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    Nordnes to work at wind farm site

    The arrival of the Nordnes vessel at the site of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm marks the beginning of construction for the project located 17km from the shore of North Norfolk ...
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    Published: 3/10/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
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    Wind Farm completed near Dallas

    OwnEnergy and Horn Wind announced the completion of a 51MW wind power project near the Dallas, Texas-area city of Windthorst ...
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    Published: 3/4/2010   Posted in: North America, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: fieldterminology:renewable energy projects, stateorcounty:texas, city:dallas, country:united states, person:trevor demara, person:jimmy horn, company:horn wind, city:windthorst, person:horn wind
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    Susea Connection

    The Aberdeen-based Hydro Group has secured a £500,000 contract from JDR Cable Systems to provide a new high voltage subsea connector . . .
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    Published: 3/3/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: company:hydro group, country:uk, fieldterminology:cable systems, organization:european regional development fund, person:doug whyte, organization:hrc
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    Banking on offshore

    With the offshore wind sector already garnering government support and increasingly piquing the interest of the private sector, the banking sector will become progressively more involved in this industry as installed capacity grows and market share i...
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    Published: 3/3/2010   Posted in: OE Magazine News, Financial News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: person:sullivan, person:jennifer pallanich, country:belgium, country:uk, country:germany, company:kumar, person:lynn, person:gouri kumar, company:kumar bank
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    Windmills in mind

    As the offshore oil & gas industry grew in its infancy away from the coast, operators applied their experience from one platform to the next. The marine renewables industry is beginning a similar growth pattern . . .
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    Published: 3/3/2010   Posted in: North America, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: country:us, person:matt simmons, person:jennifer pallanich, continent:europe, stateorcounty:maine, city:houston, fieldterminology:venture capital fund, organization:ocean energy institute, person:robert west, company:simmons amp; co intl
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    UK, Mitsubishi team up on offshore wind

    The UK government has entered a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Mitsubishi Power Systems for an offshore wind turbine project in the UK ...
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    Published: 2/25/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: company:mitsubishi, region:north east, person:russell mcculley, country:uk, company:mitsubishi power systems, company:narec, city:blyth, region:northumberland, organization:department for business, person:ceo andrew mill
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    SeaGen delivers

    The technical director and co-founder of Marine Current Turbines (MCT), the Bristol-based company that designed and developed the world’s only commercialscale tidal stream turbine – SeaGen – reports that it is now running at full power and fully auto...
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    Published: 2/16/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: person:martin wright, fieldterminology:remote control, country:uk, city:lisbon, person:peter fraenkel, company:seagen, company:marine current turbines, country:northern ireland
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    Cape Wind closer to a decision

    More than eight years after the project was announced, the Obama administration is pushing for a final resolution that would allow installation of the first major offshore wind farm in the US . . .
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    Published: 2/16/2010   Posted in: North America, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: person:ken salazar, country:us, stateorcounty:massachusetts, geographicfeature:cape wind, geographicfeature:the atlantic coast, organization:obama administration, fieldterminology:alternative site, person:jim gordon, city:cape cod, company:cape wind associates
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    Renewables - Round 3 ups the windfarm ante

    The Crown Estate, owner of the UK’s coastal seabeds, last month granted rights in Round 3 to energy companies in nine coastal zones to develop the biggest expansion of wind energy seen in the world so far . . .
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    Published: 2/16/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: region:north east, person:gordon brown, company:hochtief construction, country:uk, company:siemens, company:siemens project ventures, person:meg chesshyre, company:res group, company:rwe innogy, company:mitsubishi power systems, person:andrew mill, company:narec
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    New wind turbine prototype funded

    Enova will fund - to the tune of NKr137 million - the demonstration of a new wind turbine prototype developed by Sway that is expected to reduce the cost of generating offshore wind power ...
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    Published: 2/12/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: person:jennifer pallanich, person:enova, person:kristian nakstad, company:enovas
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    GE releases new filter system for turbines

    GE announced a new filtration system that the company said would help cut down on unplanned outages of turbines operating in harsh offshore environments ...
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    Published: 2/5/2010   Posted in: North America, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: person:russell mcculley, company:ge, person:john whitworth
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    Biofuel for jets on Abu Dhabi agenda

    Air travel of the not-so-distant future could be powered in part by a humble plant that thrives in brackish waters, according to participants in a research program announced in Abu Dhabi ...
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    Published: 1/18/2010   Posted in: Middle East & North Africa, Features, Alternatives & Renewables, Policy & Politics
    Tags: organization:massachusetts institute of technology, company:honeywell, company:boeing, organization:international renewable energy agency, city:abu dhabi, city:irena, person:john perkins, company:etihad airways, person:jennifer holmgren, organization:sbrp, organization:masdar institute, city:masdar city, person:martyn potter, organization:masdar institute of science and techn
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    Risky business

    As the world continues to clamor for increased amounts of energy, Matthew Simmons, chairman of Simmons & Co International, wonders about the sustainability of the oil & gas industry ...
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    Published: 1/15/2010   Posted in: North America, Health, Safety & Environment, Features, Unconventional Resources, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: country:us, continent:north america, company:simmons amp; co international, organization:international energy agency, city:fort worth, city:las vegas, person:matthew simmons, organization:usgs, country:saudi arabias, city:houston
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    Round 3 wind deals named

    The Crown Estate announced 8 January 2010 it had awarded deals for all nine of the Round 3 offshore wind zones in UK waters ...
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    Published: 1/8/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Health, Safety & Environment, Features, Alternatives & Renewables
    Tags: company:fluor, company:seagreen wind energy limited, company:rwe, company:hochtief construction, person:jennifer pallanich, company:norfolk bank, fieldterminology:supply chain, company:seagreen, city:sheringham, stateorcounty:suffolk, company:dogger bank, person:roger bright, country:uk, company:siemens project ventures, person:vattenfall vindkraft, company:res group, person:statoil
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    Europe still key subsea area

    Over 300 energy leaders debated the challenges of a sustainable future for the North Sea . . .
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    Published: 1/5/2010   Posted in: North Sea & Western Europe, Drilling & Completions, OE Magazine News, Alternatives & Renewables, Policy & Politics, Australia
    Tags: person:alistair birnie, geographicfeature:north sea, company:chevron energy technology co, city:london, continent:europe, person:malcolm webb, country:uk, fieldterminology:energy supply, person:peter blake, fieldterminology:energy sources, person:meg chesshyre
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