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Why DOE-Funded Floating Turbines May Change Future of Offshore Wind

December 10, 201114 years ago susan 13 Comments

This week, Statoil has an application for a pilot demonstration of their Hywind floating wind turbine 12 miles off the coast of Maine before the new Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for approval. The demo would be the fruition of a project begun in 2009, and funded by the Department of Energy. … [continued]

EU Invades US for Energy Resource – Offshore Wind

December 9, 201114 years ago susan 21 Comments

Not content with dominating the European off-shore renewable energy industry, European juggernauts of offshore wind have landed on the shores of Maine where they want to see if the US is good at making off-shore wind power too. Norway’s Statoil, maker of the Hywind floating wind turbine in Europe (last … [continued]