Editor’s Note: The UK’s Carbon Trust helps companies develop and deploy low-carbon technologies from renewable power. The organization’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) is a collaborative R&D program, involving nine offshore wind developers with 72% (31GW) of the UK’s licensed capacity. OWA’s aim is to reduce the costs of offshore wind by 10% by 2015. Babcock…
Forecast predicts hurricane-level winds along East Coast
Who says there’s not enough wind in the southeast U.S.? If recent predictions are accurate, the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season will be a stormy one with an impact felt along the U.S. coastline. AccuWeather recently released its spring forecast for the 2011 season which begins on June 1, 2011 and culminates November 30th. AccuWeather forecasters…
Study sees 2010 rebound in wind-turbine growth
Compared to the sharp growth in 2007 and 2008, U.S. wind-power development in 2009 has been severely impacted by the current economic climate, according to Emerging Energy Research, Cambridge, Mass. U.S. wind players must readjust their strategies in the wake of this new competitive environment, it says. The firm’s recent reports says the U.S. wind-power…