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EMEC Floating Wind Demo Site Offers £690 Million Opportunity to UK

The economic potential of EMEC’s proposed 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site has been estimated at £690 million to UK economy.

25 Jan 2023

Lettuce Takes Up Toxic Additives from Tyre Wear

Wind, sewage sludge, and waste water carry tyre wear particles from roads onto farmland. A new lab study shows: The pollutants contained in the particles could get into the vegetables grown there.

5 Jan 2023

Improving Air Quality and Public Health With Wind Power

Understanding the true impact and benefits that come with integrating renewable energy sources onto the grid could not only help governments and industry leaders achieve climate goals but could increase the use of wind power, improve air quality, and, therefore, deliver a range of public health benefits.

6 Dec 2022

Health Benefits Associated with Wind Power Could be Quadrupled

Nearly 10 percent of today's electricity in the United States comes from wind power. The renewable energy source benefits climate, air quality, and public health by displacing emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollutants that would otherwise be produced by fossil-fuel-based power plants.

5 Dec 2022

Pryme Group Launches Two Offshore Wind Installation Solutions to Global Market

Pryme Group, an innovative engineering collective that designs, creates and delivers solutions to diverse global industrial markets, has launched two specialist tooling systems for offshore wind installations, via Caley Ocean Systems.

23 Nov 2022

Sustainable Wooden Turbine Blades for the Wind Energy Industry

Stora Enso and Voodin Blade Technology GmbH have signed a partnership agreement to develop sustainable wind turbine blades from wood.

16 Nov 2022

Tree Rings Offer Insight into Devastating Radiation Storms

A University of Queensland study has shed new light on a mysterious, unpredictable and potentially devastating kind of astrophysical event.

26 Oct 2022

$30 Million Grant to Speed Up Wind Energy Deployment

The Biden-Harris Administration has announced its decision to use $30 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to finance research and development initiatives that would reduce expenses for wind energy projects on land and offshore, benefiting communities across the country.

19 Oct 2022

World-leading Pentland Floating Wind Project Selects Floating Technology Provider

Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm (PFOWF), a 100MW development key to advancing the global deployment of large-scale floating offshore wind, has selected Stiesdal Offshore’s TetraSub as the floating structure technology for the project.

From Pentland Floating Offshore Wind Farm - Highland Wind Limited 11 Oct 2022

EMEC Concludes Concept Design on 100 MW Floating Wind Test Site

The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), based in Orkney, Scotland, has concluded concept design for a new 100 MW floating offshore wind test and demonstration site.

From European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) Ltd. 10 Oct 2022