At the beginning of March, the first of two offshore installation vessels owned by RWE was officially launched after only seven months of construction. The works are thus already a month ahead of the original time schedule. The final large-scale components, the main crane and the jack-up legs, will
The negative impacts of offshore wind power can be avoided altogether or mitigated through proper planning, people attending a panel session at the EWEA2011 Annual Event heard Thursday. Dan Wilhelmsson of the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences added that the offshore wind po
“When we talk about the electricity sector, not the total energy consumption, but electricity, than I think by 2050 we’ll have 100% renewables in Europe. I think that is perfectly doable,” said EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard today at the EWEA 2011 Annual Event. She was speaking at a
A $600 million proposal to create New Zealand’s first tide-driven power station in the Kaipara Harbour has been approved by Government… By Hayden Donnell (nzherald) [mappress] Source: nzherald, March 17, 2011
THE public has a chance to find out more about the offshore wind park off the Island at an information day on Wednesday. (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, March 17, 2011
State and federal agencies are getting their ducks in a row to regulate offshore wind farms. By Valerie Myers (goerie) [mappress] Source: goerie, March 17, 2011
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley’s administration is working on a type of price cap as part of legislation that would require public utilities… By Corina Rivera (benzinga) [mappress] Source: benzinga, March 17, 2011
A LEADING offshore windfarm developer is to sponsor renewable energy research at Durham University. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, March 17, 2011
The Scottish Government today (Thursday 17th March) approved ScottishPower Renewables’ plans to develop a 10MW tidal power array in The Sound of Islay on Scotland’s west coast. The project, the first of its kind in the world, envisages generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent
For many years, a small handful of countries dominated growth in wind power, but this is changing as the industry goes global, with more… By Lester R. Brown (greenbuildingpro) [mappress] Source: greenbuildingpro, March 17, 2011
Dermot Byrne, CEO of EirGrid plc, yesterday told a conference of top US executives of Ireland’s recent accomplishments in green tech. (siliconrepublic) [mappress] Source: siliconrepublic, March 17, 2011
Construction of offshore wind farms off Germany’s northern coast in the North and Baltic Seas has faced significant delays, even as the … By Frank Dohmen and Christian Schwägerl (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, March 17, 2011
Natural Power, RES and the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Porto (FEUP), Portugal have signed a significant research and development joint venture focused on developing the next generation VENTOS® computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model for wind energy applications. The announcement was
One of the major challenges in offshore wind resource assessment is gathering and validating data to support development of the wind turbines. To date, developers have constructed meteorological masts to collect comprehensive wind data. These masts, however, are approximately 100 metres tall and typ
