offshore wind-power Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:34:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Oil Giant Shell Joins the Global Wind Energy Council https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shell-joins-global-wind-energy-council-20181022/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shell-joins-global-wind-energy-council-20181022/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:34:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=67474 The oil giant Shell has recently moved to expand it influence in the green energy sector by joining the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) as a board level member. The move will bring Shell closer to an industry it is investing heavily in around the world. Shell’s involvement in the GWEC was welcomed by the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/shell-joins-global-wind-energy-council-20181022/feed/ 0 67474 SUMR: The Hurricane-Proof Giant Wind Turbine That Breaks Records https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sumr-wind-turbine/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sumr-wind-turbine/#respond Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:16:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=59140 Giant wind turbine, designed by US scientists, promises up to 50 times higher capacity that its conventional ancestors. Offshore wind power generation has grown immensely over the last couple of years, with numerous countries competing to capture more of the strong sea winds’ power. However, regardless of how massive these off-shore wind farms are, individual turbines within them have […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/sumr-wind-turbine/feed/ 0 59140 Dutch Offshore Wind Turbines Too Expensive, Government Cuts Subsidies https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-offshore-wind-subsidy-20111116/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-offshore-wind-subsidy-20111116/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:14:25 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21195 The Dutch don’t like wind turbines anymore. They built 36 offshore wind turbines back in 2006, and had great hopes for them, but now the Dutch government realized they don’t have money to subsidize the 18 cents per kilowatt they did so far, so they’ll cut those subsidies down to 9 to 15 cents, and […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/dutch-offshore-wind-subsidy-20111116/feed/ 0 21195 Deepwater Wind Energy Plans to Build Giant Wind Energy Center in Atlantic Waters https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deepwater-wind-energy-center-atlantic-20101213/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deepwater-wind-energy-center-atlantic-20101213/#respond Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:04:06 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=12842 Shortly after the announcement made by the Obama administration, which supports the offshore wind-power development, Deepwater Wind Energy has great plans regarding the building of a "Wind Energy Center" that according to the company would supply electricity for several East Coast states.

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