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Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project to Boost the Local Gippsland Economy and Create Thousands of Jobs

BlueFloat Energy has today announced the findings of a socio-economic analysis of the Greater Gippsland Offshore Wind Project.

27 Apr 2023

Groundbreaking Study Charts Australia’s Path to Net Zero

Australia will need to triple the National Electricity Market’s power capacity by 2030 to be on track for net zero by 2050 – requiring a rapid rollout of wind and solar power, transmission, storage, electric vehicles, and heat pumps as we replace our coal fleet.

19 Apr 2023

Recycling Broken Wind Turbine Parts Could Create 20,000 UK Jobs and Multi-billion-pound Supply Chain

Tens of billions of pounds could be generated for the UK economy from the re-use, refurbishment and re-engineering of broken wind turbine parts, according to a new coalition set-up to drive the creation of a circular supply chain for renewables in the UK.

29 Mar 2023

MIT Assistant Professor Aims to Get More Electricity Out of Renewable Energy Systems

Michael Howland was in his office at MIT, watching real-time data from a wind farm 7,000 miles away in northwest India, when he noticed something odd: Some of the turbines weren't producing the expected amount of electricity.

27 Mar 2023

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