The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change announced Monday it had refused four out of five submitted wind farms in Wales. Announced by the UK’s Energy Ministre, Andrea Leadsom, on Monday, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) refused five out of six proposed energy infrastructure projects set … [continued]
What does it take to build a 2 MW wind turbine? This time-lapse video of the construction of a wind turbine at the Bald Hills Wind Farm gives a glimpse into the process, and makes it look almost simple (though it’s obviously not, and is no small undertaking). The 106.6 … [continued]
Only days after DONG Energy announced the acquisition of the Hornsea Offshore Wind Zone, it has now announced the beginning of construction on the Walney Extension Offshore Wind Farm, as well as a deal with Vestas Offshore Wind for work on the Borkum Riffgrund project in Germany. DONG Energy announced … [continued]
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has announced its decision to stop the Nocton Fen and Nant Bach wind farms, one month apart. Vattenfall released an email late July explaining that the UK “Government’s significant recent shift in national planning policy for onshore wind farms” caused the decision. Specifically, Vattenfall noted that … [continued]
Originally published on EIA. In July, American offshore wind developer, Deepwater Wind, installed the first foundation for what is expected to be the first offshore wind farm in the United States. The project will be located three miles southeast of Block Island, Rhode Island. With five turbines totaling 30 megawatts … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath France has launched a tender for what would be the world’s first large-scale floating wind farm, inviting companies to submit proposals for installations off both its northern and southern coasts. French environmental agency ADEME posted a tender document on Wednesday calling for proposals … [continued]
Further expansion of the Dogger Bank Zone off the coast of England has been granted planning approval, taking the total consented projects to 4.8 GW. Forewind is the consortium (made up of RWE Innogy UK, SSE, Statkraft, and Statoil) developing the Dogger Bank Zone, which is the largest of the … [continued]
“Accelerating the penetration of renewable energy into the national and global energy portfolio is among the most important technical and social challenges of our time.” So says Andrew Myers, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Northeastern University, who also studies offshore wind structures and runs Northeastern’s Sustainable Structures … [continued]
Tiny Rhode Island has been leaping wind energy obstacles right and left, and is on its way to getting the nation’s first offshore wind farm off the ground.
Swedish energy company Vattenfall has confirmed Ray Wind Farm is planned to begin operations in early 2017. Vattenfall confirmed that the 16-turbine, 54.4 MW Ray Wind Farm, set to be developed near Kirkwhelpington, in the English county of Northumberland, would see the commencement of preparatory works begin later this month, and … [continued]
