Offshore wind presents many thorny challenges, the solutions of which, if they are to exist at all, require our very best engineering minds. Some of these are related to securing the turbines. Fortunately, there are oceans, like the Atlantic off …
ABB Takes on Tough Challenges Posed by Offshore Wind Read More »
Offshore wind is a great method to harness energy in an environmental friendly and sustainable way. Rather than building wind farms on land, massive wind turbines are constructed in bodies of water to generate electricity. This resolves the “Not in …
From 2GreenEnergy Intern Louis de Saint Phalle: Offshore Wind Overview Read More »
Just a quick note to let readers know that this Energy Ocean show is really worth-while, and I’m very glad I built an extra day onto my trip to New York to attend it. The introductory speaker opened the proceedings …
Here’s another article by our terrific French intern, Olivier Goavec, pictured here with his vélo. In its goal to meet its objectives in terms of gas emission and to become less dependent on energy importations (coal, gas, oil), Europe needs …
Offshore Wind in the North Sea – By 2GreenEnergy Intern Olivier Goavec Read More »
We love the concept of offshore wind: it’s out of sight, and it harvests huge wind resources that are unobstructed by buildings, trees, and mountains. The issue, obviously, is the price tag. According to the U.S. Energy Information Agency (part …
Offshore Wind Is Pricey, But Comes With Extra Benefits Read More »
We sure hear a lot about DONG Energy, arguably the world’s most progressive large energy company, majority-owned by the Danish government, but sporting numerous large private owners as well. Through its investment in renewables, including this 210 MW offshore wind …
DONG Energy's Offshore Wind Project Shows Ongoing Commitment to a Low-Carbon Future Read More »
One of the business plans I support is a breakthrough in wind turbine construction, essentially rooted on getting the same production as today’s design, while using significantly less materials, thus cutting costs substantially. But in my quest to help them …
I try to stay up on the more exciting goings on in power transmission because of its obvious relationship to the penetration of clean energy generally. Less than 2% of our current grid-mix in the US is renewables at this …
The global offshore wind turbine market is expected to almost double this year after record growth last year, according to a report published in October by Danish consulting company MAKE. MAKE predicts the expansion will continue into 2015. …
[The Vector] Global Offshore Wind Sector Expanding Rapidly Read More »
I just got off the phone with Christopher Barry, a fascinating naval engineer who comes from decades of work in nautical science. Chris was good enough to take me through scads of examples all of which illustrated a very important …
Ocean Renewable Energy Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers Read More »
