region, the UK and the job opportunities that it
EU Heads of State today agreed upon a climate and energy framework, which fails to provide industrial leadership for Europe. The framework’s new targets for greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and energy efficiency will do little to capitalise on the security, employment and export potential
Malaysia started to actively eye offshore renewable power, according to the country’s media reports saying that Green Power Solutions, based in Malaysian state of Sabah, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Current2Current International. The two partners plan to develop a 10MW ti
China is scaling back its offshore wind ambitions, said Li Peng from National Energy Administration (NEA) at China Wind Power 2014 in Beijing. According to NEA, the forecast for 2015 is cut down to 2GW and 10GW by 2020, comparing to the initial plan of installing 5GW and 30GW of offshore wind power.
