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
Recently, a DNV-led joint industry project suggested a new assessment methodology for grouted connections in monopile wind turbine structures without shear keys. The reason for upgrading the industry design practices was that that the previous practices did not properly describe the physical behavio
The wind farm developer, PNE WIND AG, announces changes in its Board of Directors. Concluding a successful business phase Bernd Paulsen… [mappress] Source: pne, March 17, 2011
Several wind farms have been struggling with subsea cable issues but little knowledge or experience is yet publicly available. By Svein Inge Leirgulen [mappress] Source: dnv, March 16, 2011
Electricity bills in Alderney are being cut – thanks to the island’s tidal power project. (channelonline) [mappress] Source: channelonline, March 16, 2011
THE nuclear disaster in Japan and the political turmoil that has sent oil prices to a record high should put the Swansea Bay tidal lagoon… (thisissouthwales) [mappress] Source: thisissouthwales, March 16, 2011
A new scheme has been rolled out across Scotland to encourage the country’s residents to increase their interest in renewable and cheap… (energyhelpline) [mappress] Source: energyhelpline, March 16, 2011
The O’Malley administration’s proposal to build off-shore wind turbines to generate electricity faced strong headwinds in the Senate Finance… [mappress] Source: jobssw, March 16, 2011
