A proposed ban on wind turbines within five kilometres of the shoreline isn’t enough, Kingsville Coun. Tamara Stomp said Wednesday.”Nobody… [mappress] Source: windsorstar, July 15, 2010;
Massachusetts House lawmakers are weighing a bill designed to streamline the permitting process for wind energy facilities over the… [mappress] Source: businessweek, July 15, 2010;
Delaware’s Congressional delegation wants Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to make developing offshore wind energy a federal priority.Senators… [mappress] Source: wdel, July 15, 2010;
E.ON AG, Germany’s largest utility, completed installing wind turbines at its 207-megawatt Roedsand- 2 offshore wind park in Denmark and … [mappress] Source: businessweek, July 15, 2010;
THE first of 102 new wind turbines which will change the view from Walney as they tower 450ft above the waves has been installed.A second… [mappress] Source: nwemail, July 15, 2010;
Onshore and offshore wind projects account for half the 32 energy projects that the UK Infrastructure Planning Commission will examine over the next few years, it said Tuesday. The IPC was created in 2008 by the then Labour government to speed up major infrastructure project decision-making. “Propos
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has expressed serious concerns about the implications of the new proposed setback for offshore… [mappress] Source: dcnonl, July 14, 2010;
Grand Valley State University’s Michigan Alternative and Renewable Energy Center will host a community meeting of the Michigan Great Lakes… [mappress] Source: hollandsentinel, July 14, 2010;
With many states in the country facing power crisis, exploiting the country’s coasts could provide a possible solution among other alternate… [mappress] Source: deccanherald, July 14, 2010;
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory last month published the most comprehensive study to date of the country’s offshore wind resource. The study, Assessment of Offshore Wind Energy Resources for the United States, compiles data on Hawaii and much of the lower 48 continguous states. In most situ
Maine and Nova Scotia have signed an agreement to work together on generating electricity from the ocean. [mappress] Source: businessweek, July 14, 2010;
The use of renewable energy will increase over the next few years, according to experts. Green energy organisation Renewable UK has said… [mappress] Source: envirotech-online, July 14, 2010;
Jan Behrendt Ibsoe, Vice President, ABS Consulting Renewable Energy, has been named a member of the National Research Council (NRC) Committee on Offshore Wind Energy Turbine Structural and Operating Safety. The study will provide guidance to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enfo
Wind turbines may be one of the best renewable energy solutions, but as turbines get larger they also get noisier, become more of an eyesore… [mappress] Source: dcnonl, July 13, 2010;
