Technology
UK is still number one in offshore wind energy
The completion of two new offshore wind farms has galvanized the UK’s position as the world leader in offshore wind power generation. [mappress] Source: tradingcharts, April 29, 2010;
USA: GE re-enters offshore wind market
GE had signed a contract in 2003 with Cape Wind to supply the turbines.
USA: $300,000 for Worcester Polytechnic Institute for deep-ocean wind turbines research
With a three-year, $300,000 award from the National Science Foundation, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute is studying the… [mappress] Source: physorg, April 28, 2010;
USA: Sen. Brown announces $750,000 for University of Toledo
WASHINGTON D.C. — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown today announced that the University of Toledo will receive $750,000 in funds from the U.S…. [mappress] Source: abclocal, April 28, 2010;
Europe: Are offshore wind farms genuinely more efficient?
In January 2010, wind farms in Germany had a generating capacity of 25,777 megawatts. This means that almost eight percent of Germany’s… [mappress] Source: dlr, April 28, 2010;
USA: Power-One develops 2,5 MW inverter for offshore and onshore wind turbines
Power-One has developed a 2,5 MW inverter for use in large off-shore and on-shore wind turbines. It has already delivered the unit to a… [mappress] Source: dataweek, April 28, 2010;
Squeezing More Power from the Breeze with gearless turbines
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;
Denmark: Poseidon combining wind and waves
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;
Germany: REpower start-up celebration for offshore test field alpha ventus
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
GWEC reports on Wind Power in China
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;
NASA satellite data used to estimate the potential of wind power generation offshore Brazil
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 wins contract to supply German offshore wind farm with TETRA radios
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;
Germany: GE’s Gearless 4MW Offshore Wind Turbine Challenges Siemens
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;
Poland: Shorter response time can save millions of Euro’s
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