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| July 03, 2014 |
 OX2 acquires Polish wind power company, Greenfield Wind Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jul 03, 2014 - The acquisition of the project development company Greenfield Wind gives OX2 the local expertise needed to finance and build high-quality wind farms in Poland. The goal is to expand the company, and to achieve a leading position in the sector. OX2 has acquired Greenfield Wind, a Warsaw-based project development company focusing on wind power in Poland. The acquisition includes all operatio ... more |  |
Great progress on wind installations, Germany's RWE says Essen, Germany (UPI) Jul 1, 2013 - The last of the 160 wind turbines at an installation off the Welsh coast are in place and the facility should be online by winter, Germany's RWE said Tuesday. The German energy company said the 160 turbines at the Gwynt y Mor offshore wind farm are in place and cables are being set so the facility can enter into service later this year. The wind farm will have a peak operational ... more |  |
VentAir Introduces Groundbreaking Wind Energy Innovation Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 01, 2014 - Local start-up company VentAir Technologies (VAT) has announced an exciting breakthrough in the field of wind energy. The company's patent-pending VAST 6 system is designed to be substantially more efficient than current systems in the same field and doesn't have the drawbacks associated with turbine-based wind farms. VentAir Technologies is leading the clean energy market with their innov ... more |  |
Offshore wind dominates British renewable power sector London (UPI) Jun 26, 2013 - Offshore wind energy increased the most last year for any renewable energy resource available on the British grid, the government said Thursday. The British Department of Energy and Climate Change published renewable energy data for 2013. Renewable resources last year accounted for 5.2 percent of all the energy consumed in the country, up from the 4.2 percent reported for 2012. " ... more |  |
Scotland boasts of financial weight behind climate change fight Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jun 23, 2013 - The Scottish government said it's invested more than $100 million in a fund meant to help local communities address the challenges of climate change. Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse said Monday the $100.3 million invested in the Climate Challenge Fund so far includes an increase in this year's budget from $17.8 million to $20 million. The mini ... more |  |
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London signs off on 240-turbine offshore wind farm London (UPI) Jun 17, 2013 - The British government said Tuesday it gave its consent for the development of a wind farm off the Suffolk coast that could power more than 800,000 homes. "Making the most of Britain's home grown energy is crucial in creating job and business opportunities, getting the best deal for customers and reducing our reliance on foreign imports," British Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed D ... more |  |
Massachusetts to host sixth U.S. lease for offshore wind energy Boston (UPI) Jun 18, 2013 - Massachusetts is set to lead the nation in offshore wind energy development through a commercial lease sale, Gov. Deval Patrick said. Patrick was joined by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank to announce more than 742,000 acres off the state's coast will go on sale for wind energy development. "Massachusetts is ... more | |
Wind turbine payback as fast as 8 months Corvallis OR (SPX) Jun 17, 2014 - US researchers have carried out an environmental lifecycle assessment of 2-megawatt wind turbines mooted for a large wind farm in the US Pacific Northwest. Writing in the International Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing, they conclude that in terms of cumulative energy payback, or the time to produce the amount of energy required of production and installation, a wind turbine with a working li ... more |  |
Scotland attracts more investments to renewable energy sector Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jun 16, 2013 - A decision to invest more than $3 million on a tidal array planned for Scottish waters is a testament to its green energy strength, the energy minister said. Tidal technology company Nova Innovation and Belgian renewable energy company ELSA secured $3.1 million from European investors to build tidal arrays off the Scottish coast. "ELSA's decision to invest in Scotland is a testam ... more |  |
Sopcawind, a multidisciplinary tool for designing wind farms Leioa, Spain (SPX) Jun 12, 2014 - The SOPCAWIND tool is a piece of software that facilitates the design of wind farms, bearing in mind not only the aspects of energy productivity but also the possible impact the wind farm may have on the environment, radars or other telecommunications systems in the vicinity. It also assesses acoustic noise, the effect of shadow on nearby housing, and applies criteria for heritage protection or ... more |  |
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Scotland says it's well on its way to cut emissions by as much as 80 percent Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Jun 10, 2013 - The Scottish government said Tuesday it's reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 percent since 1990 and is on pace to hit 42 percent by 2020. "Scotland has the world's leading climate change targets," Scottish Minister for Environment and Climate Change Paul Wheelhouse said in a statement. "With a target of 42 percent by 2020 we are ahead of the United Kingdom at 34 percen ... more | |
Snake-like buoys showing their energy mettle off Scottish coast Orkney, Scotland (UPI) Jun 6, 2013 - Snake-like buoys sitting off the coast of Scotland have been tested to the point they have proven their reliability, Pelamis Wave Energy said. Two machines sitting at the European Marine Energy Center in Orkney logged 10,000 hours of grid-connected service this week. Richard Yemm, chief executive officer at Pelamis, said the achievement was a milestone for the test devices. ... more |  |
Base of operations set for one of Germany's largest wind farms Essen, Germany (UPI) Jun 6, 2013 - German renewable energy company RWE Innogy said Friday it finished work at an operations base for its Nordsee Ost wind farm, a 295-megawatt offshore facility. The company said Friday it finished work at two-story building in Heligoland, a German archipelago, that will serve as the maintenance and operations base for the offshore wind farm for the next 20 years. "With Heligoland w ... more |  |
New York coast could be site of new wind farms, U.S. government says Washington (UPI) May 28, 2013 - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management said it was calling on companies to submit their interests for wind energy leases off the coast of New York. BOEM said it was moving forward with plans to lease wind energy areas in a region about 11 nautical miles south off Long Beach, N.Y. Walter Cruickshank, acting BOEM director, said in a statement the agency would decide whether or not t ... more | |
A new concept to improve power production performance of wind turbines in a wind farm Beijing, China (SPX) May 27, 2014 - Wind energy is one of the most promising renewable energy resources in the world today. Dr. Hui Hu and his group at Iowa State University studied the effects of the relative rotation directions of two tandem wind turbines on the power production performance, the flow characteristics in the turbine wake flows, and the resultant wind loads acting on the turbines. The experimental study was p ... more |  |
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German energy company RWE Innogy starts turbine installation at mega wind project Essen, Germany (UPI) May 20, 2013 - German energy company RWE Innogy said Tuesday it started installing the 48 turbines for the Nordsee Ost wind farm off the country's coast. "Since mid-March all of the marine foundations have been firmly anchored to the sea bed," project director Marcel Sunier said in a statement. "Commencement of the turbine installation now signals the second phase." The 48-turbine wind farm, wh ... more | |
Scottish energy sector gets a bit greener with RWE Innogy project Aberdeen, Scotland (UPI) May 23, 2013 - Scotland received another addition to its renewable energy portfolio with the inauguration of a hydroelectric facility, German energy company RWE Innogy said. RWE said its Maldie hydroelectric plant has an installed capacity of four megawatts, which can generate enough energy to meet the needs of 3,000 households. RWE said Thursday hydroelectric power was a key part of its renewa ... more |  |
Irish 'green paper' outlines transition to a low-carbon economy Dublin, Ireland (UPI) May 12, 2013 - Ireland aims to move energy efficiency and renewable energy to the forefront of an economy that depends on imported fossil fuels, the energy minister said. "A progressive energy agenda is needed," Irish Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte said in a statement. "We are embarking on a new avenue of ending our energy island isolation, reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels and strengthen ... more |  |
U.S. moves closer to first-ever offshore wind farm Providence, R.I. (UPI) May 9, 2013 - The Rhode Island government signed off on environmental permits for what will become the nation's first offshore wind farm, the project's developer said. Deepwater Wind received a permit from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management to start deployment of its Block Island wind farm slated for the state's waters. The company's chief executive officer, Jeffrey Grybow ... more |  |
970-MW wind farm off the Isle of Wight considered London (UPI) May 8, 2013 - British campaign group Friends of the Earth said Thursday a wind farm proposed off the coast of the Isle of Wight was a "huge success" for energy security. A national infrastructure planning commission said an application for the Navitus Bay Wind farm has been accepted for examination. If built, the wind farm would feature 194 turbines and associated infrastructure and have an installed ... more |  |
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