Further Information on Off Shore Wind Farm development and promotion

• The Crown Estate, who manage the UK sea bed are taking a pro-active approach towards the development of off shore wind farms.

• Offshore Wind Developers Forum brings together Government and industry to find solutions to barriers which have the potential to impede the viability and deliverability of offshore wind in the UK and also to maximise benefits to the UK economy.

• The (UK) Department of Energy & Climate Change  which is committed to increasing the proportion of energy used from renewable sources.

• The EU 2009 Renewable Energy Directive sets a target for UK to achieve 15% of its energy requirements from renewable sources by 2020.

• The Renewable Energy Roadmap sets out a programme of actions to tackle the barriers to renewables deployment.

• The Nautical and Offshore Renewable Energy Liaison (NOREL) Group aims to ensure that commercial and recreational shipping and ports industries can successfully co-exist with the offshore renewable energy industries, and that the need of the former are taken into account in (UK) Government policy on offshore renewable energy.

• MCA (Maritime & Coastguard Agency) Guidance on off-shore wind turbines

• Civil Aviation Authority Policy Guidelines on Wind Turbines

• renewableUK (formerly BWEA) is the trade and professional body for the UK wind and marine renewables industry. Their primary purpose is to promote the use of wind, wave and tidal power around the UK.                They also provide the UK Wind Energy Database UKWED - a definitive listing of projects from submission through to operation.

• EWEA - The European Wind Energy Association
  

Some NEWS sources on the Offshore Wind Farm industry.

[NB this is NOT a complete list]

• offshoreWIND.biz
  

• Offshore Wind Journal

• MJ - Maritime Journal  - see Marine Renewable Energy pages
  
  
• 4C Offshore

• WINDPOWER monthly