Offshore wind farm to be built in Leith

Plans to build an offshore windfarm in the Firth of Forth that could create 700 jobs in Leith have been welcomed by politicians and locals.     Source: journal-online, February 17, 2010;

Legislature opposed NYPA wind proposal

A wind power project on an island is OK, but turbines in the lake are not.The Jefferson County Board of Legislators’ Planning and… Source: watertowndailytimes, February 17, 2010;

Deepwater Wind Offshore Projects got new Project Director

Deepwater Wind Rhode Island has hired David Muse as the company’s project director, where he will oversee the planning, logistics, procurement and management of the assembly and construction of the company’s planned offshore wind farms. Muse, a registered professional engineer in Texas, has more than three decades’ of experience in the oil, gas and coal [...]

MAREC Receives $1.36 million For wind energy feasibility Research

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has issued an order approving a $1.36 million energy efficiency grant for a wind energy research project at Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center (MAREC). MAREC, in partnership with the University of Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute, will conduct studies to explore the feasibility of [...]

World’s largest test facility for offshore wind turbines to be build in UK

The Energies Technologies Institute announced today that it plans to open the world’s largest open access indoor test facility for offshore   Source: greenwisebusiness, February 16, 2010;