Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound released statement regarding the NStar agreement to buy 27.5% of Cape Wind. “Ratepayers, municipalities, and businesses will be saddled with increased electric bills because of the state’s arm-twisting to force NStar to purchase power from this wildly overpriced p
Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound released statement regarding the NStar agreement to buy 27.5% of Cape Wind. “Ratepayers, municipalities, and businesses will be saddled with increased electric bills because of the state’s arm-twisting to force NStar to purchase power from this wildly overpriced p
Gov. Martin O’Malley is getting a lot of support for his incentive to erect wind turbines offshore Maryland’s coast. Former Iowa Gov. Chet Culver came on Tuesday to Annapolis to testify in support of O’Malley’s offshore wind bill. He said that wind turbines in Iowa have helped stabilize electricity
In the fourth quarter of 2011, Statkraft achieved an underlying1 operating profit before depreciation (EBITDA) of NOK 3028 million, compared with NOK 5686 million in the corresponding quarter in 2010. As a result of unrealised changes in value for energy contracts and write-downs on production asset
Gov. Deval Patrick announced yesterday that Nstar will buy 27.5% of electricity from the offshore wind project Cape Wind. If this offshore wind farm does not start spinning by 2016, Nstar will not have to buy electricity from Cape Wind, but it will need to find equal amount of clean energy from some
Since January 2012, the Voith Turbo market division Marine has been present in the Port of Hamburg with its own office managed by naval architect Sigurd Hildebrandt. In the new Große Elbstraße 42 offices, Voith not only supports customers with regard to all propulsion matters but will also establish
Since January 2012, the Voith Turbo market division Marine has been present in the Port of Hamburg with its own office managed by naval architect Sigurd Hildebrandt. In the new Große Elbstraße 42 offices, Voith not only supports customers with regard to all propulsion matters but will also establish
A report from industry consultants, AMI Consulting, published in January 2012, calculates that the global demand for materials in the production of wind turbine blades grew by over 20% per annum in the last five years. The market for wind turbine blades has been one of the fastest growing of any com
Lowestoft College’s newly refurbished Engineering workshop and wind turbine training tower was officially opened by Waveney MP Peter Aldous on Friday 10 February. The new engineering workshop features state-of-the-art equipment which makes the college one of the leading engineering training centres
The study from Carnegie Mellon University says that in the worst case, almost half of the proposed offshore wind turbines could be destroyed in the next 20 years by hurricanes. The U.S. Department of Energy wants to generate 20 percent of U.S. electricity needs from wind by 2030, and they want one-s
SSE Renewables, the renewable energy development division of SSE, has received consent from North Ayrshire Council to construct an offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston in North Ayrshire. The facility will be Scotland’s first offshore wind turbine test site and will be an extension of SS
SSE Renewables, the renewable energy development division of SSE, has received consent from North Ayrshire Council to construct an offshore wind turbine test facility at Hunterston in North Ayrshire. The facility will be Scotland’s first offshore wind turbine test site and will be an extension of SS
Nine of the world’s largest renewable energy developers have come together to form a new group, that places health and safety at the forefront of all offshore wind activity and developments – G9 Offshore Wind Health and Safety Association Limited. The new forum, to be known as G9, will aim to create
After writing a letter addressed to First Minister Alex Salmond, Donald Trump launched another attack on SNH and VisitScotland over wind farm plans in Aberdeen bay, reports BBC. In his letter, Trump stressed that they were „pathetic“ for not acting against wind turbines. Last month, Trump stopped th
