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Bergermeer gas storage project halted by Dutch Court
The giant Bergermeer gas storage project has been temporarily halted by the highest administrative court of the Netherlands on Monday, due to environmentalists and local residents’ worries that the process of injecting gas would cause tremors in the area.
read more... 10/08/2011
Scarcity in British wind farms
Britain has the lowest density of wind turbines among other European countries as compare to 1 turbine per 100 sq km in Britain, Denmark with 11 turbines, Germany and the Netherlands with 6, while Spain has 3.
read more... 22/06/2011
An undersea super grid to export wind energy from the Netherlands versus UK
According to a recent announcement of the executive director of the National Grid, Nick Winser, an undersea super grid will become soon a reality, giving the possibility of exporting wind energy, regardless of weather conditions.
read more... 10/05/2011
Largest wind turbines testing centre opened in the Netherlands
A new testing facility was opened in Netherlands, at the Wageningen University and Research Centre which will provide management and testing services for innovative wind turbines manufacturers. The testing centre is the largest facility of its kind in Europe and it was built by the Dutch Company, Ecofys Wind Turbine Testing Services (WTTS).
read more... 18/03/2011
UK - leader in the offshore wind sector
The recently released report by the European Wind Energy Association has shown that UK is the leader in the offshore wind sector with a total installed capacity of 1,341 MW. UK is followed by the Denmark (854 MW), the Netherlands (249 MW), Belgium (195 MW) and Sweden (164 MW).
read more... 31/01/2011