RenewableUK today released ‘Rebirth of UK manufacturing’, a document highlighting manufacturing opportunities in the renewables sector.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the Wind Power Industry in Denmark” report to their offering.Wind power… [mappress] Source: yourrenewablenews, March 22, 2010;
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way. Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years — one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the Amer
Toxin tests on live mussels put in bags in the Swan River and Fremantle Harbour for the first six weeks of port dredging have shown detectable levels of tributyltin, polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals… [mappress] Source: the West Australian, March 11, 2010
A tiny marine bristle worm has stopped dredges from pumping sand along Satellite Beach and Indian Harbour Beach for the past decade, while officials spent almost $68 million bulking up the oceanfront to the north and south… [mappress] Source: Florida Today, March 7, 2010
The U.K.’s leading renewable trade association RenewableUK Thursday called on the government to increase its financial support for marine… [mappress] Source: nasdaq, March 04, 2010;
Projects like Dubai’s “The World” will cause untold damage of shoreline erosion and habitat loss. So do modern ports, threatening endangered species. But there are solutions, says US expert… Source: Green Prophet, March 5, 2010
New insights into the impact of dredging on the environment highlight the distinction between small, frequent deposits of sediments arising from maintenance dredging, and larger one-off capital deposits. Understanding this distinction is crucial for effective licensing and monitoring of dredging… So
A Warwickshire engineering company is going head to head with a Japanese firm to design and build a cheaper way of testing offshore wind… [mappress] Source: birminghampost, February 26, 2010;
Andrew Mill, CEO of Narec, responds to the announcement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of an £18.5 million grant to fund an offshore wind test site at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland: “We very much welcome this funding award and the continued support we have received from
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants Duke Energy to conduct an environmental impact study of its offshore wind power project in Pamlico… [mappress] Source: charlotteobserver, February 24, 2010;
Dredging work at Finnish harbours and along shipping routes are stirring up sediments on the sea bottom significantly more than the laying of the planned undersea natural gas pipeline would. [mappress] Source: Helsingin Sanomat, February 22, 2010
A university scientist has been appointed chief investigator in a £607,000 research project aimed at understanding what happens when rivers meet tides in the world’s largest estuaries. [mappress] Source:brighton,February 19,2010;
BWEA (RenewableUK), the UK’s leading trade association, welcomed today’s announcement from US company Clipper Windpower on plans to build the world’s largest turbine blade in Newcastle, for its proprietary 10 megawatt (MW) Britannia wind turbine. Each Britannia turbine will be able to satisfy the an
