Posted in offshore wind, tagged offshore wind on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WPD and Clipper in bid to build offshore wind farm in Channel
09-03-09US manufacturer Clipper is to provide turbines for a bid to build an offshore wind farm in the English Channel, in Round Three of the UK’s offshore wind programme.
German wind developer WPD announced last week that it has submitted a bid to develop a [...]
Posted in stream, tidal and currents, tagged stream, tidal and currents on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Neptune plans tidal stream demonstration in Humber
Neptune Renewable Energy is planning to deploy a 500kW tidal device in the Humber Estuary, as part of a three month demonstration project that will supply electricity to a local entertainment venue.
The Hull-based firm placed the order last week to the manufacturer of its Proteus tidal stream device, which [...]
Posted in osmosis, tagged osmosis on March 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
STAND on the banks of the Rhine where it flows into the North Sea, near the port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and you’ll witness a vast, untapped source of energy swirling in the estuary. According to Dutch engineer Joost Veerman, it’s possible to tap this energy without damaging the environment or disrupting the river’s [...]
Posted in infrastructure, tagged grid on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scotland contributes to supergrid planning
By Mark Venables
Scotland is set to play a significant role in the development of the EU’s North Sea Grid.
On a recent visit, the EU’s North Sea Grid co-ordinator Georg Adamowitsch asked Scotland to take part in a development group to build a European electricity supergrid.
The Grid has previously been identified as [...]
