Japan to build world's largest offshore wind farm
Construction starts this July on a 1-gigawatt wind farm off the coast of Fukushima, as the nation moves another step away from its nuclear dependence
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Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Mitsubishi invests $770m in German offshore wind
BERLIN — Japan’s Mitsubishi is investing $770 million in developing German offshore wind farms.
Friday, December 14th, 2012
U.S. sees offshore wind energy by 2017
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- The U.S. Energy Department said it expected commercial operations for offshore wind power generation to begin near six states in less than...
Thursday, October 11th, 2012
Political storms threaten Europe's offshore wind goals
Political wavering in Britain, the world's biggest offshore wind market, is casting doubt on European ambitions to build a fleet of gigantic turbines out at sea,...
Wednesday, July 18th, 2012
Chairmen Issa, Mica ask FAA if Cape Wind decision was made under political pressure
Senior House Republicans are asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) whether it faced political pressure from Obama administration officials to determine that a...
Thursday, July 5th, 2012
Sen. Brown calls for federal investigation of Cape Wind project
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) is calling for a federal investigation into a planned wind farm in the Nantucket Sound following the leak of Federal Aviation Administration...
Monday, May 14th, 2012
Google-backed Atlantic Wind transmission project clears hurdle
(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the...
Monday, April 23rd, 2012
U.S. to develop floating offshore wind power equipment with U.K.
Britain and the U.S. said they’d fund work on offshore wind generation technologies that work in waters as much as 500 feet deep, a measure aimed at opening vast new areas...
Sunday, April 1st, 2012
Obama administration, 5 states reach deal to quicken approval of wind farms in Great Lakes
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The Obama administration and five states announced an agreement Friday to speed up consideration of plans for offshore wind farms in the Great...
Monday, March 5th, 2012
DOE to award up to $180M for offshore wind demo projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is soliciting (DE-FOA-0000410) proposals for up to four offshore wind energy projects to receive up to $180 million over six years,...
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
Offshore wind turbine goes really, really big
Siemens today introduced a larger version of its 6-megawatt wind turbine with a permanent magnet-driven generator set for installation offshore in Europe. The diameter of...
Saturday, October 29th, 2011
Cape Wind setback: Appeals court overturns key FAA clearance
BOSTON —A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that Cape Wind's turbines present no danger for local air traffic.
Thursday, October 13th, 2011
Offshore wind ‘moon landing’ may spur development in U.S. waters
The U.S. needs its own version of Alpha Ventus, the first offshore wind project in Germany, to push the industry on this side of the Atlantic, wind developers and...
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011
Siemens willing to finance Cape Wind as U.S. postpones backing, CFO says
Siemens AG, Europe’s largest engineering company, is willing to provide financing for the first U.S. offshore-wind farm even though the Energy Department has delayed...
Thursday, May 19th, 2011
Google-backed $5 billion power line clears U.S. hurdle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google and its partners can earn a 12.59 percent return on their equity investment in a proposed $5 billion transmission line that would transport...
Friday, May 13th, 2011
Interior finalizes plan to cut ‘redundant’ steps for offshore renewables
The Interior Department rolled out a final rule Friday to speed up leasing for offshore wind farms, an announcement that surfaced shortly before a Capitol Hill hearing on...
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011
U.K. government ready to pay power users to switch off in 'negawatt' plan
The U.K. is ready to step up payments for factories, offices and supermarkets that switch off electricity as rising demand drives up prices and the nation turns to cleaner...
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011
Big Mass. utility signs deals, bypasses Cape Wind
AP - The second-largest utility in Massachusetts has agreed to buy electricity from three wind power companies to help it meet renewable power mandates, but it won't...
Monday, February 7th, 2011
Salazar, Chu announce $50.5 million plan to hasten the arrival of offshore wind
The energy from ocean breezes is temptingly near, but the effort will require a lot of work, the energy and interior secretaries said Monday in announcing up to $50.5...
Tuesday, December 28th, 2010
Interior working to gauge interest in offshore wind development off Massachusetts coast
The Interior Department published on Tuesday a "request for interest" meant to determine whether companies are willing to invest in offshore wind development off...
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