The towers would stand 260 feet over the water. The blades would be 150 feet long. The footprint on the Pamlico Sound: 3 square miles. Source: outerbanksvoice, March 18, 2010;
The region’s offshore and subsea sector was given a boost wlaseek with the award of work and investment to two Tees Valley companies, in a… Source: thenorthernecho, March 20, 2010;
The country’s first pilot offshore wind farm was constructed in 2008. The Shanghai East Sea Bridge Offshore Wind Farm has a total installed… Source: tradingmarkets, March 19, 2010;
Yesterday, David Kidney MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Energy and Climate Change, and Helen Goodman MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department of Work and Pensions, attended an event at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland to officially open a new 27 metre high training facility – the UK’s first Wind Turbine Training Tower. [...]
With ocean-going trade slackening amid the global recession, shipping companies and shipyard operators in Europe are finding the offshore… Source: greeninc, March 16, 2010;
The problem with wind power is that is cannot always be relied upon. The wind—and other transient, environmental energy sources such as… Source: economist, March 15, 2010;
With immediate effect, Jens-Peter Saul (43) has been appointed CEO of the Siemens Wind Power Business Unit headquartered in Brande. Jens-Peter Saul succeeds Andreas Nauen, who is leaving Siemens at his own wish.
Elia System Operator (Elia), the Belgian transmission system operator (TSO), and Industry Funds Management (IFM), one of the largest global infrastructure investment managers, announced on 12 March the signing of an agreement under which they will acquire the German regional transmission system operator 50Hertz Transmission GmbH (50Hertz) from Vattenfall Europe AG, Germany’s third largest electricity [...]
MIT analysis suggests generating electricity from large-scale wind farms could influence climate — and not necessarily in the desired way. Wind power has emerged as a viable renewable energy source in recent years — one that proponents say could lessen the threat of global warming. Although the American Wind Energy Association estimates that only about [...]
The company planning a wind farm in Lake Michigan off Pentwater appears to be developing a much broader plan as Scandia Offshore Wind has… Source: mlive, March 12, 2010;
