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| 16.02.10 |
ETI unveils plans to design world’s largest test facility |
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Plans to design the world’s largest open access offshore wind turbine drive train test rig have been announced by the UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Two companies - Converteam and HORIBA Instruments - are delivering competing designs for an indoor test-rig capable of dynamically testing a complete wind turbine drive train and nacelle with input power up to 15MW.
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| 16.03.09 |
Details of Round 3 bids announced |
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Following the closure on 3 March 2009 of the competitive tender process for the licensing of Round 3 offshore windfarms, The Crown Estate is pleased to announce it has received multiple bids for each of the nine zones. |
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| 09.03.09 |
Tyneside's new industrial revolution |
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THIS whole swathe of riverside is the centre of a new industrial revolution on Tyneside.
A planning application to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant at the former Neptune shipyard, in Walker, was today being lodged with Newcastle city council. |
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| 27.02.09 |
Building region's future on three pillars |
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Healthcare and life sciences
This sector employs 172,500 people in the north-east, 16 per cent of its total employees and 13 per cent of total turnover, making it one of the regional economy's most important drivers, spanning the universities, the National Health Service and private businesses. |
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| 26.02.09 |
25,000 Jobs from North East wind? |
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Up to 25,000 jobs could be created in the North East through a £150m offshore power station.
The European Commission is likely to get the go-ahead for plans to fund a North Sea energy grid which will let energy companies link up thousands of turbines and provide one power source for homes from Ireland to Germany. |
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| 01.11.08 |
Tyne could become UK's green industries' base |
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THIS is the site that could soon become the UK’s green industries’ base.
Marine firm Shepherd Offshore has extended its empire along the banks of the Tyne in a bid to secure huge fabrication contracts and create thousands of jobs. |
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| 31.10.08 |
1,000 green jobs to be created on River Tyne |
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THOUSANDS of jobs are set to be created through plans to bring green industries to the Tyne.
Marine giants Shepherd Offshore have announced they have struck a multi-million-pound deal to purchase two former shipyards on the north bank of the river. |
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| 15.03.08 |
Boom time for jobs on the tyne |
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A MARINE industry giant today revealed plans to help create 150 new jobs on the Tyne.
Shepherd Offshore, based at the Walker Technology Park, Newcastle, is submitting plans to the city council to develop 75,000sq ft of land. |
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