Sentences with phrase «north sea wind»

NDR German public television reported on the damaged Adwen M5000 turbine at the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore North Sea wind farm off the northern coast of Germany.

So far 86 applications have been submitted for North Sea wind farms, though just 24 have been approved — and only four are in operation.»

Researchers from Wageningen University and the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research were led by Professor Han Lindeboom as they studied the short term impact of a North Sea wind farm, publishing their findings on the Environmental Research Letters website.

The 30 - MW Hywind park will take advantage of average local North Sea wind speeds of around 19 knots and cover an area of around 1.5 sq mi (4 sq km) at a water depth of 310 to 395 ft (95 - 120 m).

If fully realised, the North Sea Wind Power Hub could, according to those involved in the project, supply 70 to 100 million Europeans with renewable energy by 2050.

«This is why we call the North Sea Wind Power Hub the energy sector's Apollo moon landing — it's a very ambitious project.»

Not exact matches

Shell is building an offshore wind farm in the North Sea; it's part of consortia installing solar farms in Oman and California; and it has bought one of Europe's biggest electric - car - charging firms and a major British electricity provider.

GE said that, based on wind conditions at a «typical» site in the German North Sea, one turbine could produce as much as 67 gigawatt hours (GWh) annually, enough power for as many as 16,000 European households.

There are two distinct and completely separate wind sources within our region: gully winds which blow east - west down through the foothills, and sea breezes blowing south - north up through Gulf St Vincent.

But he started on the wrong tide from Calais and 20 hours later he wound up in the North Sea.

Their tone of voice for example is rather as if they have swallowed wind blowing in from the North Sea, and it is now trying to get out.

Consumer Protection Minister Ilse Aigner is worried about the slow pace of expansion of the country's high - voltage lines needed to transport offshore wind energy from the North Sea to industrial areas in the south of Germany.

With the United Kingdom, for one, aiming to get some 30 GW of electricity from wind farms in the North Sea within the next decade as part of its E.U. target to get 15 percent of its power — equivalent to about 40 percent of its electricity — from renewables by 2020, there are also proposals to build a giant subsea grid to bring that power ashore.

If those issues are resolved and the North Sea grid does get developed, the idea would be for it in turn to form part of the much - debated European supergrid, supposed to be able to seamlessly transport power from the wind - rich north and sun - soaked south to the center, from where most of the demand originNorth Sea grid does get developed, the idea would be for it in turn to form part of the much - debated European supergrid, supposed to be able to seamlessly transport power from the wind - rich north and sun - soaked south to the center, from where most of the demand originnorth and sun - soaked south to the center, from where most of the demand originates.

The map reflects how the winds blowing towards Europe shift with fluctuations in North Atlantic sea - surface temperature.

Shifting winds may explain why long - term fluctuations in North Atlantic sea surface temperatures have no apparent influence on Europe's wintertime temperatures.

The new research reveals that, in decades in which North Atlantic sea surface temperatures are elevated, winds deliver air to Europe disproportionately from the nNorth Atlantic sea surface temperatures are elevated, winds deliver air to Europe disproportionately from the northnorth.

During decades when the sea is cool (associated with blue colors), the prevailing winds are more likely to flow across the Atlantic from North America, keeping western European air temperatures mild.

That means a feed - in tariff for offshore wind in the United Kingdom, improvements on the grid that would take the wind energy produced in the North Sea to the rest of Europe, and operators» making progress on securing permits for the offshore wind farms.

In 2002 the U.N. estimated that winds carried 200,000 tons of salt and toxic sand each day throughout the Aral Sea region and thousands of miles beyond, sometimes reaching as far as Russia's Arctic north — a problem that still continues.

The German grid needs big investments before it can support significant wind energy from the North Sea.

«If you look to European experience, offshore wind has been deployed from a number of port facilities in the North Sea, which have been transformed from sleepy shipping ports to thriving industrial centers,» said Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff Grybowwind has been deployed from a number of port facilities in the North Sea, which have been transformed from sleepy shipping ports to thriving industrial centers,» said Deepwater Wind CEO Jeff GrybowWind CEO Jeff Grybowski.

«Sea ice forms on the surface of the Russian shelf seas, and is then driven north by the strong winds,» explains AWI sea - ice physicist Dr Thomas Krumpen, who also took part in the stuSea ice forms on the surface of the Russian shelf seas, and is then driven north by the strong winds,» explains AWI sea - ice physicist Dr Thomas Krumpen, who also took part in the stusea - ice physicist Dr Thomas Krumpen, who also took part in the study.

Dr Ridley mentions the winds that come off Antarctica not mixing in the models, and this would cause the sea - ice to extend further north, reflecting more of the spring sunshine.

Where the wind blows to the north, the sea ice is blown north where it melts, resulting in increased sea - ice extent.

You'd think I would have been used to cold weather coming from Ireland, but the winds blowing in from the North Sea were biting and so much chillier than I had ever felt.

The islands lie in a volcanic area in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, and the archipelago was named after the demigod of the winds Aeolus.

The golf resort spans Grand Cayman from Seven Mile Beach to North Sound, accommodating challenging holes that lie beside the sea and wind their way through natural lakes and estate home sites.

Peach Blossom Resort is a four - star resort located near to Karon Beach along Phuket Islands winding and verdant west coast.The resort is approximately 400 metres from the sparkling Andaman Sea and is well located for exploring the area as well as neighbouring Kata Beach.Kata and Karon are much better suited to families than sometimes raucous Patong beach, which lies some seven kilometres to the north, although Patong remains the most popular beach in Phuket because of its rich shopping opportunities, and a very lively nightlife.

Windless Waves on 5th offers comfortable self - catering accommodation in a rustic, north - facing, wind - sheltered house with partial sea views.

Using the Southeast trade winds and specialized sea kayak sails, paddle and sail the protected Western shores of the two largest islands, North Stradbroke and Moreton.

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(Surely the presence or absence of glacial ice doesn't greatly affect the «piling up» of sea ice against the shore — or terminal ice shelf — by persistent wind and current out of the North?)

Hadley Centre climate forecasts are for more high - intensity storms in Britain as global warming intensifies — Scotland has just had the strongest storm in living memory this January, which subsequently hit Scandinavia after increasing its wind - speeds over the North Sea (so it's not just us, it seems).

> Last december locations were suggested for the realisation of 6 GW > offshore wind in the North Sea

I am truly surprised by the seriousness and (relative) speed with which offshore wind on the North Sea is now being developed, mainly by Britain, The Netherlands and Germany.

Last december locations were suggested for the realisation of 6 GW offshore wind in the North Sea, off the coast of Zeeland and Noord - Holland, totaling around 1500 km ².

The greater activity results from simultaneous increase in north atlantic sea surface temperatures and decreases in vertical wind shear.

Depending on where the powerful winds cross the Atlantic, the jet stream can have a cooling or warming effect on sea surface temperatures in the North Atlantic Ocean, according to the study, published (May 27 2015) in the journal Nature.

Drexel Environmental Science Graduate Student [ANDY REVKIN says: Some of the sea ice on the Arctic Ocean kind of circles in a gyre, like a slow turntable, and much of it is ejected perpetually past Greenland into the North Atlantic by winds and currents.

Future wind complexes in the Great Plains, in the North Sea, off the coast of China or the eastern coast of the United States may have generating capacity measured in the tens of thousands of megawatts.

That means that the 81 million Germans living between the North Sea and the Alps are supposed to cover their huge energy needs from wind, solar, geothermal, and biomass within a few decades.

In May 2012, at the German Energy Agency's (DENA's) behest, the nation's four grid operators (TSOs)-- 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT TSO, and TransnetBW — drew up a joint network development plan identifying necessary expansions to help transmit power from the North and Baltic Sea, where many offshore wind parks are being planned and built, to industrialized areas in southern and western Germany.

The winds will rush up over a very riled North Sea, they will howl into a far warmer than normal Barents, and they will roar on past Svalbard — finally turning as they pass beyond the North Pole.

The wind project floats on the North Sea some 25 km off Scotland's eastern coast.

The rear part of a nacelle casing on an Adwen M5000 turbine broke off and fell in the sea at the 60MW Alpha Ventus wind farm (pictured) in the German North Ssea at the 60MW Alpha Ventus wind farm (pictured) in the German North SeaSea.

Grid operator TenneT, which bought the 11,000 - km - long grid network from E.ON in 2011 and has been tasked with connecting all wind parks in the North Sea, has warned of looming bottlenecks stemming from «major difficulties in planning and building progress.»

German television has broadcast images of the damaged Adwen M5000 turbine at the 60MW Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.