GE Renewable Energy announced this week that its 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X offshore wind turbine will head to the United Kingdom as part of an advanced technology testing program at the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult’s site in Blyth.
A new $2.63 million joint UK-Chinese offshore wind research center was opened on Thursday in Yantai City, with its purpose to act as a leading renewable energy research and development center situated to support the growth of its two respective offshore wind industries.
The Scottish Government announced £2 million in funding this week to encourage innovation in the offshore wind energy sector and to reduce development costs.
GE Renewable Energy and the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult announced have signed a five-year research and development agreement which will see GE’s mammoth 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X wind turbine head to UK shores for the first time for extensive testing.
The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult has unveiled its 7 MW demonstration offshore wind turbine in Levenmouth. Unveiled at its Levenmouth, Scotland, demonstration location, by the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, the UK’s flagship technology innovation and research center for offshore wind, wave, and tidal energy, the 7 MW offshore … [continued]
A new report, delivered by the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult in time to coincide with the news that contracts were awarded to two offshore wind farms to be built in the United Kingdom, goes a long way to proving the cost of offshore wind energy is falling. According to … [continued]
The noted multinational utility company Iberdrola will be investing more than €1 million into a new floating offshore wind energy project to be located in the UK, as per recent reports. The new project is being developed with the aid of researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and … [continued]
Some more top cleantech news of the past couple weeks, to go along with the 60+ articles we’ve published. 1. Despite recent/upcoming solar feed-in tariff cuts, UK energy minister Greg Barker announced a ramp-up of the UK’s solar power ambitions last Thursday. Barker thinks the UK will have 4 … [continued]
