These days, the wind industry is all about scaling up, cutting costs, and improving reliability. One way to do that, at least according to… [mappress] Source: treehugger, April 27, 2010;
Since offshore wind turbines generally work best in the world’s worst seas, you might as well try to generate wave power at the same time. [mappress] Source: greentechmedia, April 26, 2010;
Hamburg-based manufacturer expects strong growth in the offshore wind energy sector, particularly in Europe. Six REpower wind turbines in test field Alpha Ventus already successfully taken into operation in mid-April. REpower tests for wind power expansion in Alpha Ventus Start-up celebration for of
China (excluding Taiwan) was the world’s largest wind energy market in 2009, more than doubling its wind farm capacity from 12.2 GW in 2008… [mappress] Source: evwind, April 26, 2010;
Felipe Pimenta was stuck. A doctoral student in oceanography at the University of Delaware, he had to complete a final project for his… [mappress] Source: earthobservatory, April 24, 2010;
Sepura in Cambridge has won a contract to supply TETRA radios to Alpha Ventus, the first offshore wind farm in Germany.The radios will… Source: businessweekly, April 22, 2010;
General Electric Co., the world’s second-biggest maker of wind turbines, plans to introduce a 4 megawatt gearless wind turbine for offshore… [mappress] Source: businessweek, April 22, 2010;
April 20, 2010 Rockwell Automation’s EtherNet/IP-based Wind Park Management solution offers a speed of response so fast that not only does it remove the need for millions of euro’s worth of capacitor banks, but it also surpasses the requirements of proposed 2013 utility-end-user requirements
The arrival yesterday morning of one of the biggest vessels so far to grace Great Yarmouth’s £50m outer harbour was hailed as a visible sign… [mappress] Source: eveningnews24, April 22, 2010;
As New Englanders await a decision in Massachusetts on a bitterly contested proposal to build the nation’s first offshore wind farm, the… [mappress] Source:BangkokPost, April 21, 2010;
She’ll speak Wednesday morning at a conference sponsored by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association. The two-day conference started… [mappress] Source: wjtv, April 21, 2010;
MADRID – Wind energy can provide half of the European Union’s electricity requirements in 2050, the European Wind Energy Association said… [mappress] Source: nasdaq, April 20, 2010;
Siemens Energy launched its new SWT-3.0-101 Direct Drive wind turbine for sale at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition in… [mappress] Source: beforeitsnews, April 20, 2010;
Woodward Governor Company (NASDAQ: WGOV) today announced that it signed an agreement with REpower Systems AG to provide power converters… [mappress] Source: newsblaze, April 16, 2010;