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A data-collection buoy that can be plopped in the ocean and used to determine the suitability of remote locations for offshore wind farms is ready for real-world testing, the University of Maine announced Friday. The university’s advanced composites center worked with private industry partners to create a buoy-based system that utilizes a laser system to track wind speeds 400 to 500 feet

It will have the capacity to power up to half a million homes when it is completed in 2017 while the 140 turbines will double the capacity of the existing wind farm on the site. Trade body RenewableUK said the decision was timely as major international ...

Suffolk’s growing reputation as the “green coast” has received a major shot in the arm after officials approved a 140 turbine offshore wind farm.

The system will be used to track wind speeds at the height of offshore wind turbines to determine the suitability of sites for wind farms.

BRIDGEWATER — The developers of the South Canoe wind project and Chester municipal council have failed in their bid to quash an appeal of a South Shore wind farm.

(Phys.org) —Fergus Ewing, Scotland's energy minister, has announced plans for the deployment of 40 to 50 Oyster hydro-electric wave devices off the country's northwestern shore. The new facility will be capable of producing 40MW of electricity, which should be enough to power approximately 30,000 homes—making it the largest such facility in the world

RICHMOND (AP) -- An authority promoting the development of wind power off Virginia's coast will meet Thursday in Richmond. The Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority will discuss of an agreement to protect the rare North Atlantic right whale, which migrates off the coast, and efforts to map the ocean floor where windmills would rise from the depths of the Atlantic

The first of a total of 160 wind turbines was successfully installed at the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr (Welsh for "wind of the sea"). The wind turbine from Siemens was installed on a monopile foundation approximately twelve kilometres off the coast of North ...

The SDLP Councillor continued, “Certainly in terms of the wider Northern Ireland economy the bottom line is that the cash generated through these wind turbine monstrosities, and I make no apology for that description, will not end up in local hands. “It will end ...

DENMARK: The 111th and final turbine was installed yesterday at the 400MW Anholt offshore wind farm. A Siemens 3.6MW turbine being installed at Anholt. The Siemens SWT-3.6-120 unit was installed from the Sea Power at ... for official opening on 4 September. It is jointly owned by Dong Energy (50%), PensionDanmark (30%) and PKA (20%)

THE windfall in Scotland’s grasp from offshore renewable energy has been unveiled for the first time in a major new report that reveals it could power the country seven times over within four decades.

Enhanced wind turbine access. 18 May 2013. The Surface Effect Ship (SES) – Offshore Service Vessel concept from Umoe Mandal (R11) is part of the next generation of offshore wind farm service vessels. The SES is lifted by an air cushion enclosed by side ...

On Saturday, conservation groups in 22 states and 8 nations overseas will stand along their coastlines in solidarity against offshore drilling in the annual "Hands Across the Sand" event. The event, happening locally on Folly Beach and in nearby Garden City and Hilton Head Island are designed to raise awareness for alternative energy, "to say “no” to offshore drilling and “yes” to clean energy

International renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has published a report on the marine environment at Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm, on behalf of owner E.ON. (PRWeb May 17, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/5/prweb10744635.htm