According to IBM, Vestas has applied the most innovative information management solution within their entire customer base in 2011. The ‘Most Innovative Award’ was granted to Vestas for the deployment of the supercomputer Firestorm. The award was presented to Vestas at an award ceremony with over 10
SMD and Blade Offshore Services (BOS) announce the signature of Heads of Terms for a joint venture. Under the joint venture, expected to be called SMD-BORD, SMD will design and manufacture subsea remote drilling solutions for the marine renewable industry, offering a cost effective alternative to mo
SMD and Blade Offshore Services (BOS) announce the signature of Heads of Terms for a joint venture. Under the joint venture, expected to be called SMD-BORD, SMD will design and manufacture subsea remote drilling solutions for the marine renewable industry, offering a cost effective alternative to mo
Currently a hopper dredger is being built in Canada which will perform the maintenance dredging activities of the St Lawrence Seaway. Ocean’s companies, the shipbuilder and future dredging contractor, have opted for a proven design, fitted out with a Damen trailing pipe and other Damen dredging gear
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime, has been awarded a contract with leading wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device. The Oyster device has been
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has launched the development of a power generation system utilizing ocean tides, a promis… (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, October 25, 2011
Caterpillar has been awarded a renewed contract by the National Joint Powers Alliance (NJPA) to supply “Construction Equipment together with Related Accessories, Supplies and Services” to NJPA’s more than 30,000 members. NJPA is a municipal agency that creates a business and service relationship all
SeaRoc, part of the Natural Power group, has been selected to project manage the supply, installation and commissioning of two lattice meteorological towers in accordance with a specification provided by Forewind – the consortium responsible for developing UK Round 3 offshore wind farm site Dogger B
UK small wind turbine manufacturer Ampair has continued its push into the renewable hybrid power system market by launching the containerPod™ range of power solutions predominantly designed for providing platform power for the offshore wind measurement sector. Jeremy Davies Ampair’s sales and market
Pommec, rapidly becoming the leading manufacturer of Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS), have been awarded the contract by Osiris Marine Services to deliver two complete LARS Lite and the first produced Twin Basket LARS for their projects in the wind farm industry. Osiris Marine Services specialized
Hansen Transmissions International NV announces the first deliveries of high quality 6 MW gearboxes for China’s first 6 MW wind turbine. Spearheading a new era of wind energy development in China, Hansen Transmissions has officially delivered its first made-for-China 6 MW gearboxes for the Sinovel S
Falck Nutec Teesside has revealed a brand new £550,000 extension to its existing industrial training unit. (hazardexonthenet) [mappress] Source: hazardexonthenet, October 20, 2011
Between 29th September and 1st October 2011 Liebherr-Werk Nenzing GmbH celebrated its 35th anniversary. An open day with over 20,000 visitors concluded the festivities in the Austrian village of Nenzing. Such a high attendance by far exceeded the ambitious expectations in the planning stages. The fe
The new full-power converter design by The Switch features top fault ride-through (FRT) capability, allowing better grid side performance. The new converters match the most stringent grid code in the world to date, the German BDEW 2008 directive, and they also comply with E.ON 2006, Transmission Cod
