New offshore wind farm in Irish Sea
One of the largest offshore wind farms in the world will be developed in the Irish Sea under partnership between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind
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NJ offshore wind project gets environmental permits
Fishermen’s Energy reports that the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJ DEP”) has issued the major environmental permits to build its demonstration-scale six turbine Fishermen’s Atlantic City Windfarm to be located
Delaware offshore wind project takes another step forward
NRG Blue Water Wind’s planned 450 MW Delaware offshore wind park has gotten a boost. The Department of the Interior is starting the process to offer the project the first commercial wind
Governor pushes offshore wind in Maryland
Trying to create a clearer, long-term financial picture for offshore wind energy development, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley introduced the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2011 today. The bill, HB 1054, would
Praise for offshore wind initiative from Newport News ally
Gamesa Technology Corp. praised steps announced yesterday by Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speed development of wind energy off the U.S. East Coast. Gamesa has an alliance
Chu, Salazar announce offshore wind initiatives
U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu today announced the release of three solicitations, worth up to $50.5 million over five years, to develop breakthrough offshore wind energy technology and to reduce specific
Mother ship design for deepwater offshore wind farms
Anglo-Dutch company Offshore Ship Designers has launched a new offshore wind farm maintenance vessel concept. It aims to improve the uptime of deepwater wind turbines and reduce maintenance costs and carbon emissions
Technip launches floating offshore wind turbine project
Technip (Paris:TEC) is launching Vertiwind, a project that will test a pre-industrial prototype of a floating offshore wind turbine with a vertical axis. Associated with Technip in the project are Nénuphar, Converteam
ABS releases offshore wind turbine guide
Classification society ABS has released a Guide for Building and Classing Offshore Wind Turbine Installations. It is the first Guide to address design considerations for the bottom founded support structure of an
Salazar says he’ll cut offshore wind red tape
Using an approach that it says has helped get solar energy projects started on public lands in the West, the Department of the Interior is launching what it calls a “Smart from