VESTAS has been awarded funds to develop massive offshore wind turbine blades in the latest round of the government’s Regional Growth Fund… By Ross Findon (iwcp) [mappress] Source: iwcp, November 03, 2011
The piece of work “Zèfir: in search of deep water offshore wind energy”, carried out by students from the Cor de Maria school in Valls, has been awarded the first prize in the Sustainability category. Over 12,000 people of all ages took part in the 12th edition of the science competition “Ciencia en
In response to the UK Government’s £100/MWh target cost for offshore wind, UK-based engineering and consultancy company Enventi have announced the launch of a comprehensive study to examine the benefits of a floating wind solution. The UK Government’s recent Electricity Market Reform (EMR) proposals
Kongsberg Maritime Ltd, the UK subsidiary of global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime, has been awarded a contract with leading wave energy technology provider Aquamarine Power to carry out underwater noise assessments relating to its Oyster wave energy device. The Oyster device has been
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced plans to invest up to £25m in an offshore wind floating system demonstration project which would open up new areas off the coast of the UK and help bring generation costs down. It is estimated that the UK has over a third of the total European po
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced that it has launched the development of a power generation system utilizing ocean tides, a promis… (ecoseed) [mappress] Source: ecoseed, October 25, 2011
The country can produce as muchas 4,000 to 7,000 megawatts of electricity along 710 kilometres of coastlinefrom the waves of the Bay of… (thenewnationbd) [mappress] Source: thenewnationbd, October 24, 2011
The Forewind consortium will employ an innovative new foundation design concept next year when it installs two meteorological masts on the Dogger Bank offshore wind farm zone, located between 125 and 290 kilometres off the North Yorkshire coast. Forewind Limited, developers of the Dogger Bank zone,
Grady Koch is not a weatherman but he knows which way the wind blows. By Cory Nealon (dailypress) [mappress] Source: dailypress, October 18, 2011
Ontario bureaucrats have been given “no firm deadline” for reporting on the possible health effects of offshore wind turbines, says the… By John Spears (thestar) [mappress] Source: thestar, October 18, 2011
The U.S. Department of Energy announced that $43m worth of grants have been awarded to be spent over the next five years. (pennenergy) [mappress] Source: pennenergy, October 18, 2011
Ciaran Kennedy, a PhD student in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at NUI Galway, was recently presented with two prizes at the 30th… (afloat) [mappress] Source: afloat, October 18, 2011
The pieces of what could one day change the whole electrical power industry in Florida don’t look impressive. By James Kirley (tcpalm) [mappress] Source: tcpalm, October 17, 2011
When Hurricane Irene roared up the East Coast, businesses sandbagged, coastal residents evacuated and utility companies scrambled to repair… By Eliot Caroom (nj) [mappress] Source: nj, October 17, 2011
