The Scottish Government’s Plan for Offshore Wind in Scottish Waters, published today, is key to delivering renewables in the right places, say RSPB Scotland. The plan considers the potential of Scotland’s offshore environment to accommodate wind energy developments from a national perspective, makin
SeaEnergy’s Beatrice and Inch Cape sites have been identified as suitable for offshore wind farms by the Scottish government’s strategic… (ibtimes) [mappress] Source: ibtimes, March 18, 2011
Eldepasco invites tender in negotiated procedure for offshore wind farm construction. The contract includes the design, supply, construction and commissioning of the electrical infrastructure of the offshore wind farm Eldepasco. This excludes the placement of the OHVS functioning and the onshore and
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Global Offshore Wind Turbine Market 2010-2014” report to their offering. The offshore wind market has been steadily growing across regions. European countries such as Denmark and UK have been leading the market with China fast catching up. In 2
Generating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe’s climate chief has said, in the… (balkans) [mappress] Source: balkans, March 18, 2011
Generating energy from wind turbines at sea would be cheaper than building new atomic power plants, Europe’s climate chief has said, in the… (balkans) [mappress] Source: balkans, March 18, 2011
Maine researchers will spend a month in the Netherlands working at one of the world’s most advanced testing facilities, battering scale… (bangordailynews) [mappress] Source: bangordailynews , March 18, 2011
At the beginning of March, the first of two offshore installation vessels owned by RWE was officially launched after only seven months of construction. The works are thus already a month ahead of the original time schedule. The final large-scale components, the main crane and the jack-up legs, will
The negative impacts of offshore wind power can be avoided altogether or mitigated through proper planning, people attending a panel session at the EWEA2011 Annual Event heard Thursday. Dan Wilhelmsson of the Swedish Secretariat for Environmental Earth System Sciences added that the offshore wind po
“When we talk about the electricity sector, not the total energy consumption, but electricity, than I think by 2050 we’ll have 100% renewables in Europe. I think that is perfectly doable,” said EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard today at the EWEA 2011 Annual Event. She was speaking at a
A LEADING offshore windfarm developer is to sponsor renewable energy research at Durham University. By Owen McAteer (thenorthernecho) [mappress] Source: thenorthernecho, March 17, 2011
The Scottish Government today (Thursday 17th March) approved ScottishPower Renewables’ plans to develop a 10MW tidal power array in The Sound of Islay on Scotland’s west coast. The project, the first of its kind in the world, envisages generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent
The Scottish Government today (Thursday 17th March) approved ScottishPower Renewables’ plans to develop a 10MW tidal power array in The Sound of Islay on Scotland’s west coast. The project, the first of its kind in the world, envisages generating enough renewable electricity to power the equivalent
Construction of offshore wind farms off Germany’s northern coast in the North and Baltic Seas has faced significant delays, even as the … By Frank Dohmen and Christian Schwägerl (spiegel) [mappress] Source: spiegel, March 17, 2011
