While Ørsted’s Island Wind Farm was the first, it will not be the last, as GE continues to make history off the shores of America’s birthplace.GLOBAL GROWTH, LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES Offshore wind is picking up speed in the Northeast U.S. In the next decade, the global offshore wind ...
This chapter discusses lessons learned from a socio-ecological study on the impacts of the first offshore wind farm in North America. The authors reflect on the combination of ecological data from demersal fish trawl and lobster surveys and qualitative social science data from interviews with ...
Unfounded claims about offshore wind threatening whales have surfaced as a flashpoint in the fight over the future of renewable energy.
RWE Offshore Wind GmbH is a global energy company for sustainable electricity generation based on wind power. With projects currently in development and upcoming auctions in Europe, the United States and Asia, RWE Offshore is preparing to implement sever
“Offshore wind has already proven to be a tremendous success internationally, so these are not uncharted waters,” said Hannah Read, Go Big on Offshore Wind associate with Environment America Research & Policy Center. “America needs to follow the trend and ...
Offshore wind farms provide perpetual clean energy once they’re established. However, they deliver additional advantages even before installation. They are changing industries like steel production and strategies in logistics and procurement. The influence of offshore wind farm manufacturing manif...
Offshore wind farms enable the deployment of very large modern wind turbines in large projects within areas remote from population, and where wind speeds are significantly higher than those onshore. The combined scale of turbine, project size and better wind speeds enables a greater volume of clea...
Large groups of turbines installed along coastlines can harness the powerful, consistent winds that blow offshore. Given that 40% of the global population liveswithin 60 miles of the ocean, offshore wind farms can be a major boon to efforts to clean up the electricity supply around the world...
The latter is GE’s first offshore wind project since the acquisition of Alstom Power & Grid and the creation of the new GE Renewable Energy business. It is also America’s first offshore wind farm and it is expected to start operation in the fourth quarter of 2016. ...
Mr. Prokopuk is the Business Development Manager for DNV Region Americas Maritime based in Houston and is responsible for the Special Ships and Offshore Wind segments within North America. His passion for the U.S. offshore wind industry inspired Nick to launch a vlog series, #Ask...