offshore wind energy Articles
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Offshore windpower: a major new source of energy for Europe
After several decades of theoretical developments, desk studies, experimental wind turbines and prototype wind farms, the first large-scale commercial developments of offshore wind farms are now being built. To support and accelerate this development, the European Commission funded a project, "Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe" (CA-OWEE), which aimed to gather, ...
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Business model innovation for sustainable energy: how German municipal utilities invest in offshore wind energy
Offshore wind energy is considered to have tremendous potential for Germany’s future electricity supply. Due to the technology’s capital intensity, however, offshore wind energy has so far been considered the domain of large utilities. Municipal utilities on the contrary traditionally have strong ties to their community and conduct low risk business models at the regional and local level. ...
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US launches multi-million $ plan to kick start offshore wind industry
The new strategy from the Obama administration could challenge the UK’s place as world’s leading offshore wind energy hub. The US government unveiled yesterday a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy in a move that could ultimately challenge the UK's position as the world's leading offshore wind hub. Interior secretary Ken Salazar and energy ...
By Vital Energi
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Prospect of offshore wind energy development in Japan
In Japan, the cumulative capacity of wind turbine generation systems on land has increased steadily in recent years. To install a large number of wind turbines has inherent problems such as shortage of suitable land, and inadequate infrastructure such as power cables and roads. The necessity for development of offshore wind turbine generation systems has been recognised based on the above ...
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Project - ENGIE-Futures Energies
Customer: ENGIE-Futures Energies Context: ENGIE-Futures Energies is the business unit in charge of developing and managing renewable energy projects. This includes tidal, offshore wind and floating offshore wind energy Challenge: ENGIE-Futures Energies is developing numerous offshore renewable energy projects offshore France for which they need an easy and reliable access to ocean current, wave ...
By Open Ocean
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Europe`s onshore and offshore wind energy potential
The exploitation of renewable energy sources can help the European Union meet many of its environmental and energy policy goals, including its obligation to reduce greenhouse gases under the Kyoto Protocol (EC, 2002a) and the aim of securing its energy supply (EC, 2002b; EC, 2005). As early as 1997, the European Union set an ambitious 2010 indicative target of 12 % for the contribution of ...
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Experience with and strategies for public involvement in offshore wind projects
The paper describes and analyses different models for public involvement, based on experience from offshore projects in Denmark (especially Middelgrunden) and Sweden (Karlskrona Vindkraft Offshore). The public likely to be concerned by offshore wind energy projects must be informed and consulted as part of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). However, as member states individually define ...
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Perspectives on Wind Energy in India
Global Wind Day is observed every year on June 15. According to globalwindday.org, it is a “day to discover the possibilities it holds to reshape our energy systems, decarbonise our economies and boost jobs and growth.” With a total wind installed capacity of over 39 GW in March 2021, India is the world’s fourth largest country in terms of total wind installations after China, ...
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TOWERPOWER - Case Study
Objective: TOWERPOWER was focused on the development of a real-time remote monitoring system to diagnose the aging of the metal structure of offshore turbines. The ultimate goal was to reduce maintenance costs in offshore wind energy. The project included the design of a sensor system based on acoustic emissions (AE) and guided waves capable of monitoring the vibrations and degradation of the ...
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Danish and Dutch wind energy policy 1970–2000: lessons for the future
Both in the Netherlands and in Denmark, policies to develop a wind turbine industry and to install a large wind turbine capacity were started in the 1970s. However, the outcomes of these policies were very different. A flourishing wind turbine industry developed in Denmark, whereas in the Netherlands, a few companies started building wind turbines in the 1980s and 1990s, but presently no wind ...
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An integrated assessment for wind energy in Lake Michigan coastal counties
The benefits and challenges of onshore and offshore wind energy development were assessed for a four‐county area of coastal Michigan. Economic, social, environmental, and spatial dimensions were considered. The coastal counties have suitable wind resources for energy development which could contribute toward Michigan's ten percent renewable energy standard. Wind energy is cost‐effective with ...
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Multi-megawatt wind turbines for offshore use: aspects of Life Cycle Assessment
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an instrument to quantify environmental impacts of the entire energy supply chain. According to the LCA, an appropriate indicator system should comprise all steps of a system's life cycle: production, operational and disposal processes ("cradle-to-grave"). Cumulative Energy Demand (CED) might be seen as one part of LCA as far as the depletion of energy resources in ...
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Project - Floating Platform System
The Glosten Associates designed a tension leg platform (TLP) floating system demonstrator through a Front End Engineering Design (FEED) Study About the project A FEED study into the design of an offshore wind floating platform system demonstrator Tension Leg Platform designed in partnership with Alstom 150-6MW Haliade turbine Floating turbine technology is of strategic importance to any ...
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Renewable energy production issues with the Cape Cod offshore wind energy programme
This paper evaluates the first offshore wind farm proposal in the USA. It is being put forward by Cape Wind Associates, a Boston-based firm that wishes to build 170 turbines five miles offshore in Nantucket Sound. The proposed development would supply up to 95% Cape Cod's energy needs and 2% of the energy requirements for the eastern New England region, preventing the need for additional fossil ...
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UK and Norway unite to set the North Sea as a leading energy hub
The two governments agree to encourage renewable energy, CCS, oil and gas. The UK and Norway yesterday agreed to increase the levels of co-operation between the two countries as they attempt to re-establish the North Sea as one of the world's leading energy hubs. The two governments recognize the "growing potential for North Sea marine renewable energy projects to bring new investment and green ...
By Vital Energi
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Clean Energy in Rural Areas
The environmental and economic benefits of clean energy have been well documented. However, not everyone experiences these benefits equally. As discussed in our July blog post, racial discrepancies have an impact on who is more likely to receive the benefits of clean energy, but geographic location also plays a role in determining who benefits. The five most populated counties in North Carolina ...
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Offshore Wind Development Picking Up Pace
Wind power is the world’s leading source of renewable electricity, excluding hydropower, with 238,000 megawatts of capacity installed at the start of 2012. Thus far, almost all of this wind power has been tapped on land; worldwide just 4,600 megawatts of offshore wind farms were operating as of mid-2012. Offshore wind capacity is growing quickly, however, expanding nearly six-fold ...
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Project - Tidal Energy Converter - Phase One
Phase 1 of the project, launched in May 2012, was led by Atlantis Resources Corporation and project managed by Black & Veatch. The project drew on the systems integration and technology skills of Lockheed Martin, as well as many leading technology providers in the marine industry Identification of the best optimised design for a commercially viable 200MW tidal stream array Assessed ...
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Offshore wind installation vessel capacity to tighten after 2020
The existing fleet of turbine and foundation installation vessels is well suited to serve the European offshore wind market in the short and mid-term but it will not be sufficient to support installation demand after 2020, Michael Guldbrandtsen, senior consultant at MAKE Consulting, told Wind Energy Update. The next 2-3 years will continue to be dominated by orders for jack-up installation ...
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Measuring Offshore Wind Resources
To select the right offshore wind site, estimate the future energy output of a wind farm, and determine the best layout for the turbines, project developers must conduct wind resource assessment (WRA) campaigns on site. This is a critical phase of the successful development of wind farms. WRA campaigns on terrestrial sites have traditionally been performed using meteorological towers equipped ...
By NRG Systems
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