The White House is seeking more than $12 million in the fiscal 2011 budget for a project to drive down the cost of electricity from shallow… [mappress] Source: DOE, March 04, 2010;
The Town of Essex wants the developer of a multibillion-dollar offshore wind turbine project in Lake Erie and Lake St. Clair to come to a… [mappress] Source: windsorstar, March 02, 2010; Image: conservationreport, December 03, 2009
Ken Salazar, secretary of the Department of the Interior (DOI), has concluded the historic preservation consultation process for the… [mappress] Source: nawindpower, March 02, 2010; Image: abc.net, December 10, 2008
Engineering corporation General Electric has recently announced that its future offshore wind turbines will have no more gear boxes for improved reliability.
IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has created a Offshore Wind Division to develop a major portfolio of offshore wind projects awarded the Company that totals close to 10,000 MW around the world.
Cape Wind developer Jim Gordon has offered two Native American tribes millions to halt their opposition as the clock runs down on the review period for the controversial wind power project slated for Nantucket Sound.
The Michigan Great Lakes Wind Council (GLOW) is expected to soon finalize its wording for proposed legislation to control siting of wind turbines in the Great Lakes.
SeaEnergy PLC’s subsidy SeaEnergy Renewables has been awarded the title of Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, held in the Naturel History Museum in London on 25 February.
A Warwickshire engineering company is going head to head with a Japanese firm to design and build a cheaper way of testing offshore wind… [mappress] Source: birminghampost, February 26, 2010;
Eco Factor: Floating platform to harvest wind energy to generate up to 40MW of renewable power. With nations pledging to reduce the carbon footprint to counter global warming, the need for systems that generate renewable energy has been on a rise. While most energy companies are trying to find locat
Federal regulators have received leasing proposals from two Virginia companies seeking to develop offshore wind farms capable of supplying… [mappress] Source: canadianbusiness, February 25, 2010;
The Community of European Shipyards’ Association (CESA) and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) are calling on the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the building of new ships to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years. CESA an
Andrew Mill, CEO of Narec, responds to the announcement by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) of an £18.5 million grant to fund an offshore wind test site at Narec in Blyth, Northumberland: “We very much welcome this funding award and the continued support we have received from
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wants Duke Energy to conduct an environmental impact study of its offshore wind power project in Pamlico… [mappress] Source: charlotteobserver, February 24, 2010;
