Work on site is progressing well with major works on Blade Test 2 underway. The Nautilus building which will house a 3MW turbine drive train testing facility, is set to hand over in the Spring. Work has now begun on the latest Fujin project, housing the 15MW turbine drive train testing facility, whi
Knowing the environmental conditions around a wind farm is crucial to a wind farm operator. Making wrong decisions from inaccurate or incomplete data can be costly in terms of time, money or worse accidents. In an effort to ensure they receive accurate and consistent wave and ocean current data, RWE
Cape Wind supporters and opponents testified about an approximately $300 million worth deal Boston utility Nstar has reached with the wind-power provider Cape Wind, yesterday at a state Department of Public Utilities hearing, reported Boston Herald. “We believe Cape Wind will turn into a big boondog
Anti-wind farm group has raised concerns about the visual impact of RWE proposed Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, reported North Devon Gazette 24. The Slay the Array has released its own photographic impression of how the Atlantic Array would look from Putsborough describing it as “a horizon fille
Seacat Services, the Isle of Wight based wind farm support vessel operator, announced the signing of operational contracts for it’s two 19m (21m LOA) DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels, ‘Seacat Endeavour’ and ‘Seacat Reliance’. The vessels will commence operations as a pair on DONG Ene
Centrica and DONG Energy announced they have formed a joint venture to co-develop offshore wind farms in the Round 3 Irish Sea Zone, which has a potential capacity of 4.2GW. The transaction will see DONG Energy pay Centrica up to £40 million in cash for a 50 per cent interest in the joint venture. D
The Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration (CCPI) at the University of Delaware has issued a new report about ocean use off the coast of Delaware and parts of Maryland and New Jersey. The study addresses viable places to locate offshore wind farms, taking into account biological, ecological and ot
In a study just published in Geophysical Research Letters, a team of engineers at Stanford has harnessed a sophisticated weather model to recommend optimal placement of four interconnected wind farms off the coast of the Eastern United States, a region that accounts for 34 percent of the nation’s el
LM Wind Power’s 73.5 meter blades became the first 70+ meter blades to be installed when Alstom inaugurated the largest offshore wind turbine in the world on March 19 at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique region of France. The impressive composite structures have been developed specifically for Alstom’s
A newly released NOAA study will help New York state officials make advances in managing their coastal waters and guiding future development of offshore wind energy projects. The study, A Biogeographic Assessment of Seabirds, Deep Sea Corals and Ocean Habitats of the New York Bight, will help the st
In October 2010, Longyuan, China’s largest wind developer, won a tender to develop the 200 MW Dafeng offshore project. The company is still waiting for the government approval, reports Recharge News. Realisation of the project has already been delayed several times, because of the number of complain
A&P Tyne ship repair yard has made a good start to 2012 with a multi-million pound order book for the first quarter of the year. The Hebburn yard, which suffered a disappointing end to 2011 with the unexpected loss of an aircraft carrier contract, has bounced back and is now bustling with activity a
Germany’s development bank KfW and its electricity consumers may have to cover certain offshore wind park expansion costs, Reuters reports. Germany is going to install approximately 7,600 MW in offshore capacity by 2020 and 25,000 MW by 2030. However, legal liability risks create one major problem i
THE European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) is to begin consultations on the expansion of its pioneering facilities in response to rapidly growing demand for its full-scale test sites. The move comes as one of Europe’s largest electricity producers, Vattenfall, is confirmed as the latest utility to sec
