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- March 8, 2010 - 5:49pm
This post is part of the Wind power series.
After showing pictures of offshore wind turbine foundations in this story, I am pleased to be able to now post pictures of the above-the-water parts, before their installation at sea:
- January 29, 2010 - 4:54pm
The good news just came this morning: the US wind industry shattered all records in 2009, coming within a whisper of installing 10 GW (10,000 MW) in the year, up 18% from what was already a record year. Total installed capacity went up from 25 GW from 35 GW, i.e. up 40% With similarly strong numbers expected out of China, and Europe's soon-to-be-announced but expected-to-be-decent numbers (with strong news on the offshore front), this is really upbeat news - and it is relevant to Europe as a large chunk of turbine manufacturing globally is still done in Europe, and volatile US demand has made life difficult for turbine manufacturers in the past.
- January 19, 2010 - 2:39pm
2009 marks the third year of industrialisation and growth for the nascent offshore wind sector, with a lot more to come:
Source: EWEA - The European offshore wind industry
key trends and statistics 2009 (PDF)With just under 600MW installed in 2009, this is just under 10% of the wind capacity built in Europe in the year, but it's a sign of things to come as 3.5GW are already in construction and another 16GW are fully permitted.
More below [with specific comments on the US situation added]. Part of the Wind power series.
