The first-ever announcement of a national divestment move — the government of Norway’s decision to divest from coal — represents a giant step in the fossil fuel shutoff movement. Last June, the UN urged Norway to shut down its coal mining operations on the Svalbard Arctic archipelago. The nation has just trumped that request. … [continued]
Energy Statoil and multinational GE announced a new collaboration between the two companies on Wednesday, aimed at developing more environmentally and economically sustainable energy solutions “to help fuel the future.” But this announcement doesn’t involve developing solar and wind technology, rather, GE and Statoil are teaming up to drive “an … [continued]
The noted renewable energy company Masdar has entered into a new partnership with Norway’s Statoil and Statkraft with the intention of together developing a £1.5 billion offshore wind farm in the UK, according to a recent press release. The 402 MW project — which is slated to be built off … [continued]
Siemens has announced that it has received an order from Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for 67 wind turbines for the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm in the UK. The news comes just days after the UK installed their first 6 MW wind turbine at the burgeoning Westermost Rough offshore … [continued]
Originally published on ThinkProgress. By Kiley Kroh. While the news about climate change seems to get worse every day, the rapidly improving technology, declining costs, and increasing accessibility of clean energy is the true bright spot in the march toward a zero-carbon future. 2013 had more clean energy milestones than … [continued]
To tow the new gigantic off-shore wind turbines being developed in Europe far out to sea, a Norwegian company has devised a clever and simple mechanism. Their Windflip tows the turbine out almost horizontal – and then when it gets to the site tilts it up into position; using just the weight of seawater.
The structure contains 29 air filled compartments. Once at the site each of the compartments inside the Windflip is sequentially filled with water, causing the stern to slowly submerge, so that both the Windflip barge and the turbine it is holding flip up 90°.
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]
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]
