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Major Collaboration Makes Vital Improvements to Offshore Wind Production

A major collaboration between universities and energy companies has made vital improvements to offshore wind turbines, which could help them generate more renewable energy and reduce the UK's reliance on fossil fuels.

22 Mar 2023

Cleantech Business Gets Boost with Technology Prototype

A new partnership between green energy expert, Katrick Technologies and independent research and technology organisation the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) will help the UK reap the benefits of low-level wind energy generation.

16 Mar 2023

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn Advance the Cenos Floating Offshore Wind Project Through Submission of a Scoping Report to Marine Scotland

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, two European developers and owners of offshore wind projects, have submitted a Scoping Report for Cenos floating offshore windfarm to Marine Scotland, positioning the project to become one of the world’s largest floating wind farms once operational.

1 Mar 2023

GE Renewable Energy Approves Nacelle Mounted Lidar ‘ZX TM’ from ZX Lidars for Power Performance Testing

GE Renewable Energy approves the use of the nacelle based Continuous Wave scanning Lidar ‘ZX TM’ from Lidar OEM ZX Lidars for Power Performance Testing.

1 Mar 2023

Clean Maritime Funding Secured by Windship Technology

Windship Technology has been awarded £4m as part of a consortium in the latest round of the UK’s Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition (CMDC). The project is a demonstration of a symbiotic wind propulsion and carbon capture system, aimed at making a zero-emissions shipping industry a reality.

17 Feb 2023

EU Project Pioneers Floating Offshore Concept in Low-Wind Black Sea

Engineering firm Eolink along with fifteen European renewable energy partners gathered in Brussels on the 18th January to kick-start the launch of the Black sea Floating Offshore Wind (BLOW) project.

From Eolink 25 Jan 2023

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