6. Dec. 2010 | 20/20/20 Vision: Seeing the Offshore Wind Challenges and Opportunities Clearly Madrid -- By 2020, the EU aims to get 20% of its electricity produced by wind energy technologies. That number is well within reach, since wind power’s share of total installed capacity has quadrupled in the past 10 years from 2% in 2000 to 9% in 2009, according to the experts brought together in Madrid for the GL Exchange Forum on last week. more

29. Nov. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan offers offshore wind engineering expertise in Germany The aim is set: 10.000 Megawatt – this much electricity should be produced by German offshore wind farms by 2020. Therefore thousands of wind mills have to be built at the North- and Baltic Seas. more

17. Nov. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan representative covers South Korea South Korea is expanding its activities in the renewable energy business. Inter alia, the government plans to install 500 wind turbines with a capacity of 2,500 MW off the country’s west coast. As a consequence, GL Garrad Hassan has now a representative on-site in Seoul, South Korea to provide locally services and support for designer, manufacturers and developers of renewable energy projects. Mr Jone Jung Bae Oh will be the new Business Development Manager for South Korea. more

5. Nov. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan offshore experts chosen for SMart Wind’s ‘Hornsea’ zone SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. more

25. Oct. 2010 | Change in the Executive Board at Germanischer Lloyd Dr Hermann J. Klein, Member of the Executive Board of Germanischer Lloyd SE and responsible for Maritime Services, will at his own request be resigning from this position with effect on 15 December 2010, thus leaving the Executive Board.  As his successor, Mr Erik van der Noordaa (49) has been appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Germanischer Lloyd SE with effect on 1 December 2010. In addition, Mr van der Noordaa will take over responsibility for Maritime Services from Dr Klein. more

25. Oct. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan joins Desertec Industrial Initiative GL Garrad Hassan is teaming up with the Desertec Industrial Initiative to provide support to all stages of solar and wind projects with a special focus on bringing costs down to a competitive level. The Desertec Industrial Initiative (DII) calls for a vast array of wind farms, photovoltaic parks, and concentrating solar power projects to be built across North Africa capable of providing 15% of Europe's electricity requirements by 2050. more

22. Oct. 2010 | Change of legal form: GL converts from AG to SE Germanischer Lloyd changed its legal form from a German stock corporation ("AG") into a European company "Societas Europaea (SE)". This legal form establishes conditions necessary for further improved corporate governance and contributes to strengthening the international focus of the business of the GL Group. more

7. Oct. 2010 | Project management for offshore wind parks Around 30 offshore wind parks are now already installed worldwide and there are many additional projects being planned around the globe. more

22. Sep. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan delivers 300th training course The landmark '300th' course will take place in Vienna, Austria on 6th October 2010 and is a one day course for professionals wanting to learn more about project finance technical due diligence within the wind industry. more

22. Sep. 2010 | U.S. Wind Energy Project Nets Billions To provide technical due diligence in support for the $1.2 billion financing of four wind energy projects, Terra-Gen Power, LLC turns to local experts from GL Garrad Hassan. more

21. Sep. 2010 | Electromagnetic compatibility on wind turbines In his presentation at HUSUM WindEnergy 2010, Kevin Herrling, GL Garrad Hassan, takes a closer look on the impact of EMC and develops an approach to EMC measurements. more

22. Jul. 2010 | Wind measurement services for the Gulf of Suez BOO Wind Power Project, Egypt awarded to GL Garrad Hassan The Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC), as an agent of the nine participants in the "Joint Wind Measurement Program", has signed a Contract with GL Garrad Hassan to provide technical assistance for the 250MW Gulf of Suez BOO Wind Power Project. GL Garrad Hassan will install on-site met masts to conduct wind speed measurements and provide an energy assessment for the project. more

16. Jul. 2010 | Samsung Heavy Industries Chooses GL Garrad Hassan’s SCADA solution Samsung Heavy Industries implemented GL Garrad Hassan’s GH SCADA system for its new 2.5 MW wind turbines for projects in the USA and Korea. more

1. Jul. 2010 | Britain leads the development of Europe’s Offshore Wind Energy market British projects will lead the offshore wind energy market for the next eight years. This conclusion is drawn by GL Garrad Hassan in the new edition of their “Offshore Wind Energy Market Report”. Development of offshore wind will be strong in further Northern European markets such as Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden. more

18. Jun. 2010 | Columbia Power Technologies and GL Garrad Hassan Columbia Power Technologies LLC (Columbia Power), equipped with funding from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has embarked on a research and development (R&D) initiative to develop, optimize, demonstrate and validate an intermediate-scale version of its Manta Wave Energy Converter device. Columbia Power consortium partner, GL Garrad Hassan, has been tasked to review and analyze wave data at the scaled site, optimize the wave energy converter, detail control algorithms, and to provide real seas control strategies and training. more

17. Jun. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan manages offshore wind research platform FINO 2 The German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety and the Project Management Jülich (PtJ) have appointed GL Garrad Hassan’s WINDTEST Kaiser Wilhelm Koog GmbH to manage the offshore wind research platform in the Baltic Sea, FINO 2. more

20. May. 2010 | GL Garrad Hassan opens Office in Cairo Egypt has emerged as an important location and evolving market for renewable energies. Installed wind energy reached a total capacity of 430 MW in Egypt at the end of 2009 compared to 5 MW in the year 2005. As a consequence, GL Garrad Hassan has opened an office in Cairo to accommodate the demand for consulting, design and training courses for renewable energy projects. more

22. Apr. 2010 | EWEC 2010: New Online Data Management Service GL Garrad Hassan launches its new Online Data Management (ODM) service at EWEC 2010 in Warsaw, Poland. The new tool helps windpark operators, investors and developerss maximizing the value of their wind resource measurement investment via stable, accurate and continuous data collection and review. more

21. Apr. 2010 | EWEC 2010: New global player “GL Garrad Hassan” “GL Garrad Hassan” is the new name for the business segment renewable energy of Germanischer Lloyd Group (GL). The technical consultancy for the onshore and offshore wind, wave & tidal and solar sectors employs over 650 technical specialists and experts in 35 offices throughout the globe. more

17. Mar. 2010 | Garrad Hassan releases update of wind farm design software Garrad Hassan cuts wind farm design time and improves mapping capability with the latest release of its wind farm design software, GH WindFarmer 4.1. more

11. Mar. 2010 | Prize for promising young engineers: "GL Wind Energy Award" To foster innovative ideas for wind energy through a new award for junior engineers, Germanischer Lloyd (GL) is offering the "GL Wind Energy Award for Young Professionals" with cash prizes totalling 8,500 euros. more

9. Feb. 2010 | Garrad Hassan announces service suite for small-scale wind and solar photovoltaic project developers In response to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (DECC) new Feed-In-Tariff scheme for small-scale renewable projects in the UK, international renewable energy consultancy, Garrad Hassan, announces a specialist service suite for developers of small-scale wind and solar photovoltaic projects. more