The United States boasts more installed, on-shore wind power capacity than any other country in the world. Offshore wind power is a… By William Pentland (forbes) [mappress] Source: forbes, November 11, 2010
Vestas latest turbine wins the Gold Award for Most Innovative Power Technology of the Year award competing with technology across all sources of energy. Vestas latest product offering – the V112-3.0 MW turbine was judged and awarded by independent judges as the “Most Innovative Power Technology of t
Vestas’ plans for its latest turbine the V112 3MW took a knock last month when it was revealed the prototype had suffered a blade failure. By Eize de Vries (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 10, 2010;
South Korea has confirmed it intends to become a major player in the offshore wind sector with an announcement last week that an $8.2 billion (€5.9 bn) wind farm will be built in the Yellow Sea. With an eye to reducing its dependence on expensive imported fossil fuels, the nation will begin testing
The International Energy Agency’s 2010 World Energy Outlook, released today, should finally stamp out the myth that renewable energies are dependent on subsidies. “Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009”, says the IEA, while renewable energies in the same year received ju
The International Energy Agency’s 2010 World Energy Outlook, released today, should finally stamp out the myth that renewable energies are dependent on subsidies. “Fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009”, says the IEA, while renewable energies in the same year received ju
Statoil has resolved to concentrate even more strongly on offshore wind turbines as part of its strategy for renewable energy. This decision reflects the strong international growth in this segment, combined with the group’s unique offshore experience from the oil and gas industry. As part of its co
London Array is an energetic project which consists in a large wind farm of 271 turbines. The wind farm would be located more than 20km (12 miles) from the Kent and Essex coasts in the outer Thames Estuary, one of the three strategic areas the UK Government has identified for offshore wind farm deve
Ireland could start producing more than ten times its current power demand from its seas and coastline according to a new report.The… (edie) [mappress] Source: edie, November 09, 2010;
Spain’s first scheduled offshore project has expanded its planned capacity by 25MW to 70MW and brought on board a number of heavyweight… By Michael McGovern (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 09, 2010;
Spain’s first scheduled offshore project has expanded its planned capacity by 25MW to 70MW and brought on board a number of heavyweight… By Michael McGovern (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 09, 2010;
Rhode Island’s attorney general-elect plans to halt the state’s appeal of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the Block Island offshore… By Tamar Wilner (windpowermonthly) [mappress] Source: windpowermonthly, November 09, 2010;
POLITICAL leaders from all parties have joined forces to call on David Cameron to intervene after it emerged an Essex port will lose out on… By James Hore and Alistair Nelson (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, November 09, 2010;
More and more multi‐national companies have discovered wind energy as a growth market and are getting involved in the production of wind turbines as well as the development and operation of onand offshore wind farms. By the end of 2010, wind farms all over the world with a total installed power of 2
