Wind Energy

This year’s Contract for Difference (CfD) auction includes a capacity cap of 6GW for low carbon power.

Naval Energies and Hitachi Zosen have teamed up to jointly design and build floating wind turbines off the Japanese coast.

WindEurope has joined forces with the European Chemical Industry Council and the European Composites Industry Association.

The growing size of offshore turbines and wind farms. extending beyond 200m in height and occupying tens of kilometres. has challenged traditional wind farm models.

The fund manager is buying it from Global Infrastructure Partners. which currently has a 50% stake in Gode Wind 1.

Globally. an additional 200GW of new offshore wind energy capacity is forecast to be added by 2030.

The G+ Offshore Wind Health and Safety Organisation has highlighted a fall in the total number of health and safety incidents among its members last year.

The 1.100MW Ocean Wind offshore wind farm is expected to power more than half a million homes.

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Researchers who analyzed AirBnB rental data before and after construction of the Block Island Wind Farm have found that. contrary to some concerns. the turbines have been linked with increased tourism on the island.