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  • Walney 2 Offshore Wind Farm Starts Spinning (UK)

    1 November 2011

    Walney 2 offshore wind farm has today, 1 November 2011, started delivering CO2-free electricity to the UK’s national grid, with electricity now being generated from the first of its 51 turbines. Walney 1 was fully operational May 2011 and Walney 2 is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2011, making Walney the […]

  • OCC Gets Slice of Government’s Offshore Wind Grant (USA)

    18 October 2011
    R&D

      The U.S. Department of Energy announced that $43m worth of grants have been awarded to be spent over the next five years.   (pennenergy) [mappress] Source: pennenergy, October 18, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Developers Consider Mind Blowing Challenge (USA)

    16 October 2011
    R&D

    When Hurricane Irene roared up the East Coast, businesses sandbagged, coastal residents evacuated and utility companies scrambled to repair… By Eliot Caroom (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, October 17, 2011

  • UD to Help Design Wind Turbine Factory in Salisbury (USA)

    4 October 2011

      University of Delaware researchers will help design a wind-turbine factory in Salisbury, Md., the developer has announced.   By Aaron Nathans (delawareonline) [mappress] Source: delawareonline, October 04, 2011

  • ‘Nessie’ Lays Cable for New Offshore Wind Farm (UK)

    19 September 2011
    Grid Connection

    MASSIVE machines have dominated the flat landscape of the edge of The Wash at Wingland while laying power cables for a new offshore wind… (spaldingtoday) [mappress] Source: spaldingtoday, September 19, 2011

  • Offshore and Onshore Wind Power Needs Stable Policy (USA)

    19 September 2011
    Authorities

    With roughly 3,000 megawatts of wind farm generating capacity already in European offshore waters, and thousands more on the way, it’s clear that there is currently momentum in the wind power market. William Pentland of the Pace Energy and Climate Center has an article at Forbes.com, remarking on press accounts that General Electric, the largest […]

  • Plans for Wind Farm in Lake Erie Put on Hold (USA)

    16 September 2011
    Authorities

    An ambitious plan for what was to be the nation’s first freshwater wind farm with as many as 150 large turbines in Lake Erie off Buffalo’s… By Tom Precious (buffalonews) [mappress] Source: buffalonews, September 16, 2011

  • Tideland Lights and Fog Signals for Ormonde Wind Farm (UK)

    15 September 2011
    Technology

      Tideland Signal has supplied Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) of Fife with the first aids to navigation to warn shipping in the vicinity of the new Ormonde windfarm currently under construction 10Km off Barrow-in-Furness in the Irish Sea. The Tideland equipment is supplied in kit form ready to install on turbines in accordance with IALA 0-139, […]

  • Offshore Wind to Learn from Oil and Gas Industry (Scotland)

    12 September 2011

    The development of offshore wind provides a huge economic opportunity for Scotland over the next decade, with investment expected to top… By Finlay Crossan (scotsman) [mappress] Source: scotsman, September 12, 2011

  • Offshore Wind Turbines Could Disturb Quiet Sea (France)

    12 September 2011
    Environment

    The planet’s great oceans – sometimes referred to as the “silent world” – are noisier than we thought. And they’re only getting louder.   By Martine Valo (worldcrunch) [mappress] Source: worldcrunch, September 12, 2011

  • Converteam to Develop Number of Wind Turbine Testing Facilities (UK)

    2 September 2011
    R&D, Technology

      Power conversion specialist Converteam has announced that it has been selected for the development of a number of testing facilities for the rapidly expanding global wind industry. The state of the art facilities are under development by customers worldwide. In the UK Converteam has been contracted as technical leader for a wind turbine testing […]

  • Denmark Holds Leader Position in Installed Wind Energy Capacity

    31 August 2011

    In 2010 wind power accounted 5.3% of the EU’s electricity demand, but this amount varies wildly from country to country across the continent. Denmark, Europe’s wind energy leader, is of course at the top of the table – wind power covers over one quarter of the country’s electricity demand. But the country in second position […]

  • Germany and UK Join Forces in Offshore Wind Energy Development

    24 August 2011
    R&D

    UK and Germany now share a common goal: to rapidly accelerate the development and deployment of offshore wind energy to help their … (sciencebusiness) [mappress] Source: sciencebusiness, August 24, 2011

  • GCube Increases Underwriting Capacity for Wind and Solar Projects (USA)

    22 August 2011
    R&D

      GCube, the leading provider of insurance services for renewable energy initiatives, has increased its underwriting capacity to $680 million for wind energy and solar projects worldwide. Despite a contracting insurance market, the additional capacity was raised separately from existing Lloyd’s underwriting capital providers. With the size, scale and ambition of wind and solar farms […]

  • First Minister Backs Offshore Wind Farm Development (Scotland)

    12 August 2011
    Authorities

    First Minister Alex Salmond was in Fraserburgh to discuss plans for an offshore windfarm which is helping Scotland meet its renewable…   (stv) [mappress] Source: stv, August 12, 2011

  • Report Reveals Better Conditions for Offshore Wind Power (Sweden)

    9 August 2011
    Environment, R&D

      Conditions for offshore wind power production in Sweden are better than earlier believed, a report by Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) and the Swedish Energy Authority (Energimyndigheten) has shown. By compiling data on water depth and seabed conditions new potential areas for offshore wind farms have been identified, especially in the counties of Södermanland […]

  • French CRE Issues Set of Rules for Offshore Wind Energy

    9 August 2011
    Authorities

     The French Energy Regulation Committee (CRE) on 11 July 2011 issued a set of rules, “Specifications of tender No. 2011/S 126-208873 on offshore wind power generation facilities in France”, that outlines the terms and conditions of the new tender process applicable to offshore wind projects off the French coasts. The new tender regime will facilitate […]

  • EU Wind Power Will Triple by 2020, According to EWEA (Belgium)

    2 August 2011
    Business & Finance, R&D

      The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission’s Energy Roadmap 2050, due to be published later this year. “Wind energy will more than triple its power output by 2020 with 194 billion Euros invested in European onshore […]

  • Various Wind Turbines with Same Goal, to Collect Energy (USA)

    29 July 2011
    R&D, Technology

    Wind turbines are getting really big — some with blades as long as a football field — and more powerful, often generating 50 times more electricity than the first generation of wind power machines built in the 1980s. But scientists are also studying how to harness the wind in different ways that could help allay […]

  • Koch Brothers Turn Against Offshore Wind Power (USA)

    22 July 2011

    The war over America’s coastal-energy future has officially begun, and the result could determine whether we see wind turbines or catastrophic oil spills along our coastlines in coming years. The opening salvo came in early July, when everyone’s favorite climate-hating, fossil-fuel-loving industrialist villains, the Koch brothers, released a so-called “cost-benefit analysis” of New Jersey offshore […]

  • LEEDCo Hopes to Harness Power of Wind in Lake Erie (USA)

    4 July 2011
    Operations & Maintenance, R&D

      LEEDCo hopes to harness the power of the wind — and a unique revenue-sharing agreement — to benefit the entire region.   By Jennifer Keirn (LEEDCo) [mappress] Source: LEEDCo , July 04, 2011;

  • Yorkshire Delegation to Meet Major Players in Norwegian Wind Industry

    21 June 2011

    A DELEGATION of companies from Yorkshire will visit world leading experts in offshore wind power generation during a mission to Norway… By Ian Briggs (thebusinessdesk) [mappress] Source: thebusinessdesk, June 21, 2011;

  • Offshore Wind Power Competes Against Tidal Hydrogeneration (USA)

    16 June 2011

    Windmills were also used for the generation of mechanical and, eventually, electrical energy…   By Normand LeBerge (pressherald) [mappress] Source: pressherald, June 16, 2011; Image: alternative-energy-fuels

  • Wind Power to Replace Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power (Belgium)

    1 June 2011

      The positive climate impact of renewable energy production in Europe has today been acknowledged in a report by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). The published EEA data is precisely in line with the latest analyses of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) showing that greenhouse gas emission reductions in 2009 were caused not only […]

  • Five Sites Around Shetland for Offshore Wind Development (UK)

    27 May 2011
    Authorities, Business & Finance

      Shetland could be ringed by giant offshore windfarms in a few years, generating electricity to sell across Europe.   By John Robertson (shetlandtimes) [mappress] Source: shetlandtimes, May 27, 2011

  • Study Outlines Offshore Wind Potential for Tweed Dock (UK)

    26 May 2011

    A NEW study has outlined the potential for Tweed Dock to become an important base for the burgeoning offshore wind and renewables sector.   By Ian Smith (berwick-advertiser) [mappress] Source: berwick-advertiser, May 26, 2011