Monday 12. November 2012
Presentation of the GICON-SOF before the German Federal Environment Minister
Prof. Grossmann presents the GICON Floating Offshore Foundation to Environment Minister Peter Altmaier
Tuesday 24. July 2012
IfAÖ presents valuable findings at German-Polish Conference on Offshore Wind Power (Kopie 1)
On September 12th, 2012 IfAÖ presented numerous findings from the permitting process related ecological monitoring of offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea. Dr. Schmidt from IfAÖ presented the results at the conference...
Monday 01. October 2012
IfAÖ supports German-Chinese Student project "Climate-makers! International"
IfAÖ, together with the University of Rostock just completed a project funded by DEG which involved German-Chinese cooperation in the field of marine environment. DEG, a subsidiary of KfW, is one of the largest European...
Tuesday 24. July 2012
New ROV inspections
New remote-controlled underwater camera system (Inspektions-ROV) commissioned
Monday 12. March 2012
NDR presents the GICON Floating Offshore Foundation
GICON introduce the Floating Offshore Foundation (FOF)
Tuesday 06. March 2012
Innovation in the offshore wind power sector: The GICON FOF
Successful completion of the tests at a scale of 1:25
Friday 21. October 2011
GICON/IfAÖ meets TRC for AWEA Offshore Windpower Conference & Exhibition 2011
This year’s AWEA OFFSHORE WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition took place at the Baltimore Convention Centre in Baltimore, Maryland from October 11-13. The event brought together exhibitors and attendees from all over the world,...
Tuesday 17. May 2011
IfAÖ at first world congress on wind energy and wildlife impacts
Energy production from renewable sources is of growing importance in view of global climate change. However, in assessing the environmental consequences of new forms of use, a significant knowledge gap exists with resulting...
Monday 16. May 2011
Upcoming Event: Offshore wind power and protection of nature – an unsolvable conflict?
The Federal government’s and the ONC’s point of view, legal frameworks, professional and technical challenges
Monday 09. May 2011
Government-backed project for the development of a floating offshore wind turbine foundation approved for funding
The German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, represented by AiF Projekt GmbH, has granted funding for the creation of a planning tool for the system-based development of modular, floating offshore foundations (FOF)...
Wednesday 16. March 2011
Proceedings from the Inaugural BSH Conference on Ecological Support Research at the first offshore windpark in Germany are released
On May 10th, 2010, an event took place in Hamburg with approximately 140 participants from public agencies, planning offices, and wind park operators. The objective of the gathering was to exchange initial results from...
Monday 25. October 2010
Dr. Tao Luo of CAS Institute of Urban Environment visits IfAÖ
On October 22 2010, Dr. Tao Luo from the Institute of Urban Environment (IUE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) visited IfAÖ. His visit was part of the recently launched "Sino-European Partnership for Impact...