The potential interference of wind turbine generators (WTGs) with the performance of ship-based radar systems raises concerns for safe marine navigation near or around offshore wind farms. An ad hoc ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, offshore wind energy engineers and scientists have researched and made the pitch that coastal wind energy can supply ...

Singapore's Sembcorp Marine said Wednesday it had won a contract for the construction of a Wind Turbine Installation Vessel (“WTIV”). The company did not say who the client was. It said that the WTIV ...

Wind farms may be a modern invention, but humanity has tapped into the power of the wind for thousands of years, beginning with sails to propel boats and simple windmills to pump water. The first ...

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New funding in N.J. will be used to research offshore wind turbines, like these in Copenhagen, Denmark, and whether marine mammals are impacted by activities associated with turbine construction ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — As significant financial investments are poured into offshore wind farms, experts are aiming to learn more about how the massive turbines affect marine life in the waters around ...

The University of Maine is contributing to the global effort to improve floating machines to harness wind over deeper offshore waters. Researchers envision turbine platforms floating in the ocean ...

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Displacement from foraging sites and direct mortality from collisions with the blades of wind turbines could have detrimental effects on the populations of albatrosses and other vulnerable species.

LOMPOC, Calif. — Along the wind-blasted shores of the Gaviota Coast, near the rocket gantries of Vandenberg Space Force Base, lazy breakers claw at the base of sandy bluffs and dunes, while farther ...