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Last month, a delegation of government officials and politicians from Sweden have spent two days with key energy figures in East Anglia to discuss the social acceptance of offshore wind farms. Swedish delegates attended a special conference hosted by Peter Aldous, MP for Waveney, at OrbisEnergy.
The visit was organised as part of the EU- funded POWER Cluster project. Delegates heard about the opportunities off the East Anglian coast and how the UK has developed as the world’s largest market f... [more]
Minister Charles Hendry said that East Anglia will play a key role in the £200Billion project that will revolutionise the nation's energy supply.
During his recent visit to the £10million OrbisEnergy hub, the Energy Minister said: “East Anglia is one of the most exciting places in the country for energy and is doing some of the most important, inspiring work in renewables. The OrbisEnergy wind turbine, Gulliver, should be a guiding beacon for the potential of the renewable energy sector in Ea... [more]
As potential development sites with simple, flat terrain become fewer and fewer, more and more projects are built in, or near, forests and complex terrain. It is these complex flow sites that are often associated with harsh wind conditions likely to affect wind turbine performance. For example, complex terrain can induce large values of turbulence and high loads on wind turbine blades.
As a result, there are increasing concerns about under-performing wind farms: maintenance costs are higher t... [more]
In addition to its biomass boiler which burns wood pellets, other eco-friendly features at Girvan Community Hospital, one of Scotland's most eco-friendly public buildings, include a wind turbine, use of rainwater to flush toilets, a food waste vacuum system to dry and compost leftover food and low energy lighting.
Each of the hospital's main blocks are built with timber frame kits, where all the timber used is from sustainable sources. In addition, only construction materials with at least 1... [more]
Thanet Offshore Wind Farm is now the biggest offshore wind farm in the world, with 100 turbines generating enough electricity to power over 200,000 households.
2Cs has played a pivotal role in the launch of the world’s largest offshore wind farm. The company was appointed to plan and manage the launch of Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore Wind Farm; developing and implementing the overall creative concept and design for the launch as well as undertaking the entire event management.
The launch e... [more]
Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables have been awarded the rights to develop a major offshore wind farm off the east coast of England in the North Sea. Fully utilised, it has potential to meet the equivalent electricity needs of more than four million homes annually.
The award was made as part of The Crown Estate’s Round 3 offshore wind farm programme following 12 months of initial assessments of the zone’s potential by Vattenfall and ScottishPower Renewables.
Early investigations sugg... [more]
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