The Dutch government has announced plans to build three more windfarms off the Noord-Holland coast and north of the Wadden Islands, in addition to five new windfarms already agreed upon. A Dutch energy network also has plans for an island of wind turbines on the Dogger bank. Local fishermen claim that 25% of Dutch fishing […]
BBC ‘A floating offshore wind farm will be installed in the North Sea off the coast of Peterhead after the Scottish government gave it consent. Norwegian energy firm Statoil has been granted a licence for the pilot scheme of five turbines. They will be attached to the seabed by a three-point mooring spread and anchoring […]
Effects of the construction of wind farms on ecology – from Rob Gerits In the Ecology and Cumulation Framework (KEC), the possible cumulative ecological effects of existing offshore wind farms and offshore wind farms still under construction were studied with the ten offshore wind farms agreed in the SER Energy Agreement. The effects of wind […]