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Offshore Wind: Time for a Market Take-off?
Offshore wind activity is experiencing significant growth now in terms of capacity installed. However, the industry is struggling with the costs of development, which have more doubled in 5 years. Read more >>
OFFSHORE WIND: States sharing the sea for new industry
September 9, 2009 | ClimateWire
BOSTON -- Plans are brewing to promote a network of offshore wind farms all along the East Coast connected by a transmission "spine" and shared shipping ports where local turbines will embark for deepwater power fields over the horizon. Read more >>
U.S. to clear way for offshore wind farms
April 22, 2009
WASHINGTON— The Interior Department has finalized sweeping rules that clear the way for the first offshore wind turbines to be erected along the Atlantic Coast, the most aggressive move yet from an administration that hopes to shift the nation's offshore energy goals from oil to wind power. Read more >>
Interior, FERC end feud on offshore renewable projects
New York Times | Greenwire
March 17, 2009
The Interior Department and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission agreed to work together to settle a longstanding conflict over which agency oversees offshore alternative energy, the Interior Department announced today. Read more >>
Feds: Cape wind farm OK for environment
Associated Press | January 17, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) Plans for the nation's first offshore wind farm got a boost Friday when a federal agency rejected high-profile opponents' arguments that the giant turbines would damage the environment off Cape Cod. Read more >>
REpower assembles 6-MW offshore turbine
CompositesWorld| December 22, 2008
REpower Systems AG (Hamburg, Germany) announced on Dec. 19 that it has completed the assembly of the first three REpower 6M turbines in Bremerhaven. The wind turbines, which each have a rated output of 6 MW, are expected to be erected at the Westre civic wind farm on the German-Danish border. There, they will undergo a comprehensive testing program and checks for certification according to the DIBT classification. Read more >>
Can Offshore Grids Solve Our Wind Power Woes?
pOPULAR MECHANICS | December 11, 2008
The race is on for offshore wind power. The U.S. Department of Energy says that wind power, including offshore wind farms, could account for up to 20 percent of America's electricity generation by 2030. But while the United States scrambles to construct its first offshore wind farm, Europe has over two dozen farms already and is considering implementing huge interconnected offshore power systems to compensate for dying winds or overwhelming storms. Could a similar system work for the United States' huge coasts? PM asked the experts. Read more >>
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