Wind energy currently meets a mere 1.5% of global electricity generation. But scientists foresee a lot of potential in this alternative… (alternative-energy-news) [mappress] Source: alternative-energy-news, January 17, 2011
Sanilac County officials are part of an ad hoc group of municipal leaders from across Michigan’s Thumb that is urging the state to go slow… By Amy Biolchini, Times Herald (thetimesherald) [mappress] Source: thetimesherald, January 17, 2011
U.S. Sen. Scott Brown yesterday expressed reservations about a proposal for huge offshore wind farms south of Martha’s Vineyard and… By Jay Fitzgerald (bostonherald) [mappress] Source: bostonherald, January 17, 2011
China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind-power capacity, supplanting the United States, industry officials said… (whatsonxiamen) [mappress] Source: whatsonxiamen, January 17, 2011
Teshmont is very pleased to announce that it has been selected by Atlantic Grid Development (AGD) to be the Owner’s Engineer for the Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) Project. The AWC project involves the development of an offshore high voltage direct current (HVDC) undersea cable transmission backbone
Snowed out the first time, the Wilmington meeting of a state panel advising Gov. Beverly Perdue on developing a comprehensive offshore… By Gareth McGrath (starnewsonline) [mappress] Source: starnewsonline, January 17, 2011
The last time the United Steelworkers and clean-energy activists descended on the Maryland State House on the same issue in 2008 they were… By Keith Harrington (environment) [mappress] Source: environment, January 17, 2011
With an exciting battle between a brother and sister, the Breath of Fresh Air campaign’s ‘Tell a friend’-contest came to an end on 20 December 2010 midnight. Over 10,000 people have participated in the Breath of Fresh Air campaign since its launch in April 2010, adopting turbines all over Europe or
The U.S. Department of the Interior has nominated a New Jersey company to develop 300 wind turbines off the coast of Ocean City, Md.,… By Hayley Peterson (washingtonexaminer) [mappress] Source: washingtonexaminer, January 17, 2011
With several offshore wind initiatives likely on the agenda of the Maryland General Assembly’s legislative session that opened Wednesday… By Chris Huntemann (gazette) [mappress] Source: gazette, January 14, 2011
Winds of change have swept through South Carolina, and they carry the seeds of a revolution. A decade into the 21st Century, the United… (thesunnews) [mappress] Source: thesunnews, January 14, 2011
Cable solutions specialist Draka is to supply subsea array cabling for the 576MW Gwynt y Môr offshore wind farm off the North Wales coast. (yourindustrynews) [mappress] Source: yourindustrynews, January 14, 2011
Ashberg and the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) are delighted to announce the launch of Narec Capital. The launch, which took place yesterday at Lloyd’s of London, has been met with huge interest from the insurance industry and investors alike. As Jerry Biggs, a director at Ashberg explaine
AMC Connector, a future new-build subsea installation and construction vessel from Aker Solutions, has finalised its vessel specs. With a total payload capacity of 9 000 tonnes of subsea power cables or umbilicals, the vessel will be well equipped to target the deepwater installation segment. AMC Co
