US Team Developing Mega Turbines Inspired by Palm Trees
A US-based team of scientists plans to use a USD 3.56 million grant to develop wind turbines able to protect themselves in severe weather by folding in their rotor blades like palm trees in a hurricane.
Vattenfall Sets Aside EUR 5.5 Billion for Wind Development
Swedish utility Vattenfall plans to invest EUR 5.5 billion in on- and offshore wind energy development by 2020, the company’s Head of Business Area Wind Gunnar Groebler was quoted by German media as saying.
Two Offshore Wind Projects Take a Piece of France’s EMR ITE 2015 Grant
Two offshore wind-related research projects will receive a portion of a EUR 10 million grant through the Investment for the Future program (EMR ITE 2015) launched jointly by France’s Institute for Energy Transition and National Research Agency (ANR).
Green Port Hull On Track
Construction work on the Green Port Hull Alexandra Dock site is progressing well and is on schedule for an early 2017 completion, Associated British Ports (ABP) has announced.
Video: Offshore Wind Farm Undergoes Subsea Exfoliation
Yeovil-based Atlantas Marine has recently completed a week long project at an offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, undertaking an array of underwater inspection and de-fouling tasks.
Offshore WIND Staff