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OFFSHORE WIND ENERGY – A big challenge and an opportunity to grow
- Aug 08, 2013
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- In Offshore, Renewable Energy
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This report tackles the excellent opportunities that sea provides citizens and companies in Europe. The latest technological improvements will push this industry to unimaginable levels. Let see the future forecasts.
Europe’s seas and oceans are rich in opportunities and sources of employment for our economy. Covering around 70% of the surface of the Earth – the ‘blue planet’ – their potential for economic growth and competitiveness needs to be tapped. However, this will not happen without proactive thinking from European and national decision makers. They must develop a dynamic maritime and research agenda to support what is known as the ‘blue economy’. José Manuel Durão Barroso, President of the European Commission.
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LANGLEE WAVE POWER AND ZAMAKONA YARDS SIGN AN AGREEMENT
- Oct 19, 2012
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- In HSE & QA, Renewable Energy
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Last week, during the EEA Grant Conference arranged by Innovation Norway and CDTI in Bergen, the Norwegian company Langlee Wave Power and Repnaval Shipyard (Zamakona Yards) signed an agreement to development of wave power in the Canary islands. The two companies will file a common application to the EEA grants for development of renewable energy in Spain.
Langlee Wave Power AS has developed a unique technology to convert waves in the sea into electricity and the company consideres the Canary Islands to be the best place for wave power in Europe. The achipielago has a good and stabile wave climate and todays electricity, primary produced by diesel generators, is expensive and with a significant CO2 contribution. With the Langlee technology, electricity can be produced with lower cost by a renewable energy source. The development will create hundreds of local jobs.
Langlee Wave Power has its head office near Oslo, Norway and has recently established a subsidary in Gran Canaria.
Repnaval S.A. in Gran Canaria is part of Zamakona Yards which is one of Spain’s main shipbuilding and repair groups with more than 1.000 employees located also in Bilbao, San Sebastian and Las Palmas Gran Canaria.
Proexca, the public company for economic development of the Canary Islands, has had an important role in making this cooperation happen.
Langlee and Repnaval have in more than a year been in dialogues for a possible cooperation and have huge plans for development of wave power in the Canary Islands.
Zamakona Yards believes the renewable energy is the future. Today, we are working in different projects in this area. We´ll continue reporting.
For more information see: www.langleewavepower.com; www.proexca.es
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