India wind report gives confidence to market

Following interviews with experts from the Indian wind industry, Wind Energy Update have compiled a “State of the Industry” report which is now available to download. The report features interviews with 3 industry experts and highlights where the challenges lie and what the future prospects are for wind energy in the medium to long term.

The report highlighted that while the dismantling of the accelerated depreciation model is seen to have a negative impact on the industry in the short term, the introduction of GBI’s is widely seen to be a good move for the long term health of the renewable energy industry in India.

“There may be temporary drop in capacity additions. But in the long run, the quality of projects will improve, and the investment environment will get better as well”, states Sunil Jain, Chief Operating Offer of Green Infra Ltd. “With the new Generation Based Incentive (GBI) introduced just over a year ago, we’ve seen the addition of 3,200 MW in 2011-12, which is the highest annual addition to date”, agrees Mr Krishnakumar, Managing Director of Orient Green Power. … Continue Reading

Search for missing diver of Dartmouth

Brixham Coastguard coordinated a search this afternoon for a missing diver who had been diving the wreck of the Benton Castle in Start Bay but did not return to the dive boat.

Guidance for private maritime security companies

Guidance for private maritime security companies to be developed by IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee 

A special high-level segment of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), convened by IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu to discuss policy matters related to arms on board ships in the piracy high risk area, has requested a working group of the MSC to develop interim guidance for private maritime security companies (PMSCs).

The MSC is meeting for its 90^th session at IMO Headquarters from 16 to 25 May, with some 900 delegates registered from IMO member States and observers from international and non-governmental organizations.

The instruction to the working group to develop the guidance for PMSCs followed an intense debate on arms on board ships during the high-level segment, held over the first day and a half of the Committee’s session, which saw interventions from a number of Ministers, Secretaries of State and other senior Government representatives as well as the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs.  … Continue Reading

DNV and WDA Launch new $130,000 safety programme

The Singapore Workforce Development Agency (WDA) and the Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Clean Technology Centre today announced the WDA-DNV Excellence In Safety Training (WEST) programme to raise safety standards and skills for the manufacturing workforce benefitting 80 local workers over the next year.

The programme is the first collaboration between WDA and DNV to equip the Singapore manufacturing workforce with safety excellence skills which are critical in managing risks and preventing major accidents for the high value-added manufacturing sector. At times, these companies could have neglected safety and may result in dramatic loss of economic returns and social losses. The programme covers safety excellence in sectors such as Process, Renewable Energy, Power Generation, Construction and Marine sectors.

“WDA is very pleased to announce the WDA-DNV Excellence in Safety Training (WEST) programme in partnership with DNV, which has a distinguished track record in risk management. … Continue Reading