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China Can Expect a Surge in Offshore Wind Farms, Goldwind Says
By Bloomberg News (Bloomberg) — China’s development of offshore wind farms could be set to accelerate, supported by favorable government-backed pricing and increased investment. “Offshore wind is...
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LNG-Fueled ‘Viking Grace’ to Get Rotor Sails
Finnish wind propulsion company Norsepower Oy has announced it has signed an agreement with Finnish shipping line Viking Line to install rotor sails onboard the LNG-fueled cruise ferry MS Viking Grace....
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Dream of Offshore U.S. Wind Power May Be Too Ugly for Trump
By Joe Ryan and Jennifer A. Dlouhy (Bloomberg) — Offshore wind companies have spent years struggling to convince skeptics that the future of U.S. energy should include giant windmills at sea. Their job...
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Maersk Tanker to Be Fitted with Flettner Rotor Sails
A Maersk-owned tanker is set to be fitted with two Flettner rotor sails as part of a industry project seeking to test the century-old wind propulsion technology’s potential to reduce fuel consumption...
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Denmark To Build Offshore Wind Turbine Higher Than Eiffel Tower
by Jess Shankleman (Bloomberg) Offshore wind turbines are about to become higher than the Eiffel Tower, allowing the industry to supply subsidy-free clean power to the grid on a massive scale for the...
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GE Floating $1.7 Billion Platform in Germany Shows Power of Wind
By Brian Parkin (Bloomberg) — General Electric Co. said it’s ready to ship a 1.5 billion euro ($1.7 billion) offshore wind platform destined for the North Sea, underscoring the industrial giant’s...
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Subsidy-Free Wind Farms Risk Ruined Reputations for Industry
By Jessica Shankleman (Bloomberg) — Energy companies that stunned the world by offering to build wind farms with no subsidy may ruin the industry’s reputation by never actually delivering on their...
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Offshore Wind Churns Out Big Bank Payoff as Deals Jump to Record
By Anna Hirtenstein (Bloomberg) — The expanding network of giant windmills in the North Sea — the largest such collection in the world — is turning into a windfall for some bankers helping...
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Next Offshore Wind in U.S. Can Compete With Gas, Developer Says
By Jim Efstathiou Jr. (Bloomberg) — Massive offshore wind turbines keep getting bigger, and that’s helping make the power cheaper — to the point where developers say new projects in U.S. waters can...
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Rolls-Royce Helps Hoist The Modern Mainsail
Battery room photo by Carlsturdy, Shutterstock by Ellen Milligan (Bloomberg) Hoist the mainsail — a thing that looks like a giant vertical pipe — and switch on your battery the size of a small bus:...
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World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Opens in Irish Sea… And It’s HUGE
The 659MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm has 87 wind turbines capable of generating enough green energy to power almost 600,000 UK homes. By Jeremy Hodges (Bloomberg) — Orsted A/S unveiled the...
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Offshore Wind Power Conference – Planning For America’s Ocean Energy
Maritime College, State University of New York and the Maritime Industry Museum at Fort Schuyler are proud to announce that they will co-sponsor an Ocean Wind Energy Symposium on Thursday 26 September...
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