The world's most powerful offshore wind turbine - 6.15MW - has been installed 28 kilometres off the port of Oostende in Belgium. Installed by REpower Systems SE and Belgian ...

The inability of Dutch-owned transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT to build North Sea offshore grid links on schedule is said to be wiping out potential profits at projects under construction. It ...

India has begun work to assess the country's potential to generate wind energy offshore but the industry is sceptical about the option because of high costs and cumbersome procedures. Wind ...

The Centre for Wind Energy Technology (CWET) will set up an assessment mast in Dhanushkodi near Rameswaram to tap offshore wind energy potential and the data will be generated by ...

Mike Winkel, the head of the utility’s clean-energy unit, said that the investment into German offshore wind power could stop after 2015 due to delays in connecting the wind farms ...

It’s all in the yaw In the current study, the researchers only considered buckling, since blades can be more easily replaced. The buckling is much more likely when the turbines cannot ...

With 235 new offshore wind turbines grid-connected and worth approximately €2.4 billion, 2011 was a stable year for the offshore wind industry, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) ...

The UK has a varied history with their use of wind power. Even with such a big economic investment into the renewable energy providers, the views of both UK leadership ...

Suzlon Energy Ltd., India’s largest wind-turbine maker, plans production for Chinese offshore wind projects within three years to tap a market that may provide 5,000 megawatts of orders a year, ...

Indian wind energy producers and related research organisations are eying the high-seas to harness wind power for electricity generation. Renewable energy majors such as Suzlon and Tata Power are exploring the ...