offshore wind turbines Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 17 Jul 2015 19:35:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 France Invests Ten Billion Euros In Their First Offshore Wind Project https://www.greenoptimistic.com/france-offshore-wind-project-20110127/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/france-offshore-wind-project-20110127/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:23:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=16888 The aim is to build 600 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 3,000 megawatts, said French President Nicolas Sarkozy. He did not specify where these plants will be located.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/france-offshore-wind-project-20110127/feed/ 1 16888 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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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/deepwater-wind-energy-center-atlantic-20101213/feed/ 0 12842 Offshore Turbines to Provide Clean Electricity for 5 Million UK Homes https://www.greenoptimistic.com/offshore-turbines-clean-energy-20101011/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/offshore-turbines-clean-energy-20101011/#respond Mon, 11 Oct 2010 20:13:55 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11051 The South West Regional Development Agency from UK is analyzing the results of a study according to which the South West coast could generate 9.2 gigawatts of electricity, being enough to power five million homes.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/offshore-turbines-clean-energy-20101011/feed/ 0 11051 Innovative Mechanism Improves Off-Shore Wind Turbines' Safety https://www.greenoptimistic.com/innovative-mechanism-improves-off-shore-wind-turbines-safety-20091203/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/innovative-mechanism-improves-off-shore-wind-turbines-safety-20091203/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:17:13 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=5625 Markus Mueller and Alasdair McDonald of the University of Edinburgh solved one of the fundamental engineering issues faced by builders of offshore wind turbines. They developed a new electric generator that is much cheaper, lighter and reliable than anything seen up to now in the industry.

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