Latest Wind Power company news
The POWER (Pushing Offshore Wind Energy Regions) cluster is a 3 year €4,998,942 project which aims to help develop the offshore wind industry in the North Sea region of Europe. It involves 18 partners from six European countries - Germany, the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
The POWER Cluster project has recently concluded after more than three years of hard work. German based Bremerhaven Economic Development Company lead the project from the start with ongoing involvement fr... [more]
London based R People Ltd was launched in 2008 by Russell Baughan, who saw the opportunity to provide a more responsive and customer driven service. Specialist energy recruitment firm R People has expanded its operations in East Anglia with the opening of its new office at OrbisEnergy in Lowestoft, the high-tech innovation centre for offshore renewables.
With an international client base R People are suppliers of both on and offshore labour, to the engineering, oil and gas, renewable energy,... [more]
Constellation Energy has officially opened the 70MW Criterion Wind Project. It is the first wind facility to be built and operated in Maryland, and consists of 28 wind turbines constructed over an eight-mile stretch along Backbone Mountain in Garrett County. The facility will produce enough renewable energy to meet the electricity needs of approximately 23,000 households.
Criterion Wind began commercial operation in December 2010. The facility produces energy that is sent to electric transmis... [more]
The 162 megawatt Colorado Green Wind Power Project is a joint venture of Iberdrola Renewables and Shell Energy. Located 20 miles south of the Town of Lamar, it was developed to help meet Colorado’s demand for renewable electricity. The project utilizes 108 General Electric 1.5 MW wind turbines and is owned by Iberdrola Renewables and Shell WindEnergy Inc. in a 50/50 joint venture. According to American Wind Energy Association calculations, the project provides enough renewable electricity to ser... [more]
According to a new report, the UK faces a huge challenge in developing offshore wind over the coming decade. The 13GW scenario set out in the government's National Renewable Energy Action Plan requires a tenfold increase in capacity between now and 2020.
The "Making green growth real: UK offshore wind supply chain" report outlines the conclusions of a meeting of the offshore wind industry convened by the Royal Academy of Engineering and OrbisEnergy. The report says that it is vital that the ... [more]
While the cuts to the FiTs will save utility companies millions in reduced subsidy payments, based on an expected reduction in solar projects which will now not be funded, the Oxford Sustainable Group estimates the loss to the overall economy could be around £750 million in inward investment for new green technology.
“The change in FiTs does not affect us, but it does seem unusual that just a few months after British Gas announced a 24% rise in profits from its trade in fossil fuels, the UK d... [more]
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