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🚨 NEW ISSUE OUT NOW 🚨 Check out May's issue of NCE. Read now: https://buff.ly/3w7ZMQr 🔍 AMP8: Opportunities and challenges 🔍 Anglian Water's Strategic Pipeline Alliance 🔍 National Highways' wind tunnel test 🔍 Debate: Road runoff

'Over the ditch' in Australia 🇦🇺 1 week left till the public consultation closes on the Bass Strait Offshore Wind Zone: Australia has identified 6 priority offshore wind zones, including the Bass Strait zone off Northern Tasmania. Bass Strait Zone Proposal: 🔹 10,136 km2 area proposed 🔹 Distance from shore: 20-70km 🔹 Water depth: 25-65m 🔹 Wind speeds: average 9 m/s 🔹 Closest port: Bell Bay The site was chosen based on strong consistent winds, proximity to electricity demand centres, and port infrastructure. Next Steps if Declared: - Feasibility licenses awarded (up to 7 years) - Environmental approvals - Management plan development - Commercial license application - Construction & operation #offshorewind #bassstrait #tasmania #shirleyparsons

The Shannon Airport Group welcomes the recent progress report update from the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce, outlining significant advancements towards realising the vision for the Shannon Estuary region to be Ireland’s powerhouse of the 21st century. As a member of the Taskforce, we celebrate the progress from the past six months outlined in the report, while also acknowledging that it is crucial to recognise the ongoing journey ahead. The national policy developments related to offshore wind are indeed promising, but further ambition and speed are imperative. Our shared commitment to making the Shannon Estuary a hub for renewable energy demands sustained dedication to accelerating the development of essential infrastructure and planning procedures. The Shannon Estuary region holds immense promise, and together, we can all play a part in shaping its future success. https://bit.ly/3RVepil

It is amusing, the same type of NIMBY folks who block new natural gas pipelines getting built on the U.S. East Coast are now blocking high-voltage electric transmission cables from offshore wind farms on the East Coast. ========================= "This was a public meeting for Barnstable residents to discuss a developer’s plans to lay transmission cables from offshore wind projects under their beaches. For the most part, these residents were opposed, and they were demanding to be heard. ...Far from the regulatory offices where decisions are made and the executive boardrooms where plans are laid, advocates and clean-energy experts say the growing wave of opposition in Barnstable and other communities on the front lines of the offshore wind revolution represent a potential threat to the clean-energy and climate goals that rely on the rapid growth of an industry that’s new to the United States. ... In Barnstable, the main issue isn’t the turbines themselves. It’s that two major offshore wind projects being developed by the company, Avangrid, called Commonwealth Wind and Park City Wind, are planning to bring power ashore via local beaches. These high-powered cables would be buried roughly 50 feet below Barnstable’s shoreline — under Dowses Beach and Craigville Beach — before winding through cement encasements under residential neighborhoods to connect to the regional grid. ●》Some fear the cables could cause health risks from electromagnetic fields, cause fires or ecological disasters, and result in major disturbances to the area as roads are ripped up during construction of the new projects. ●》“What about health? What about our future and our families?” Centerville resident Shelly Sterling asked at the Barnstable open meeting. Those questions were echoed by others in the crowd of several hundred, along with worries that the plans to run high-voltage cables through residential areas in Barnstable are turning residents there into *guinea pigs*. Offshore wind projects elsewhere in the world, they say, bring the power to shore at industrial or commercial locations, not residential ones. ..." https://lnkd.in/gKqcBevF

With Canada's Trans Mountain pipeline project nearing the finish line, we can acknowledge the win - a badly needed boost to transmission capacity that opens up access to Asia and other international markets for Canadian producers - while heeding the warning signs that the history of this project so clearly reveals. Read the full story to learn what the Trans Mountain saga - with it's nearly 500% budget overrun and repeated fits and starts - can tell us about the change that is needed to enable the infrastructure projects that will secure our energy future. https://hubs.ly/Q02kbpxF0 #energy #infrastructure #transmountain #energysecurity #energypolicy

Building out the new Long Energy site

In order to achieve the optimal power generation efficiency of photovoltaic power plants, photovoltaic brackets need to be fixed in a certain orientation, arrangement, and spacing of photovoltaic modules based on the terrain, climate, and solar resource conditions of the construction site. 😄

This fascinating effect is still not completely understood. I'm hoping we can develop new methods to quantify and promote the local biodiversity net gain at OSW farms (not to mention the massive climate impact of renewables vs carbon based energy).

Positive impact of Offshore wind farms on marine life 🌊 🍃 #offshorewindenergy #netpositive #energytransition #marinelife #sustainability

The Royal HaskoningDHV Offshore Ornithology Team is excited to have led an important study with HiDef Aerial Surveying Limited with input from NiMa Consultants Ltd. Murray Grant led the initiative on behalf of 12 projects in the East and Northeast ScotWind regions. The outcome is a report examining potential regional ornithological compensation measures that could be deployed at scale and contribute to the increased resilience of seabird populations in Scotland. The report highlights the challenge the industry is facing in delivering offshore wind at scale under the current regulations. Significant focus on this issue is essential to delivering Scotland’s 2045 net zero targets and realising the wider benefits of ScotWind. Continued collaboration between all stakeholder groups to devise a practicable and appropriate approach to compensation measures is vital if our net zero, energy security, and local supply chain ambitions are to become reality. Read the report here 👉 https://lnkd.in/d2EtFX-4 #scotwind #floatingoffshorewind #offshorewind #RenewableEnergy #Impact BlueFloat Energy | Renantis Partnership, Bellrock Wind, Broadshore Wind, Stromar Wind, Morven, CampionWind, MarramWind, Muir Mhòr, Ayre, Bowdun, CALEDONIA Offshore Wind Farm, Buchan Offshore Wind & Ossian Wind Farm