The company Genneia obtained a 15-year loan for US $ 131.5 million from the German bank KfW for the construction and commissioning of two wind power plants in Chubut. The financing agreements consist of a 15-year, non-recourse guaranteed loan with 75% of the total wind farm project cost debt, granted by the German entity Kreditanstalt für … Continue reading Wind power in Argentina: Genneia will build two wind farms in Chubut
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Wind power and solar will produce half of the world’s electricity
The big reductions that will be in the costs of the ecological technology, the solar energy and the wind energy of the world for 2050. Thus it was projected Bloomberg in a new New Energy Outlook 2019 (NEO). In addition, it has been pointed out that these technologies have been reduced to more than 20 … Continue reading Wind power and solar will produce half of the world’s electricity
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SWEPCO plans to add 810 megawatts of wind energy by 2022
SWEPCO provides customers with 469 megawatts of wind power under PPA agreements. Electric utility Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a company of Columbus, Ohio-based American Electric Power, announced Monday (July 15) it will add 810 megawatts of wind energy by 2022 as part of the company’s long-term plan to increase the use of renewable energy … Continue reading SWEPCO plans to add 810 megawatts of wind energy by 2022
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GWEC launches newest Policy Pulse on Argentina wind power
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has launched a Policy Pulse report on Argentina, which provides qualitative analysis of the political and macroeconomic headwinds steering the wind sector and the measures needed to unlock greater wind power potential. Argentina is a promising market with some of the best wind resources in the world. Wind energy … Continue reading GWEC launches newest Policy Pulse on Argentina wind power
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A.P. Moller Holding to acquire KK Group A/S
A.P. Møller Holding A/S (A.P. Moller Holding) has agreed to acquire KK Group A/S from SoLix Group AB. KK Group’s main activities are realized through KK Wind Solutions, a leading global supplier of power electronics solutions to the wind turbine industry. KK Wind Solutions has been a leader in the wind industry since the 1970s … Continue reading A.P. Moller Holding to acquire KK Group A/S
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Wind energy in Australia: Goldwind wind turbines for Biala wind farm
Goldwind has been awarded a contract for the supply of Goldwind wind turbines for the Biala Wind Farm project in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. The wind farm, owned by BJCE Australia, will consist of 31 x GW140/3.57MW Goldwind wind turbines at 110 metre hub height and 108.5 megawatts installed capacity. “Goldwind is … Continue reading Wind energy in Australia: Goldwind wind turbines for Biala wind farm
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Wind energy in Argentina: Genneia starts operation of Pomona I wind farm
The wind farm of 100 megawatts, is located northeast of the Patagonian province of Río Negro and has 26 Nordex wind turbines, arranged in a plot of 1,365 hectares.Genneia, the Argentine company specializing in renewable energies received the commercial authorization for the start-up of its ‘Pomona I’ wind farm after an investment of US $ … Continue reading Wind energy in Argentina: Genneia starts operation of Pomona I wind farm
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The wind power of Aragon doubles only with the fifty wind farms under construction
Aragón will become a power in renewable energies with the billion-dollar investment in progress. Only half a hundred wind farms under construction, mainly in the province of Zaragoza, will almost double the installed wind energy capacity in the last thirty years. The official data of Red Eléctrica Española (REE) indicate that there are currently 1,929 … Continue reading The wind power of Aragon doubles only with the fifty wind farms under construction
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Wind power in Bangladesh: extends bid submission deadline
The government has extended the bid submission deadline of three wind power projects by one month at the request of the bidders. The plants, with 50 MW capacity each, will be set up in Chandpur’s Kachua, Khulna’s Mongla, and Cox’s Bazar’s Inani beach, reports UNB. Official sources said state-owned Power Development Board (PDB), which invited … Continue reading Wind power in Bangladesh: extends bid submission deadline
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Scotland’s wind energy output at record high during first 6 months of year
Scotland’s wind turbines produced enough electricity to power almost double the number of homes in Scotland between January and June 2019 Wind power output at record high during first 6 months of year. Scotland’s renewable electricity output soared in the first half of the year, providing enough energy to power homes from Harris to Harrogate, … Continue reading Scotland’s wind energy output at record high during first 6 months of year
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IPPs intend to supply 2,150 MW of wind power in Egypt
Sources at the Egyptian Ministry of Electricity and Renewable Energy reveal ongoing discussions with several independent power producers (IPPs). They propose to build wind farms capable of producing up to 2,150 MW. The Egyptian government has set itself the goal of consuming 20% of electricity produced from clean sources by 2022. The country has also … Continue reading IPPs intend to supply 2,150 MW of wind power in Egypt
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Auctions of wind power canceled until 2021 in Mexico
The president of the Mexican Association of Wind Energy (AMDEE), Leopoldo Rodríguez Olivé, said during 2019 that 1,800 megawatts of wind turbines will be added to the national generation park, to reach more than 6,800 megawatts in 13 wind farm entities in the country, making Mexico is the second largest wind producer in Latin America … Continue reading Auctions of wind power canceled until 2021 in Mexico
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Pre-qualification phase for the Noor Midelt II Concentrated Solar Power project launched in Morocco
The Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy (Masen) has just launched a call for pre-qualification (RfQ) for the second plant of the Noor Midelt solar thermal and photovoltaic complex (Noor Midelt II), as part of the development of the solar complex Noor Midelt. This call, which also comes after the auction of the Noor Midelt I … Continue reading Pre-qualification phase for the Noor Midelt II Concentrated Solar Power project launched in Morocco
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IRENA Puts Renewables Centre-Stage at UN High-Level Meeting
‘There can be no sustainable development without renewables’ – that was the takeaway from the 17th IRENA Council which concluded recently in Abu Dhabi. It was a message the Agency’s Director-General Francesco La Camera reinforced at every opportunity and a message that will once again take centre-stage during the United Nations High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) … Continue reading IRENA Puts Renewables Centre-Stage at UN High-Level Meeting
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Masdar to pursue wind energy and solar power in Armenia
Abu Dhabi’s clean energy company Masdar said it is pursuing renewable energy opportunities in Armenia, a nation with “considerable” potential for solar and wind energy development. Masdar and Armenian National Interests Fund signed an agreement to explore collaboration in solar photovoltaic (PV) energy, onshore wind power and floating solar power, the company said in a … Continue reading Masdar to pursue wind energy and solar power in Armenia
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Wind power in Ukraine: EBRD: EBRD partially finance the Dnepro-Bugsky wind farm
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) under EBRD’s Ukrainian Sustainable Energy Lending Facility III (USELF III), a EUR 250 million facility to support renewable energy in Ukraine, will partially finance construction of the Dnepro-Bugsky wind farm with a planned capacity of 110 MW located in Oleksandrivka (Kherson region). The decision was made by … Continue reading Wind power in Ukraine: EBRD: EBRD partially finance the Dnepro-Bugsky wind farm
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Wind energy in Argentina: wind turbines discharge for the Chubut Norte wind farm IV
The vessel brings eight complete wind turbines, of the Nordex brand, for the Chubut Norte IV wind farm (PECHN). This is a project for generating electricity through wind power (renewable), which is carried out through the installation of nineteen (19) wind turbines distributed in a network of 2,806 hectares located northwest of the city of … Continue reading Wind energy in Argentina: wind turbines discharge for the Chubut Norte wind farm IV
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OPIC will promote wind energy investment in Oaxaca with 720 million dollars
The Private Investment Corporation Abroad (OPIC for its acronym in English), development institution of the government of the United States, pledged to seek financing that will detonate 720 million dollars for two energy projects in the south of the country. The announcement was made by OPIC’s director of operations, Ryan Brennan, and Mexico’s foreign secretary, … Continue reading OPIC will promote wind energy investment in Oaxaca with 720 million dollars
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Wind energy in Belarus: first wind farm
The Turkish company Guris Construction Engineering Company (Güri? ?n?aat ve Mühendislik A.?.) will build Belarus’ largest wind farm, the press service of the Belarusian Universal Commodity Exchange (BUCE) told BelTA after an electronic auction to sell the pre-investment asset for building the wind farm. With one bidder registered, the asset was sold at the initial … Continue reading Wind energy in Belarus: first wind farm
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GE Renewable Energy to open new offshore wind energy factory in China
GE Renewable Energy will open a new offshore wind energy factory and operation and development center in Guangdong province. The new factory will help GE Renewable Energy to serve the rapidly growing offshore wind power demand in the region and China. The new operation and development center will perform R&D activities and become GE’s regional … Continue reading GE Renewable Energy to open new offshore wind energy factory in China
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