News tagged with offshore wind

British firm creates 1,000 wind farm jobs

British engineer Offshore Group Newcastle announced on Friday that it would create up to 1,000 jobs after receiving a government grant to help build offshore wind farms.

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created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Where the wild winds blow: Stanford engineers use weather models to site offshore wind farms

(PhysOrg.com) -- Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind ...

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created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms

(AP) -- The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.

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created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

UD study assesses ocean use off Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey coasts

The Center for Carbon-Free Power Integration (CCPI) at the University of Delaware has issued a new report about ocean use off the coast of Delaware and parts of Maryland and New Jersey. The study addresses ...

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan

Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms placed offshore could play ...

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created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First study to measure value of marine spatial planning

The ocean is becoming an increasingly crowded place. New users, such as the wind industry, compete with existing users and interests for space and resources. With the federal mandate for comprehensive ocean planning made ...

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created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

U.S. clears path for offshore wind farms

Wind farms could soon be on the horizon for much of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic Coast, both figuratively and literally. The Interior Department has completed a study examining how offshore wind development would affect the region, ...

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created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Walney offshore wind farm is world's biggest (for now)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Walney wind farm on the Irish Sea--characterized by high tides, waves and windy weather--officially opened this week. The farm is treated in the press as a very big deal as the Walney ...

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created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (16) | comments 88 | with audio podcast weblog

Study of Maryland demonstrates Mid-Atlantic offshore wind capacity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Offshore wind farms could generate more than enough energy to meet Maryland’s annual electricity consumption, according to a just-published study by researchers at the University of Delaware. ...

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 7

Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance

(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that Cape Wind's turbines present no danger for local air traffic.

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created Oct 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Offshore wind turbine test center planned for Eastern Shore

A new international partnership of energy companies announced plans Wednesday to build a facility in Northampton County, Va., where offshore wind turbines can be tested on solid ground.

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created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wind farm in North Sea has positive net impact on fauna

A North-Sea wind farm has hardly any negative effects on fauna. At most, a few bird species will avoid such a wind farm. It turns out that a wind farm also provides a new natural habitat for organisms living ...

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created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

European wind power output tipped to treble by 2020: report

Energy producers expect European wind power generation to triple by 2020, with tens of thousands of new, ever-bigger wind turbines springing up, an industry body said Tuesday.

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created Aug 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 6

Google invests $280 million to spur home solar

(AP) -- Google is investing $280 million to help private homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops. It's Google's latest - and largest - investment in clean energy.

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created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

German port's future blowing in the wind

The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.

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