The Carbon Trust announced on Tuesday that it was launching BLUE PILOT, a large-scale demonstration project which seeks to reduce the costs and underwater noises of offshore wind construction as part of the larger Offshore Wind Accelerator.
The Carbon Trust’s flagship R&D program, the Offshore Wind Accelerator, has received an investment boost of £6.4 million that is aimed at reducing the levelized cost of energy from offshore wind. According to the Carbon Trust, nine of Europe’s largest offshore wind developers have signed on to a new program with the … [continued]
The Scottish Government has committed £1.5 million in funding to increase innovation, reduce costs, and encourage further investment in the country’s offshore wind industry. Announced this week, the Scottish Government awarded the £1.5 million ($2.2 million) in funding to the Carbon Trust to support its Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) research and design … [continued]
The wind like the sun is free. Great, but you can’t then use the cost of energy supplies to measure how much you have. We have to measure the wind as it is being used. A floating tower has been tested in the North Sea that reduces the cost of this information for offshore wind.
