Dominion Energy selects Siemens Gamesa for USA’s largest offshore wind energy project. Installations of Siemens Gamesa Direct Drive offshore wind turbines expected to be completed by end of 2026. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been named as the preferred turbine supplier for the massive 2,640-MW Dominion Energy Virginia Offshore Wind project in the USA. … Continue reading Siemens Gamesa named preferred supplier for largest U.S. offshore wind power project to date at 2.64 GW
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Duke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Mesteño wind power project in Texas begins producing energy
Project includes some of the tallest wind turbines in the U.S. – increasing wind energy production. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), announced that its 200-megawatt (MW) Mesteño Windpower project in Starr County, Texas began commercial operation on Dec. 31, 2019. It is Duke Energy’s fourth wind generation facility … Continue reading Duke Energy Renewables’ 200-MW Mesteño wind power project in Texas begins producing energy
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Wind energy set a new record of 26.5% for December 2019’s generation in the UK
In 2010, Great Britain generated 75% of its electricity from coal and natural gas. But by the end of the decade, these fossil fuels accounted for just 40%, with coal generation collapsing from the decade’s peak of 41% in 2012 to under 2% in 2019. The near disappearance of coal power – the second most … Continue reading Wind energy set a new record of 26.5% for December 2019’s generation in the UK
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Floating offshore wind turbines: Brazil to become active player in the clean energy race
Wind energy is one of the most researched topics in the renewable energy ecosystem. During the last decades, the focus has been on several aspects of modeling and analysis of onshore wind turbines., Wind energy has enormous potential and has been topic of intense study recently, especially in Brazil. Led by Professor Alexandre Simos of … Continue reading Floating offshore wind turbines: Brazil to become active player in the clean energy race
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Vestas to become carbon-neutral by 2030
For Vestas, the reality of the climate crisis is at the centre of their business. In more than 40 years of pioneering and leading the wind energy industry, Vestas has worked with customers to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by driving the transition to replace carbon-based energy generation with renewable energy. Now, Vestas is excited to … Continue reading Vestas to become carbon-neutral by 2030
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Wind energy, an increasingly effective engine for the sustainability of the planet
Spain has 23,484 MW of wind power after growing 392 MW in 2018 v the CSIC confirms that the country is entering an era of wind speed increase, which increases interest in this technology. Wind energy has become in the last five years one of the main technologies of the energy system in Spain, providing … Continue reading Wind energy, an increasingly effective engine for the sustainability of the planet
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Adani Green switches on 75-MW wind farm in Gujarat
India’s Adani Green Energy has put on stream a 75MW wind farm in the state of Gujarat. The wind power plant will operate under a power purchase agreement (PPA) with state-owned utility Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution, which will buy its output at INR 2.85 (USD 0.0397/EUR 0.0356) per kWh for 25 years. Commercial sale of … Continue reading Adani Green switches on 75-MW wind farm in Gujarat
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Renewable energy’s share of Germany rose to 46% last year
Renewable energy’s share of Germany’s overall power supply mix rose by 5.4 percentage points last year to 46%, data from Europe’s biggest state-funded research and development service showed. Europe’s biggest economy is aiming for renewables to provide 65% of its power mix by 2030. It says it will abandon nuclear energy by 2022 and is … Continue reading Renewable energy’s share of Germany rose to 46% last year
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WindFloat Atlantic project starts supplying wind energy in Portugal
The first platform of the WindFloat Atlantic wind farm, after being successfully connected on 31st December, is able to supply to the grid in Portugal the energy generated by its 8,4 MW wind turbine, the world’s largest installed on a floating platform. The commissioning of this floating wind farm contributes towards the diversification of energy … Continue reading WindFloat Atlantic project starts supplying wind energy in Portugal
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Whitney Hill wind farm start producing wind energy in Illinois
The Whitney Hill wind farm and the first phase of the Roadrunner photovoltaic plant have entered into service. Enel Green Power has started operations at three new renewable energy plants in the US totalling nearly 800 MW with another 1 GW of renewable energy is under construction. The US is becoming increasingly sustainable thanks to … Continue reading Whitney Hill wind farm start producing wind energy in Illinois
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Wind energy in Spain, Villar Mir Energía plans to launch a wind farm in Palencia
Villar Mir Energía has just put into operation the Tablares and Sotillo wind farms, in the province of Zaragoza, which total 27 megawatts (MW) and have been carried out without a premium and without auction, and also plans to launch the Santa María de Fuentes (Palencia) wind power plant. The estimated annual production of these … Continue reading Wind energy in Spain, Villar Mir Energía plans to launch a wind farm in Palencia
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Declining renewable costs drive focus on energy storage
An oft-repeated refrain—the sun doesn’t always shine, and the wind doesn’t always blow—is sometimes seen as an impediment to renewable energy. But it’s also an impetus toward discovering the best ways to store that energy until it’s needed. Declining costs in available technologies have propelled interest in energy storage forward like never before. The price … Continue reading Declining renewable costs drive focus on energy storage
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Siemens Gamesa reaches €1,72 billion in green guarantee lines
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy is moving forward in its strategy of making sustainability a key element of all aspects of its business, including its funding strategy. Siemens Gamesa recently extended a guarantee line from Danske Bank to €150 million from an initial €100 million and included Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) criteria. Likewise, the Company has … Continue reading Siemens Gamesa reaches €1,72 billion in green guarantee lines
Continue readingVestas receives 162 MW order in USA
Vestas has received a 162 MW order for a project in the U.S. Demonstrating Vestas’ product flexibility optimising all site needs, and including previously purchased PTC components, the full project consists of a mix of V110-2.0 MW and V136-4.2 MW wind turbines delivered in various operating modes. The order includes supply and commissioning of the … Continue reading Vestas receives 162 MW order in USA
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Garanti BBVA Securities facilitates major deal in Turkish wind energy market
Garanti BBVA Securities assumed the sole financial advisory services role in the largest power plant sale in 2019 in Turkey. The recently announced deal consisted of the sale of Zorlu Rüzgar, Turkey’s leading engineering, procurement, construction (EPC) firm, to renewable energy company, Akfen Yenilenebili. The share purchase agreement for the shares of Zorlu Rüzgar was … Continue reading Garanti BBVA Securities facilitates major deal in Turkish wind energy market
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Wind energy in Brazil, BNDES approves loan of R$1.3 billion for Iberdrola wind farm
The amount will finance the construction of 12 wind farms in Paraíba with a total capacity of 370.8 megawatts. The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved a loan of R $ 1.3 billion to finance the construction of 12 wind farms of the Brazilian Wind Power, a company controlled by Neoenergia, owned … Continue reading Wind energy in Brazil, BNDES approves loan of R$1.3 billion for Iberdrola wind farm
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India identifies offshore wind energy potential of 70,000 MW along Gujarat, Tamil Nadu coasts
India has planned to develop the first offshore wind energy project of 1 GW capacity off the coast of Gujarat. India has an estimated offshore wind energy potential to generate around 70,000 Megawatt (MW) power, most of that identified in coastal Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to the ministry of new and renewable energy (MNRE). … Continue reading India identifies offshore wind energy potential of 70,000 MW along Gujarat, Tamil Nadu coasts
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Germany seeks to make wind energy attractive
With new ideas, the Social Democratic Party of Germany wants to get out of the deadlock in which the expansion of wind energy is. They have proposed that whoever accepts wind turbines in their neighborhood can receive a financial reward in the future.Companies like Enercon and Senvion suffer the crisis of wind power on land … Continue reading Germany seeks to make wind energy attractive
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Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power project operates in Dunhuang China
China, which is already leading photovoltaic energy and partly wind energy, begins to develop solar thermal energy and storage with molten sales. Lanzhou Dacheng Dunhuang 50 MW Molten Salt Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power Project was successfully connected to the gird at 17:50 p.m. on December 31, 2019, becoming the first demonstration Fresnel concentrating solar power … Continue reading Fresnel Concentrated Solar Power project operates in Dunhuang China
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Work begins on wind power plant in Soc Trang
Construction of a wind power plant has started in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang. The Vinh Chau Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company is the main investor of the project, worth more than 1.3 trillion VND (56 million USD) in the first phase. The wind farm will cover a coastal area of ??about 700 … Continue reading Work begins on wind power plant in Soc Trang
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