As Germany forges ahead with its energy revolution, offshore wind parks are becoming increasingly important. But construction clatter can t… (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, August 09, 2011;
Eight builders and operators of German offshore wind farms will test various noise reduction methods for the construction of offshore wind farms as from 13 August of this year. This series of tests will be conducted on the so-called “Brodtener Pfahl” near Brodten off Travemünde. Every 2 days a tug b
GEO has finished the geotechnical site investigations for the projected German offshore wind farm, Gode Wind I. The investigations consisted of 77 deep CPTs, carried out from the vessel Blue Alfa. The offshore wind farm is located 40 km off the German coast, west of Cuxhaven. It will generate 231 MW
A new study in Environmental Research Letters, looking at the first offshore wind farm in the Netherlands for the past two years, finds litt… (treehugger) [mappress] Source: treehugger, August 08, 2011;
Taxpayers could be asked to bear the risk of offshore wind farm developers building unused transmission assets such as substations, as part… (businessgreen) [mappress] Source: businessgreen, August 08, 2011;
Three Costa de la Luz mayors have united to oppose a wind farm scheme a few kilometres offshore. By Wendy Williams (theolivepress) [mappress] Source: theolivepress, August 07, 2011
Seatronics, an Acteon company announces the addition of a full suite of quality underwater sonar survey equipment recently purchased from EdgeTech. As a world leading supplier of electronic subsea equipment to the Hydrographic, Environmental, Geophysical, Metocean, ROV and Diving industries this rec
Dr. Philipp Rösler, German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology, visited Statkraft. Rösler and his delegation was especially interested in Norway’s potential role as a provider of flexibile power generation to support Germany’s growth in wind- and solar power generation. Following a visit to
Universal Engineering have completed and launched their new Subsea Systems Case Study Video to highlight the increasing market development t… (subseauk) [mappress] Source: subseauk, August 05, 2011;
E.ON, RWE and WindMW today presented their plans for the construction of a base for the maintenance and operation of their offshore wind farms planned in the German North Sea. The plans provide for the development of the southern port of Helgoland to create a service and operating station. To this e
Russia has been granted exploration rights for some of the world’s most potentially lucrative gold and copper fields on the Atlantic Ocean… (themoscownews) [mappress] Source: themoscownews, August 5, 2011;
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has completed its detailed site evaluation and conceptual design study of a proposed 5MW CETO commercial demonstration project in Irish waters. The conceptual design and site project study was 50% funded by the Irish Government’s Sustainable Energy
The Irish-led Venture scientific expedition aboard the national research vessel RV Celtic Explorer has discovered a previously uncharted… (sciencedaily) [mappress] Source: sciencedaily, August 5, 2011;
Wave energy developer Carnegie Wave Energy Limited has completed its detailed site evaluation and conceptual design study of a proposed 5MW CETO commercial demonstration project in Irish waters. The conceptual design and site project study was 50% funded by the Irish Government’s Sustainable Energy
