The US Department of Energy wants to provide support to offshore wind demonstration projects, and invite companies to apply for grants, reports Platts. DOE has set a meeting concerning the upcoming funding opportunity announcement for February 7 in Washington. Last year, great funds were invested in offshore wind technology projects, but it has not been [...]
The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) awarded a contract for the construction and operation of a coordinating body for the implementation and maintenance of the National Master Maritime Technologies plan (“NMMT”) directed towards the promotion and development of maritime technology industry in Germany to Bietergemeinschaft Balance Technology, Consulting GmbH. Apart from many other [...]
Waveney MP Peter Aldous raised a concern over electricity pylons connecting East Anglian wind farms to the grid, says EDP 24. He thinks that renewable energy could bring employment boom in the region, but he is also worried about pylons ruining the area. The East Anglia Zone is located, at its closest point, 14km from [...]
Minister Joop Atsma announced that the Dutch government has prolonged the license for the development of offshore wind farms until 2020, reports Dutch News. The licensees for the nine companies that are developing offshore wind farms where due to expire this year. The Dutch government set targets to install the 6 GW offshore wind capacity [...]
A new £900,000 offshore wind initiative will be launched today, 31 January 2012 at Scotland’s largest offshore wind conference in Aberdeen to support rapid growth in the developing offshore wind supply chain. To be announced by Scottish Enterprise chief executive, Lena Wilson, during her opening address to more than 600 delegates, the new Offshore Wind [...]
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address included some language that made wind power advocates happy. by Aaron Nathans (delawareonline) Source: delawareonline, January 26, 2012
After failing in last year’s legislative session, Gov. Martin O’Malley is trying again with a new bill that would make offshore wind… By Ellen Stodola (somd) Source: somd, January 25, 2012;
A broad coalition of civic, environmental, faith, and business groups yesterday applauded Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley’s introduction of legislation to incentivize the development of offshore wind power along the state’s coastline. The Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012 would set up a market-driven process to incentivize the construction of approximately 100 ocean-based wind turbines [...]
Andrew Tyler of Marine Current Turbines will meet Climate Change Minister, Greg Barker, ahead of the launch of the UK’s first marine energy park, in support of Government and industry initiatives that have facilitated the development of the sector. As a tangible sign of the Department’s policies in action, today MCT also launch their Project [...]
Gov. Martin O’Malley is to unveil today a new approach to promoting offshore wind power that he hopes the General Assembly… By Michael Dresser (baltimoresun) Source: baltimoresun, January 23, 2012
