Last week, the Evening Mail revealed that Lea McMeekin, managing director of Port Millom, wants to use HMS Invincible as a helicopter base… [mappress] Source: nwemail, November 02, 2010;
Trade body Oil and Gas UK claims energy policy must uphold drilling rights over offshore wind farms. The British oil industry has threatened… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, November 01, 2010;
ALEX Salmond will this week announce a major training initiative to solve a looming skills crisis in Scotland’s renewable energy sector.The… By Nathalie Thomas (scotlandonsunday) [mappress] Source: scotlandonsunday, November 01, 2010;
Companies have always complained about expensive gearboxes used in common wind turbines. The problem-prone design seems to be falling out… By Oliver M. Bayani (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, November 01, 2010;
Companies have always complained about expensive gearboxes used in common wind turbines. The problem-prone design seems to be falling out… By Oliver M. Bayani (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, November 01, 2010;
Transmission Capital Partners has been selected to run the transmission link for the 150 MW Ormonde offshore windfarm off the Cumbrian coast. This follows the announcement in August of the preferred bidders to operate the first £700 million worth of offshore transmission links. The Ormonde transmiss
Transmission Capital Partners has been selected to run the transmission link for the 150 MW Ormonde offshore windfarm off the Cumbrian coast. This follows the announcement in August of the preferred bidders to operate the first £700 million worth of offshore transmission links. The Ormonde transmiss
In September 2010, SGS successfully became a member of Suisse Eole, an association for the promotion of wind energy in Switzerland. For the first time in its capacity as a Suisse Eole member, SGS took part in the meeting of the association held on September 14th, 2010 in Bern. During the one-day eve
Visitors to RenewableUK 2010 will hear at first hand from OSBIT Power Ltd (OP), about plans for a turbine access system that can operate in safety in higher sea states than any system currently available. OP is the newly established renewable energy engineering design, manufacture and supply company
The rapidly expanding renewable energy cluster at Port of Blyth received a major boost with the announcement of two long term deals linked to the offshore wind sector. Alnmaritec, an aluminium boat builder with a focus on the offshore wind sector, has been operating at the Port on a temporary basis
* Orders up 18%1 on industrial recovery and large power order * Revenues positive after five quarters of decline * Operational EBIT margin2 up to 14.0% as cost take-out delivers further benefits ABB’s order growth accelerated and revenues rose in the third quarter on a combination of continued growt
As the number of offshore wind turbines increases, so too does the need for cost-effective and efficient installation solutions. IHC… (bymnews) [mappress] Source: bymnews, October 28, 2010;
Mott MacDonald, the global engineering, management and development consultancy, will be exhibiting on stand 43 at the RenewableUK Exhibition, which is taking place on 2-4 November 2010 at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow, UK. Mott MacDonald’s stand will be located in H
Skykon has today filed for a suspension of payments. The creditors will shortly receive additional information from the supervisor on the further course of events. “The wind turbine industry is project based and very cyclical, and it is currently being affected by a number of negative factors in the
