MARE-WINT Book released: MARE-WINT New Materials and Reliability in Offshore Wind Turbine Technology
This book provides a holistic, interdisciplinary overview of offshore wind energy, and is a must-read for advanced researchers. Topics, from the design and analysis of future turbines, to the decommissioning of wind farms, are covered.More
South Baltic Center of Offshore Wind Energy BALTECO
Institute of Fluid Flow Machinery PASci in Gdansk is the initiator of the establishment of South Baltic Center of Offshore Wind Energy, acronym “BALTECO”. Purpose of the Center is to become a collaboration platform for the research institutions, industry, public administration and other...More
Opening of the Energy Conversion and Renewable Energy Centre
New Energy Conversion and Renewable Energy Research Centre of The Szewalski Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences has been opened on the 17th September, 2015. The Centre is located in Jabłonna, near Warsaw and is the outer division of the Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery in...More
Floaters ‒ Game Changers for Offshore Wind?
At least nine floating projects are likely to come online by 2020, claims Douglas-Westwood. These projects will total to 225MW with a further six projects in the pipeline provide upside potential, according to their database.
Wind turbines take to the skies to seek out more power
Critics of wind turbines argue vehemently that they are ugly and inefficient - a blot on the landscape and an expensive folly to boot. Efficiency has always been a strange critique given that the fuel driving turbines - wind - is free. And while electricity generated from wind may currently be...
Longer Blades and New Materials Affecting Wind Industry, Report Says
A recent report from Navigant Research examines the significant forces shaping the global wind power industry’s supply chain, including analyses of more than 500 component and materials suppliers.
Norwegian, Australian Scientists Collaborate on OW Foundations
The King and Queen of Norway embarked on their first official visit to Australia on Monday, 23rd February, in Canberra. On Friday, 27th February, the last day of the visit, Their Majesties will be present at a mini-seminar in Perth, Western Australia, devoted to maritime and offshore related...
Offshore Wind Cost 11% Lower, Report Says
A report issued today by Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult reveals that the cost of energy from offshore wind farms has fallen by almost 11% over the past three years, ahead of schedule on its path to delivering the UK Government’s target of £100/MWh by 2020, and providing clear evidence...
Siemens to Present Cost-Cutting Innovations at EWEA Offshore
The international wind energy conference EWEA Offshore 2015 in Copenhagen in early March will see Siemens focusing on innovations supporting cutting the costs of offshore wind power.
Photos MareWint Felllows at XII Baltic Science Festival
MareWint project Fellows presented the project to the public of XII Baltic Science Festival