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European Offshore Wind Sector Growing, But Troubles Lie Ahead, Report Says
2013-07-12 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: European nations installed a record number of offshore wind turbinesduring the first half of 2013, adding more than twice the capacity installed during the same period in 2012, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), an industry group. A total of 277 new turbines in seven wind farms were fully connected to the grid during the six-month period, adding 1,045 megawatts of energy capacity, with another 130 turbines installed but awaiting connection to the grid, the group says in a new...
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Offshore wind sector at the mercy of subsidy whims
2013-07-12 11:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Bremerhaven, the bleak, windswept home to high unemployment and the remnants of a once-mighty shipping industry, is striving to reinvent itself as an offshore wind hub. It seems logical for the north German port to redeploy skills common to building ships and giant turbines, but success depends on guarantees of the green subsidies that are stoking fierce debate across Europe. Those who oppose subsidies say they inflate energy prices and undermine Europe's competitiveness at a time when the...
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United Kingdom: World's biggest offshore wind farm with 300 turbines will be built in Lincolnshire
2013-07-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Work on the massive Triton Knoll site - 288 giant wind turbines off the Lincolnshire coast - can now begin after the 3.6bn project was given the go ahead. It will dwarf Britain's current largest offshore facility, the 175-turbine London Array in the Thames Estuary unveiled last week by David Cameron. Go-ahead: An offshore wind farm off the coast of Skegness in Lincolnshire When complete, the new giant windfarm will generate 1.2 gigawatts of electricity, enough to power for 820,000 homes....
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Surface Engineering To Improve Metal Hardness Fatigue Resistance And Reduce Corrosion At Offshore Europe Stand 4D83 Wallwork Group
2013-07-12 05:23:31| surfacefinishing Home Page
Offshore Europe is the showcase for heat treatment and surface engineering specialist, the Wallwork Group, offering metal treatments that improve wear resistance, fatigue strength and corrosion resistance of systems and components in offshore plant
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UK approves worlds largest offshore wind farm in Lincolnshire
2013-07-12 01:00:00| Power Technology
The UK Government has approved RWE Innogys plans to construct 1.2GW Triton Knoll offshore wind farm in England, which has been proposed to be larger than the recently opened London Array.
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