Generating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe’s climate chief has said, in the… (balkans) [mappress] Source: balkans, March 18, 2011
The New York Power Authority is reviewing five proposals for its Great Lakes Offshore Wind Project (GLOW), according to a spokesperson. (13wham) [mappress] Source: 13wham , March 18, 2011
Maine researchers will spend a month in the Netherlands working at one of the world’s most advanced testing facilities, battering scale… (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews , March 18, 2011
Wind turbines have continued to generate power in Japan in the wake of the most damaging earthquakes and tsunami in the island nation’s… (smartplanet) [mappress] Source: smartplanet ,March 18, 2011
NaiKun Wind Energy Group (“the Company”) announced today that its offshore wind energy project has been granted a federal screening decision, confirming that Canada’s first offshore wind project can be constructed with no significant environmental, social or health effects. “This is an exciting and
The cost of harvesting offshore wind energy may be a lot lower than the early numbers from controversial projects suggest. (greentechmedia) [mappress] Source: greentechmedia ,March 18, 2011
Gowling Lafleur Henderson is sponsoring the EUCI Offshore Wind Canada Conference to be held on April 18 and 19 at Toronto’s Hyatt Regency. (financialpost) [mappress] Source: financialpost, March 17, 2011
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
