Alstom and LM Wind Power this week announced plans to jointly develop the world’s longest wind turbine blades for offshore wind turbines. (energyonline) [mappress] Source: energyonline, February 11, 2011
State Senators Jane Earll and Mary Jo White will hold a joint public informational hearing about offshore wind energy in Lake Erie. (goerie) [mappress] Source: goerie, February 11, 2011
Great Yarmouth port has been successful in snaring a proportion of the UKs alternative energy market since a wind farm foundation… (portstrategy) [mappress] Source: portstrategy, February 11, 2011
A growing body of scientific evidence clearly indicates there is no causal link between wind turbines and health effects in humans. This has been supported by a large number of studies and panels of international experts, including a study by the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ)
The Reference Network in Advanced Materials for Energy (XaRMAE), the Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB) and SuperPower Inc. are organising the symposium on Superconducting Devices for Wind Energy. This symposium, which is co-direct
Gamesa Technology Corp., a global wind energy leader, and the shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp., America’s largest shipbuilder, today launched the Offshore Wind Technology Center to jointly develop the next generation of offshore wind systems that will be deployed in the United State
Although many politicians in the US are still in denial about global warming and the nation’s frightening addiction to expensive, imported oil, President Barack Obama’s government continues promoting the development of an offshore wind sector. The latest evidence of the government’s realisation that
“We must act today to prepare the electricity highways of tomorrow”, urged EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger at a recent conference in Brussels. He also deplored the length of time new grid lines currently take to get approved and built, saying it was “unacceptable”. The Commissioner particul
Nova Scotia’s bid to become a North American leader in the development, supply and support of tidal energy projects took another step forward today with the announcement that an international consortium will test one of the world’s largest tidal turbines in the Bay of Fundy’s aggressive marine envir
The competition to build a new generation of mega turbines is heating up. Last November, British-led efforts to build a radically designed … [mappress] Source: guardian, February 10, 2011
One blustery Monday last September, a record was quietly set by the thousands of wind turbines up and down the country. For the first time,… (guardian) [mappress] Source: guardian, February 10, 2011
A TRAINING centre is opening later this year which aims to reinforce the region’s position as a centre of excellence for the renewables … (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, February 10, 2011
Shipbuilding giant Northrop Grumman and a Spanish company are looking into erecting two test turbines along the Outer Banks as U.S. policy … By Rob Morris (outerbanksvoice) [mappress] Source: outerbanksvoice, February 10, 2011
State energy and environmental affairs officials will hold a public information session next week in Oak Bluffs, to discuss a multi-year … By Janet Hefler (mvtimes) [mappress] Source: mvtimes, February 10, 2011