Sat 26/04/08 - The first of six wind turbines base towers has left the West Flemish coastal town of Ostend for the Thornton Bank. The wind turbine base will be transported 30km to the North Sea sandbank off the Flemish coast. Once completed, the wind turbines will tower 184 metres above the North Sea. The first turbine base should arrive at the Thornton Bank on Sunday morning. C-Power is the company behind the multi-mullion-euro project to provide enough wind energy to supply 600,000 homes. A total of 60 wind turbines should be up and running by 2012.
Once completed, the wind turbines will tower 184 metres above the North Sea.
The first turbine base should arrive at the Thornton Bank on Sunday morning.
C-Power is the company behind the multi-mullion-euro project to provide enough wind energy to supply 600,000 homes.
A total of 60 wind turbines should be up and running by 2012.
Well, this is over all over the media here and with a big show in Ostend (with participation of our DL).
The same politicians who did nothing but sabotaging and delaying the wind-energy projects are stealing the limelight now. The struggle of man against tyranny is the struggle of memory against forgetting.(Kundera)
btw, for the Belgians, the boss of C-Power had a funny jibe at Leterme during the speeches - he talked about his wonderful BHWs (turbines of great height) - a direct reference to the BHV (Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde) district which is at the heart of some nast inter-community disputes... In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
Commission launches consultation to prepare an EU Offshore Wind Energy Action Plan The European Commission is inviting investors, project developers, wind turbine manufacturers, energy companies, government services, environmental NGOs and all other interested stakeholders, including the general public, to help identify the key barriers for the further development of offshore wind energy in Europe and what might be done to overcome them.
The European Commission is inviting investors, project developers, wind turbine manufacturers, energy companies, government services, environmental NGOs and all other interested stakeholders, including the general public, to help identify the key barriers for the further development of offshore wind energy in Europe and what might be done to overcome them.
I'll probably need to reply to that both in my professional and my blogging capacities... I'll put up stuff on this later on on ET, as soon as I find time. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
