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UK to strengthen its offshore capacity with floating wind turbines
The UK and US will collaborate on the development of floating wind turbines aimed to harness more offshore wind power at competitive costs and increase the UK’s potential for offshore wind power mainly after 2020.
read more... 25/04/2012
EDF, Alstom winners of French offshore wind farm tender
A consortium led by state-owned utility EDF and Alstom has won three projects in the tender launched by the French government to install offshore wind turbines off the coast of France.
read more... 09/04/2012
China: CNOOC net profit jumps 29% in 2011
China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited (CNOOC), the country’s top offshore oil producer, announced a 29% jump in its 2011 profit, posting a record-high of 70.26 billion yuan (11.17 billion U.S. dollars), compared with 54.41 billion yuan in the previous year, mainly due to increasing oil and gas prices.
read more... 29/03/2012
Denmark to increase the share of offshore wind energy by 2020
Denmark, already known as the world wind energy leader, announced its plans to boost offshore wind energy in the country, according to the Danish government.
read more... 26/03/2012
The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine installed in Belgium
The world’s most powerful offshore turbine, capable of generating 6.15 MW of power was installed in Belgium by the German energy company RWE Innogy and Belgian offshore project development company C-Power NV.
read more... 23/03/2012