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- New Offshore Wind Farms Progressing Quickly.
- August 21, 2003 - GE Wind Energy and Airtricity reported that construction has begun for the Arklow Bank offshore wind park. Ireland This is Ireland's first offshore wind power project. The park is expected to be completed by the end of October and August...
- Research articles 2003-09-01
- Centrica plans offshore wind project
- UK utility Centrica has received final approval to develop a 270MW wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire. The project is expected to cost GBP725m (USD1.2bn) and will comprise 75 wind turbines supplied by Siemens Energy. Construction will begin next year and is schedule for completion in 2012....
- Articles 2009-10-28
- Long Island's Offshore Wind Farm
- In order to meet New York's goal of having 25% of its energy produced from renewable sources, the Long Island Power Authority LIPA has proposed a 100MW offshore wind farm. Composed of 25-50 turbines, the energy from the wind farm would help to add critically needed energy for Long Island's...
- White papers 2003-05-16
- System Approach on Designing an Offshore Windpower Grid Connection
- This paper is a considerable part of planned offshore wind farms which is located far away from shore. Connecting them to the grid at the nearest possible point normally adds some more kilometers onshore to the distance of the wind farm to shore. Taking into account the main parameters power...
- White papers 2003-11-25
- Assessment and Optimization of Operation and Maintenance of Offshore Wind Turbines
- This paper describes two models for modeling the O&M aspects of offshore wind farms. One has been developed by TU-Delft, and the other one by ECN Wind Energy. The features and benefits of both models are illustrated by means of a case study for the 500 MW DOWEC wind farm....
- White papers 2003-07-14
- Benefiting North Carolina Communities With Offshore Wind Farms
- This paper discusses the offshore wind farms and its benefits, which are wind developments located in submerged lands, lands that are owned by state and federal governments. Commercial activity on these submerged lands, such as an electricity-generating wind farm, will not directly benefit local communities in terms of land leases,...
- White papers 2003-12-15
- Offshore Wind Farm Approval Process, North Carolina
- In a number of European nations, offshore wind farms are well established. However, in the United States, the concept is relatively new and an established approval process for offshore wind farm permitting does not yet exist. This document identifies the approval process one would need to take in order to...
- White papers 2003-06-03
- Turbine Interaction in Large Offshore Wind Farms: Atmospheric Boundary Layer Above a Wind Farm
- Large wind farms are to be expected in the coming decades. The paper discusses about farms of for example 20 times 20 turbines or larger. Of course it is of utmost importance to be able to predict the production of such farms accurately. However, little is known on cumulative effects...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Electrical and Control Aspects of Offshore Wind Farms II (Erao II)
- The focus of this paper is to investigate dynamic interaction of wind farms and the electrical grid; dynamic models of wind farms are needed. These models will be of great help in the evaluation of the behavior of wind power during normal grid operation as well as during grid faults...
- White papers 2004-06-01
- An Assessment of the Environmental Effects of Offshore Wind Farms
- This paper discusses about the project which was commissioned to help develop an agreed approach to the formal environmental assessment EA of large-scale offshore wind farms around the UK coast, and to highlight key research requirements to address identified key environmental issues. EA of offshore wind farms at the scale...
- White papers 2000-09-14
- Assessment of the Effects of Noise and Vibration From Offshore Wind Farms on Marine Wildlife
- The UK Government is committed to new and renewable energy and is introducing a new Renewables Obligation that will succeed the Non-Fossil Fuel Obligation NFFO. This will be introduced in the Utilities Bill currently progressing through Parliament and will require power suppliers to source a specified amount of the electricity...
- White papers 2001-10-16
- Monitoring & Evaluation of Blyth Offshore Wind Farm
- The principle aim of this paper is to assess the operation and maintenance costs for the Blyth wind farm in its first full year of operation, and extrapolate this assessment to provide indicative costs for larger offshore windfarms. This paper identifies planned regular costs and non-planned site maintenance costs. Some...
- White papers 2004-03-22
- Monitoring & Evaluation of Blyth Offshore Wind Farm: Installation & Commissioning
- The principle aim of this paper is to assess the operation and maintenance costs for the Blyth wind farm in its first full year of operation, and extrapolate this assessment to provide indicative costs for larger offshore windfarms. This paper identifies planned regular costs and non-planned site maintenance costs. Some...
- White papers 2001-08-24
- Seven Ways to Deal with Our Oil Addiction
- The Find: One veteran energy observer insists we're going to have to break our addiction to oil sooner rather than later and suggests seven real world ways we can move away from fossil fuels. The Source: Energy analyst Chris Nelder writing on Business Insider's Green Sheet. ...
- Blog posts 2009-07-06
Additional Resources
- Energy Roundup: Shell Prez Downplays Drilling Lift, Chavez Wants Oil Bank, $1 Billion Wind Farm for Rhode Island, and More
- Shell president downplays end of drilling ban --U.S. Shell Oil Co. President Marvin Odum has said that he's optimistic that drilling could take place off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts in the next few years, but that there are still major challenges ahead that could prevent new production, including interference...
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- London Array wind farm to go ahead
- Denmark-based DONG Energy, E.ON UK and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar will go ahead with plans to develop London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary, England. The trio will invest EUR2.2bn (USD3bn) in the first phase of the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2012. When complete, the...
- Articles 2009-05-12
- Ireland opens first offshore wind farm
- DUBLIN AFP — Ireland's Prime Minister Bertie Ahern opened the country's first offshore wind farm, off the east coast. The 25-megawatts Arklow Bank Offshore Wind Park was located on a sandbank about 10 kilometres off County Wicklow in the Irish Sea, just south of the capital Dublin. Co-developed...
- Research articles 2005-05-26
- China's south to build nation's largest offshore wind farm: report
- BEIJING AFP — China will build its largest offshore wind farm in the southern province of Guangdong, state media reported Tuesday, in a bid to alleviate looming power shortages. The facility, covering a sea area of 240 square kilometres (93 square miles), includes a 1.25-million-kilowatt wind farm, an eight-million-kilowatt...
- Research articles 2008-03-03
- Energy Roundup: ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Marathon to Explore Indonesia, Masdar Buys Into Wind Farm, and More
- Indonesia doles out 22 oil and gas blocks -- Indonesia awarded exploration rights for 22 oil and gas blocks to foreign and local companies including Marathon Oil, Kanzai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, Husky Energy, Pearl Energy, Australian Worldwide and Sinochem Petroleum E&P. The planned investment will total more than $300 million...
- Blog posts 2008-10-16
- Bilfinger-Aarsleff to build offshore wind farm foundations
- German construction firm Bilfinger Berger and joint venture partner Aarsleff have received a EUR400m (USD599m) contract to construct the foundations for the London Array offshore wind farm. The project will be developed by DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar and be located 20km off the coast of Kent. The wind farm will comprise 341 turbines and is projected to...
- Articles 2009-11-10
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