The Soc SEVA SRL has requested a state concession for the installation and maintenance of 28 wind turbines of 3.6 MW each, with towers 90m high, 120m rotor diameter, forming an industrial offshore plant for electricity production. The location is in the territorial waters of northern Lake Sardinia,
European politicians need to endorse a new binding 2030 target for renewable energy sources if they want to take advantage of the EU’s position as global technological leader in onshore and offshore wind power. That was the message Wednesday from Stephane Bourgeois, Head of Regulatory Affairs at the
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond and Lower Saxony’s Prime Minister David McAllister yesterday discussed co-operation opportunities in the developing European clean energy market. Mr McAllister arrived in Edinburgh yesterday, where he joined Energy & Enterprise Minister Fergus Ewing for the off
Following the announcement made by the Chancellor George Osborne on cutting the government subsidies for onshore wind farms for 25 percent, opponents of the Navitus Bay project welcomed it with a great expectation on extending this move to offshore plans. Dorset MPs, including Chris Chope and Richar
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold a meeting with state premiers next week to discuss regional competition in producing electricity from renewable sources that could cause overcapacity in the future. The point of the meeting is to achieve better collaboration in coordinating the transition pr
Vattenfall, developer of wind energy project offshore Aberdeen Bay, stated that this project could save GBP 45 billion of renewable energy production costs, writes the Press Association. Vattenfall is one of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre developers planning to deploy 11 wind turbines
The UK government revealed plans to create a database featuring every business that could help ensure domestic companies provide over 50% of equipment to the Round 3 offshore wind farms. An official representing Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) said that this plan forms part of t
With its new Renewable Energy Strategy the European Commission in Brussels today presented major reasons to favour legally binding renewable energy targets for 2030. The Strategy notably says: – “Strong renewables growth to 2030 could generate over 3 million jobs”. – “A continuation of an EU-wide sp
Parliamentary select committee has been informed that there are no hurdles for wind turbines to be built in the hills and offshore Adelaide coast, reports ABC News. However, Andrew Grear from the South Australian Planning Department said that they were considering putting a ban on some hill sites. G
German power network regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur, has offered to assume national responsibility for the grid encompassing 16 state borders in Europe’s biggest national power market, Reuters informed. After Chancellor Angela Merkel’s proposition to rapidly replace nuclear power with renewable so
During 2011-12 period Scotland attracted the second highest level of renewable investment in the UK, worth a total of GBP 1.7 billion, creating 4,411 jobs, says the Scotsman. The DECC’s announced results, which followed the publication of the Government’s draft energy bill, say that only Yorkshire m
Scotland’s Environment Minister, Stewart Stevenson, has highlighted Scotland’s world-leading role in both the development of renewables and in championing the need for climate justice for the world’s poorest communities as he marks World Environment Day. The theme for World Environment Day is ‘The G
Massachusetts officials provided a list of the 10 companies that have expressed interest in construction of offshore wind farms in an expanse of federal waters, 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. According to the Associated Press, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified the locatio
Massachusetts officials provided a list of the 10 companies that have expressed interest in construction of offshore wind farms in an expanse of federal waters, 14 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. According to the Associated Press, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) identified the locatio
