The Scottish division of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) has hit out against a study published today on the risk to seabirds through collision with offshore wind turbines, calling the findings a “very optimistic interpretation of data”.

Impact on Birds Offshore Wind UK

The Court of Justice of the EU has upheld arguments by opponents of a wind farm concerning the extent of Coillte’s environmental responsibilities in relation to grid connection works for a wind farm in Co Laois.

General Ireland

Several wind farm projects in Sweden are under threat due to the government’s decision to reserve more airspace for its armed forces, according to two companies and an industry lobby group.

Safety Europe

An appeal to build two 18-metre high wind turbines on a farm in Benwick have been refused by planners and objected to by the MOD due to “aviation safety”.

Legal UK

Why are turbine manufacturers doing so badly? Climate change will have some very unpleasant consequences, unless we cut our dependence on fossil power. Generating electricity from the wind is clean and increasingly cheap. So it's ascent looks assured, whatever ornithologists and President Donald Trump might think.

General Europe

Nordex said that while sales in Germany were expected to slump by nearly two thirds this year, volumes would recover from 2020, with traders citing this positive mid-term outlook.

General Germany

Erosion repairs to the turbines could cost millions of pounds as the owners are forced to carry out emergency repairs to 140 of the turbines.

Structural Failure Europe UK

Erosion repairs to the turbines could cost millions of pounds as the owners are forced to carry out emergency repairs to 140 of the turbines.

Structural Failure UK Europe

 

Offshore Wind Europe

Objections ranged from the impact the developments at Limekiln and Drum Hollistan would have on the landscape, rare birds and property values to noise, shadow flicker and their perceived deterrent effect on tourism, and in particular the North Coast 500.

General UK

The cause of the accident is currently under investigation. Mayor calls for construction freeze 

Safety Structural Failure Germany

Mr Justice Michael Twomey refused to quash the decision and remit it back to the board. He said that despite the alleged errors ...there was a reasonable basis upon which the board could refuse permission.

Legal Ireland

A working group of the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery of Medicine caused a stir at the congress of the professional society with their research on the impairment of the heart muscle by wind turbine infrasound. In this interview, the lead researcher explains that wind turbine infrasound can reduce the force of cardiac muscle contractions, under certain conditions, by up to 20 percent.

Impact on People Germany

Baake, a Green Party politician whose appointment by then economy minister Sigmar Gabriel was a surprise at the time, criticised the new government’s energy and climate plans in a resignation letter ...The plans for the energy transition (Energiewende) in the new coalition agreement were a “bitter disappointment”, Baake wrote to incoming energy and economy minister Peter Altmaier.

Energy Policy Germany

Ørsted must repair up to 2,000 wind turbine blades because the leading edge of the blades has worn down after just a few years at sea. The company has a total of 646 wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa each of which may be affected at different degrees, confirms Ørsted to Finans.

Structural Failure Europe Denmark UK

Ørsted must repair up to 2,000 wind turbine blades because the leading edge of the blades has worn down after just a few years at sea. The company has a total of 646 wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa each of which may be affected at different degrees, confirms Ørsted to Finans.

Structural Failure Denmark UK Europe

Ørsted must repair up to 2,000 wind turbine blades because the leading edge of the blades has worn down after just a few years at sea. The company has a total of 646 wind turbines from Siemens Gamesa each of which may be affected at different degrees, confirms Ørsted to Finans.

Structural Failure Denmark UK Europe

The energy firm behind one of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms has scrapped plans to build large electricity plants in the Norfolk countryside. Vattenfall, which wants to build two wind farms around 50 kilometres off the east Norfolk coast, said today it will use more advanced technology which will mean a cable corridor it hopes to dig across the Norfolk countryside will be narrower. It also means no relay stations will be needed.

Impact on Landscape Offshore Wind Transmission UK

Octopus Energy offers a tariff that will charge customers according to demand

General UK

A decision to reject a Perthshire wind farm has been overturned at appeal. ...Andrew Sikes determined the council had “acted in an unreasonable manner” and he also found them liable for expenses.

General UK