Renewables capacity to double. Renewables capacity will reach 60 GW in 2025, compared to 32 GW in 2019. At the end of the period, the clean energy portfolio will be divided between onshore wind energy (26 GW), offshore wind power (4 GW), solar (16 GW) and hydro (14 GW). Green hydrogen, a strategic vector for … Continue reading Iberdrola launches €75 billion investment plan to 2025
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Siemens Gamesa completes a challenging fiscal year 2020 with record order intake, as momentum for wind energy grows
Siemens Gamesa logged a record order intake of €14,736m (+15.6 y/y) during fiscal year 2020, a challenging year dominated by Covid-19 and tough market conditions, ending with a backlog of €30.2bn that provides a solid foundation for the future and reflects the momentum for wind energy. In the three months to September 30, Siemens Gamesa … Continue reading Siemens Gamesa completes a challenging fiscal year 2020 with record order intake, as momentum for wind energy grows
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Grid Optimisation: a ‘no regret option’ to allow more wind energy
The expansion of wind energy continues despite COVID-19. And that requires the continued expansion of electricity grids. It also requires us to optimise and reinforce existing grids. In a new paper, WindEurope shows how available and proven technologies can optimise Europe’s existing grid infrastructure, and how this can help accommodate higher shares of renewables in … Continue reading Grid Optimisation: a ‘no regret option’ to allow more wind energy
Continue readingIberdrola begins the installation of the most powerful onshore wind turbine in Spain
The company allocates an investment of 70 million euros to the promotion of the Herrera wind complex, in Castilla y León. The assembly of the 14 wind turbines that make up the wind energy complex begins, with a unit power of 4.5 MW, almost seven times higher than those installed more than twenty years ago … Continue reading Iberdrola begins the installation of the most powerful onshore wind turbine in Spain
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GE Supports Spain’s Decarbonization Goals with Green Gas for Grid (g³) Technology
RED ELÉCTRICA DE ESPAÑA awards contract to GE’s Grid Solutions for ten mobile substations to help power the Canary and Balearic IslandsOne containerized gas-insulated mobile substation features GE’s Green Gas for Grid (g³) – a game-changing alternative to sulfur hexafluoride (SF?) insulating gasThis marks the first use of g³ technology in Spain and the first … Continue reading GE Supports Spain’s Decarbonization Goals with Green Gas for Grid (g³) Technology
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DNV GL issues update of world’s most holistic certification approach to mitigate wind farm risks
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, has updated its global project certification approach for wind farms, the DNVGL-SE-0190 Project certification of wind power plants. The new scheme, which is much more comprehensive than before, is designed to use the different certification phases to mitigate risks for safe and … Continue reading DNV GL issues update of world’s most holistic certification approach to mitigate wind farm risks
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Vestas wind power earns 205 million between January and September
The largest manufacturer of wind turbines “Vestas has achieved its maximum deliveries in a quarter and its revenues have rebounded 31% in year-on-year terms despite the broad impact that covid-19 has continued to have in the third quarter,” he said in a statement the president and CEO, Henrik Andersen.The Danish wind company Vestas Wind Systems … Continue reading Vestas wind power earns 205 million between January and September
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The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) presents the Roadmap 2021-2024 of the wind power sector
The wind sector is positioned as a technological and industrial sector tractor for the recovery of the Spanish economy. The Roadmap of the wind sector 2021-2024 includes objectives in line with compliance with the PNIEC, sector requirements to meet the objectives and leading projects for the use of European funds. The Spanish Wind Energy Association … Continue reading The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) presents the Roadmap 2021-2024 of the wind power sector
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American Wind Power Posts Record Third Quarter
The U.S. wind industry installed nearly 2,000 megawatts (MW) of new wind power capacity in the third quarter of 2020, setting a record for third-quarter additions and bringing total American capacity to nearly 112,000 MW, according to the newly released Wind Powers America Third Quarter 2020 Market Report. The American Wind Energy Association’s (AWEA) report reveals that U.S. wind is on pace for … Continue reading American Wind Power Posts Record Third Quarter
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Vattenfall starts construction Wind farm Klaverspoor
This autumn, Vattenfall will start the construction of Klaverspoor Wind Farm in the province of Noord Brabant in the Netherlands next to the A16 motorway. The project involves an investment of EUR 45 million. Twenty-five percent of this amount will come from the Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (Development Company of Brabant, BOM). “Vattenfall wants to make … Continue reading Vattenfall starts construction Wind farm Klaverspoor
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IRENA Council Meets as Agency Renews Call for Recovery Built around Energy Transformation
Representatives from across the world will participate in the 19th and 20th Council of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this week, amid a backdrop of renewed calls from the Agency to build the post-Covid economic recovery around the energy transformation. Burkina Faso Energy Minister H.E. Bachir Ismael Ouedraogo, will serve as Chair for the … Continue reading IRENA Council Meets as Agency Renews Call for Recovery Built around Energy Transformation
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Renewable Energy Solutions for Climate-Safe Cities
Renewable energy solutions can be the backbone of urban decarbonization efforts, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the International Climate Initiative (IKI) on the Rise of renewables in cities: Energy solutions for the urban future finds. Responsible for over 70% of total energy-related CO2 emissions, cities are increasingly relevant in … Continue reading Renewable Energy Solutions for Climate-Safe Cities
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Transaction with Nordex closed: RWE strengthens its market presence in France
RWE and Nordex SE have successfully completed the process of acquisition of Nordex’ European onshore wind and solar development platform by RWE. This comprises a development pipeline of in total 2.7 Gigawatts (GW) in France, Spain, Sweden and Poland. With the acquisition, RWE strengthens its development platform in France with an overall pipeline of 1.9 … Continue reading Transaction with Nordex closed: RWE strengthens its market presence in France
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Triton Knoll marks project firsts as blades arrive at Seaton Port
Triton Knoll is marking a series of project ‘firsts’ as turbine blades destined to be installed at the 857MW offshore wind farm, arrive at its chosen construction port in Teesside. Able Seaton Port, near Hartlepool, is receiving offshore wind turbine components for the first time in its history, after a combined multi-million pound investment has … Continue reading Triton Knoll marks project firsts as blades arrive at Seaton Port
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Envision commisions wind farm in France
Developed in the Burgundy-Franche-Comte region by Envision Group’s French subsidiary, Velocita Energies, the Entre Tille et Venelle wind farm is thoughtfully integrated into the regional surroundings and will produce 107 GWh of clean electricity each year. This is equivalent to meeting the annual energy needs of 50,000 people. With this wind farm in France, Envision … Continue reading Envision commisions wind farm in France
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DNV GL advisor to CI III Monegros Energy Holdco refinancing twelve wind farms in Spain
DNV GL, the world’s largest resource of independent energy experts and certification body, today announced it has supported CI III Monegros Energy Holdco in refinancing its portfolio of twelve wind farms with a capacity of in total 487.3 MW by providing technical advisory services to a consortium of six lenders. The aim of the due … Continue reading DNV GL advisor to CI III Monegros Energy Holdco refinancing twelve wind farms in Spain
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PowerChina and Ukrainian WindFarm signed a contract on building a $1 billion wind farm in Ukraine
On October 30, the Ukrainian company WindFarm and the Chinese company PowerChina signed a contract on the joint implementation of a project for the construction of an 800 MW wind farm with a capacity of over $1 billion in Manhush and Nikolske districts of Donetsk region, Board Chairman of the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association (UWEA) … Continue reading PowerChina and Ukrainian WindFarm signed a contract on building a $1 billion wind farm in Ukraine
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Mekong Delta provinces build more wind power projects
Numerous wind power projects are being implemented in provinces in the Mekong Delta region. Bac Lieu is one of the pioneering provinces developing coastal wind power. Almost the entire length of the province’s coastline is covered with wind and solar power projects. Contractors are currently carrying out construction on many items at the Hoa Binh 1 power plant site in Dong … Continue reading Mekong Delta provinces build more wind power projects
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Change in ENERCON Top Management
CEO Hans-Dieter Kettwig will retire / Successor named as current ENERCON Managing Director Momme Janssen ENERCON is bidding farewell to its long-standing Managing Director and CEO Hans-Dieter Kettwig, who will now enter retirement. On 1 December 2020, Kettwig will hand over leadership of the company to Mr Momme Janssen, currently a member of the ENERCON … Continue reading Change in ENERCON Top Management
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Iberdrola and Fertiberia place Spain at the forefront of green hydrogen in Europe, with 800 MW
The plan has been created with the same ambition that the government has shown in its Green Hydrogen Roadmap, in response to European recovery funds. The Green hydrogen industry has been boosted with a new alliance between Iberdrola and Fertiberia, which seeks to turn Spain into an industrial leader of a technology that will be … Continue reading Iberdrola and Fertiberia place Spain at the forefront of green hydrogen in Europe, with 800 MW
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