Following its manufacture and testing in Leith, ScottishPower Renewables’ new P2 Pelamis wave power device set sail for the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney (Sunday 6th November). It will undergo further trials as part of a unique cross-industry collaboration project with a similar device man
Avanti Wind Systems was among the 300 exhibitors at Renewable UK 2011 – The 33rd Annual Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, England. Avanti Wind Systems showed the new generation of service lifts, ladder systems with fall protection and climb assistance as well as safety equipment for technicia
Marylanders appreciate the feel-good arguments for offshore wind energy, but they want to see hard, cold numbers as well… (chevychase) [mappress] Source: chevychas, November 07, 2011;
China has the most important marked for wind industry in the world. During the last five years, the Chinese wind power industry has doubled its capacity every year. Therefore, the Beijing International Wind Power Exhibition has grown year by year. A few years ago it was in a sports hall – this year
Today there is information in the market regarding Vestas having been appointed preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. Vestas confirms that Eneco has appointed Vestas preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. If this will result in a firm and unconditiona
Today there is information in the market regarding Vestas having been appointed preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. Vestas confirms that Eneco has appointed Vestas preferred supplier for an offshore project in the Netherlands. If this will result in a firm and unconditiona
Narec was successful in its bid for the second phase of Regional Growth Funding (RGF). Narec will manage the £11 million Wind Innovation Programme, which includes match funding from the private sector to the order of £5 million, to bring together offshore market leaders with world-class technology p
AN award recognising the work of small businesses in the region’s green energy industry is being sponsored by a Hull-based civil and structural engineering company. Alan Wood & Partners is to sponsor a category of the Humber Renewables Awards 2012. The accolades – the first of their type in the regi
Posco Power Corp., SK E&S Co. and Korea District Heating Corp. will join a 20 trillion won wind- power project in Jeolla province, South Korea… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 07, 2011;
On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds. He beamed a laser over the sea, day after day, measuring conditions offshore using an instrument called Doppler Aerosol Wind (DAWN) lidar, which is a type of laser. What Koch learns from the experiment will be used b
On a bluff overlooking the Atlantic, Grady Koch spent a month watching ocean winds. He beamed a laser over the sea, day after day, measuring conditions offshore using an instrument called Doppler Aerosol Wind (DAWN) lidar, which is a type of laser. What Koch learns from the experiment will be used b
The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation today issued a decree awarding a subsidy to Eneco from the remaining budget for the SDE [Sustainable Energy Production scheme] Round 2 to the development of a wind farm in the North Sea. This will allow Eneco to implement a new and i
DONG Energy has acquired the right to further develop the offshore wind project Borkum Riffgrund West 1 from Energiekontor AG for approx. EUR 30 mio. The procurement of the project is a significant step in DONG Energy’s effort to gain a stronger foothold in the growing German offshore wind sector. “
The SMart Wind consortium, led by Mainstream Renewable Power and the Project and Structured Finance unit of Siemens Financial Services, has secured grid capacity for the second gigawatt (GW) of its 4GW Hornsea offshore wind development off the Yorkshire coast. This second grid connection for the off
