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‘First Power‘ Moray East - Scotland’s Largest Windfarm – Begins Producing Electricity

Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd has announced that it has commenced exporting power to the National Grid, for use by homes and industry across the UK. The windfarm is still under construction, but the engineeri...

7 Jun 2021

Increasing Offshore Energy Production Reduces Wind Speed Around Wind Farms

The expansion of wind energy in the German Bight and the Baltic Sea has accelerated enormously in recent years. The first systems went into operation in 2008.

4 Jun 2021

Wake Steering can Increase Energy Production at U.S. Wind Power Plants

Wake steering is a strategy employed at wind power plants involving misaligning upstream turbines with the wind direction to deflect wakes away from downstream turbines, which consequently increases the net production of wind power at a plant.

19 May 2021

New Blade Recycling Technology Could Revolutionize Wind Power

A new fully recyclable wind turbine blade could cut down on the waste issue that troubles wind power’s sustainability.

18 May 2021

Vertical Turbine Design Far More Efficient than Traditional Turbines in Large Scale Wind Farms

The now-familiar sight of traditional propeller wind turbines could be replaced in the future with wind farms containing more compact and efficient vertical turbines.

27 Apr 2021

CSIRO Recruits Australia’s Top Research Agencies in Global Push for Low Emissions Power Systems

Some of the country’s leading energy research organisations have been recruited to participate in a global research partnership that will focus on accelerating the decarbonisation of our electricity system.

22 Apr 2021

New Report Shows More than 69,000 Jobs and £60 Billion Private Investment in UK Offshore Wind by 2026

The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) has today (March 25) published new research which shows that the number of people working in direct and indirect jobs in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind industry is set to rise significantly, from 26,000 currently to over 69,800 by 2026.

25 Mar 2021

Instagram-Trendy Pampas Grass 'Serious Threat to Native Wildlife' in UK, Warns Academic

Councils in England should be discouraged from planting Instagram-friendly pampas grass in coastal areas - because it’s actually a ‘serious threat’ to native wildlife.

3 Mar 2021

Windship Technology Powers First True Zero Emission Ship Design with High Performance Rig Technology

Windship Technology, Britain’s leading True Zero Emission company for the shipping industry, can today confirm the findings from the world leading Wolfson Unit of the University of Southampton following a detailed study into its innovative and patented triple wing rig (pictures attached).

From Windship Technology Ltd 1 Mar 2021

Greencoat Renewables Agrees to Acquire 89.6 MW Cordal Wind Farm Installed Capacity will Increase to 650 MW

Greencoat Renewables PLC ("Greencoat Renewables” or “the Company”), the renewable infrastructure company invested in euro-denominated assets, is pleased to announce the agreement to acquire Cordal wind farm from Cubico Sustainable Investments, a global renewable energy investor and operator.

26 Feb 2021