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![]() Brighton, UK (SPX) Jul 20, 2012 International marine engineering company SeaRoc has been appointed to provide the installation of the foundation, equipment platform and meteorological mast at Narec's proposed Blyth Offshore Wind Demonstration Site. Previously awarded to McNulty Offshore Construction Limited, the scope of works will now be undertaken by SeaRoc on behalf of Narec, with vessel confirmation due imminently and load-out scheduled for September 2012. The mast will be installed 3 nautical miles off the coast of Blyth co ... read more |
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![]() Italian police seize giant wind farm in mafia probe Italian police Friday seized assets worth 350 million euros ($428 million) including a giant wind farm in a crackdown on the 'Ndrangheta mafia in the southern region of Calabria, investigators said. ... more | .. |
![]() GL Garrad Hassan releases update of WindFarmer 5.0 Taking another step in the development of its wind farm design software, GL Garrad Hassan has released version 5.0 of WindFarmer. The software aids the design and analysis of wind farm layouts, to g ... more | .. |
![]() Belgium wind farm a go after EIB loan A once-languishing Belgian offshore wind power project has completed a comeback with $420 million in financing from the European Investment Bank. ... more | .. |
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![]() U.S moves massive wind farm plan forward U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says environmental reviews for major wind energy initiatives in Wyoming, Rhode Island and Massachusetts are completed. ... more | .. |
![]() Opponents force Wales wind farm hearings Determined local opposition has prompted British officials to launch a planning inquiry over RWE npower renewables' proposal for a major Wales wind farm. ... more | .. |
![]() Toward super-size wind turbines: Bigger wind turbines do make greener electricity In a study that could solidify the trend toward construction of gigantic windmills, scientists have concluded that the larger the wind turbine, the greener the electricity it produces. Their report ... more | .. |
![]() Study: Bigger wind turbines are greener Swiss researchers studying wind turbines as alternative energy sources say the bigger the turbine, the greener the energy it produces. ... more |
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![]() Scotland issues rare wind farm denial The Scottish government has issued a rare denial for a wind power project, turning down a bid to construct 30-turbine wind farm in the country's Highlands. ... more | .. |
![]() US wind industry gains major new supporters for Production Tax Credit campaign Major new supporters, including Republican strategist Karl Rove, emerged for the campaign to keep U.S. wind energy growing by extending a critical Production Tax Credit (PTC), as the global wind ind ... more | .. |
![]() South Korea partners for offshore wind The United Kingdom and South Korea have formed an alliance to promote collaboration between the countries in offshore wind and tidal and wave power. ... more | .. |
![]() Change in air as Africa's biggest wind farm set for Kenya Tumbling down to the jade waters below, the rugged hills around Lake Turkana in northern Kenya are made of boulders and lava stone. ... more |
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![]() Wind Powering An Island Economy The island of Maui has some of the most expensive electricity in the U.S. To reduce dependence upon fossil fueled generators for energy production, Maui Electric Company (MECO), the local utility ha ... more | .. |
![]() China Leads Growth in Global Wind Power Capacity Global installed wind power capacity continued to grow in 2011, albeit at a slightly lower rate than in 2009 and 2010, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital S ... more | .. |
![]() US slaps duties on Chinese wind towers The United States on Wednesday imposed duties on large wind towers from China, alleging they are unduly subsidized for export to the US market. ... more | .. |
![]() Obama pushes for wind power tax credit U.S. President Barack Obama urged Congress to extend the tax benefits key to the nation's wind power sector. ... more |
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![]() US DoI Approves Ocotillo Express Wind Project The US Department of the Interior has approved construction of a 315-megawatt wind energy facility on more than 10,000 acres of public lands near Ocotillo, Calif. The project is expected to pr ... more | .. |
![]() Opening Day Draws Close for Janneby Wind Testing Site The only independent wind turbine testing site in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein will soon be ready to accept its first wind turbines. The test field, which has been developed by GL ... more | .. |
![]() NASA Satellite Measurements Imply Texas Wind Farm Impact on Surface Temperature A Texas region containing four of the world's largest wind farms showed an increase in land surface temperature over nine years that researchers have connected to local meteorological effects of the ... more | .. |
![]() Scientists find night-warming effect over large wind farms in Texas Large wind farms in certain areas in the United States appear to affect local land surface temperatures, according to a paper published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The study, led by Liming ... more |
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![]() DoD, Navy and Wind Farm Developer Release Historic MoA The Navy released a memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by officials from the Department of Defense (DoD), the Department of the Navy and Texas Wind Group (TWG) that outlines a mutual approach to e ... more | .. |
![]() British engineering firm creates 1,000 wind farm jobs British engineer Offshore Group Newcastle announced on Friday that it would create up to 1,000 jobs after receiving a government grant to help build offshore wind farms. ... more | .. |
![]() Cape Wind picks contractors for wind farm Cape Wind has selected a joint venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal Dive International, Inc. and Cashman Equipment Corp. as its construction contractor to build a wind power facility off Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. ... more | .. |
![]() Reducing cash bite of wind power The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University's Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfield to consider now: Investment Tax Cre ... more |
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![]() GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA mobilized for offshore wind power In Normandy, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gerard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaid and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan c ... more | .. |
![]() Real-World Wind Turbine Performance Metrics and Just-in-Time Predictive Maintenance Software The production of wind-derived renewable energy is growing, and so, it's important to help wind farm owners operate at higher efficiencies with lower costs. In fact, figures from the World Wind Ener ... more | .. |
![]() GDF vows 6,000 jobs in French wind farm bid French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday that its bid to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs. ... more | .. |
![]() Denmark OKs ambitious green energy deal The Danish Parliament has overwhelmingly passed an ambitious green energy agenda that includes the building of two large-scale offshore wind farms. ... more |
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![]() Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates- about 20 ... more | .. |
![]() Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms pl ... more | .. |
![]() NOAA science supports New York's offshore energy planning A newly released NOAA study will help New York state officials make advances in managing their coastal waters and guiding future development of offshore wind energy projects. The study, A Biog ... more | .. |
![]() AREVA delivers M5000 turbines for Trianel's Borkum wind farm AREVA announces the delivery of 20 M5000 turbines, out of a total of 40, to be installed in Trianel's Borkum offshore wind park located in the German North Sea. The Borkum wind farm, situated 45 km ... more |
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