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 Copenhagen (AFP) Sept 17, 2009 
The world's largest offshore wind farm has been opened in the North Sea off the west coast of Denmark, the Danish company running the project said on Thursday. The Horns Rev 2 wind farm's 91 turbines covers an area of some 35 square kilometres (21 square miles) and can produce enough electricity to supply 200,000 homes a year, Dong Energy said in a statement. Denmark's Crown Prince ... read more
London (UPI) Sep 17, 2009 BP is expanding its wind power electricity generation capacity in the United States but is shedding an Indian unit, which has been sold to Green Infra Limited of India. BP said Green Infra Limited purchased its subsidiary, BP Energy India Private Limited, for a total cash-free, debt-free enterprise value of about $95 million. Green Infra Limited is an independent power producer owned by ... more
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Stockholm (UPI) Sep 16, 2009 Offshore wind farms could meet up to 17 percent of Europe's electricity needs in 2030, an industry group said. "Offshore wind power is vital for Europe's future," the European Wind Energy Association said in a report published at an offshore wind industry conference in Stockholm. Currently, 11 wind farms harness the stronger winds at sea, mostly in Britain and Scandinavia. ... more 
Chicago (AFP) Sept 10, 2009China could meet all of its future electricity needs with wind power if the government continues to subsidize the development of wind farms with price guarantees, a study published Thursday has found. Already the world's largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China's electricity needs are expected to double in the next two decades and it is currently adding several new coal-fired power plants ... more 
Oslo (AFP) Sept 8, 2009The world's first floating full-scale offshore wind turbine has been inaugurated in the North Sea off the coast of Norway, Norwegian energy giant StatoilHydro said Tuesday. The turbine known as Hywind, which measures 65 metres (213 feet) tall and weighs 5,300 tonnes, lies some 10 kilometres (seven miles) off the island of Karmoey near the Scandinavian country's southwestern coastline, the ... more |
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Berlin (UPI) Jul 28, 2009 After a terrible year for the European offshore wind industry, it appears some projects are receiving the financial push they needed. Belgian consortium Belwind on Monday said it had completed financing for the first phase of a 330 megawatt offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The European Investment Bank granted Belwind a $425 million loan, the company said. A consortium of six ... more 
Beijing (UPI) Jul 28, 2009 China's wind farms are facing difficulties earning a profit due to insufficient wind resources, weak grid infrastructure and low tariffs.The China Electricity Council said China's wind power capacity doubled to 12.8 gigawatts in 2008 from 6 gigawatts the year before. Yet the industry is encountering problems keeping up with the government's aggressive plan to increase China's ... more
Cookeville TN (SPX) Jul 21, 2009Led by David Wenzhong Gao, assistant electrical and computing engineering professor whose research is based in TTU's Center for Energy Systems Research, the university will develop innovative storage systems and controls for high wind penetration. A critical challenge of large-scale wind integration is variability and uncertainty of wind energy resources. In the lab, Gao and colleagues ... more |
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