Photovoltaics (PV) dominated as the main new source of power generation technology added to grids in dozens of countries ranging from Australia, India, Italy, Namibia, Uruguay and the United States in 2019. With a A record 118 gigawatts built, solar power surpassed all other technologies in terms of new construction and was the most popular … Continue reading Solar and wind power reached 67% of new capacity globally in 2019
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The First Wind Turbine of Goldwind South Africa Excelsior Project Achieves Grid Connection
On August 21, 2020, the first wind turbine of Goldwind Excelsior Wind Farm was successfully connected to the grid. Excelsior Wind Farm is located in Western Cape, the southernmost point of the African continent. With Goldwind as EPC contractor, this project is the second one of Goldwind in Africa and the first in South Africa. … Continue reading The First Wind Turbine of Goldwind South Africa Excelsior Project Achieves Grid Connection
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Wind power in Brazil, BNDES finances R $ 37.5 million for Aeris to build wind turbine blades in Ceará
The National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) approved the financing of R $ 37.5 million for Aeris, a Brazilian company that produces wind blades located in the municipality of Pecém, in Ceará. The funds will be used mainly for the acquisition of industrialized materials of national origin to comply with the blade sale … Continue reading Wind power in Brazil, BNDES finances R $ 37.5 million for Aeris to build wind turbine blades in Ceará
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Wind energy in Morocco, Siemens Gamesa wind turbines for a 301 MW wind farm
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has received a firm order for the supply of wind turbines to the consortium between Nareva and Enel Green Power for the Boujdour wind farm, located in southern Morocco, with a total capacity of 301 MW. The Boujdour wind farm is part of the 850 MW tender in Morocco (Projet Éolien … Continue reading Wind energy in Morocco, Siemens Gamesa wind turbines for a 301 MW wind farm
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ENERCON publishes sustainability report for the first time
The publication of a sustainability report is an elementary milestone in the setting of ENERCON’s reorientation. For decades, it has been ENERCON’s claim to provide innovative and efficient products for a sustainable energy transition. In this way, we have been making a material contribution to sustainability from the very beginning. The Sustainability Report provides customers, … Continue reading ENERCON publishes sustainability report for the first time
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Mainstream Renewable Power will invest US $ 1,000M in solar and wind energy energy in Chile
The investment will be directed to the construction of “Huemul”, the second phase of the renewable energy platform called Andes Renovables, which will contribute 630 MW of sustainable energy to the electricity matrix between 2021 and 2022.Mainstream Renewable Power announced on Tuesday that it will invest a total of US $ 934 million in the … Continue reading Mainstream Renewable Power will invest US $ 1,000M in solar and wind energy energy in Chile
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Enel Green Power begins operating largest solar plant in Texas
Enel Green Power has started operations at the 245 MW second phase of its Roadrunner solar plant in Upton County, Texas. The overall 497 MW project is the largest operational solar farm in Texas and the company’s largest in the United States. “Our engineering and construction team executed on a project of monumental scale in … Continue reading Enel Green Power begins operating largest solar plant in Texas
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Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant
On Friday, the 72nd and final foundation of the Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm was successfully placed in the Baltic Sea. Although working under special circumstances due to Covid19, the installation of the foundations, which started in May, were completed on schedule in a little over three months. Once completed, Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s … Continue reading Kriegers Flak will be Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant
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Siemens Gamesa wins big in Texas, USA with 325-MW onshore wind energy project
The wind power order, with an undisclosed customer, is for two new onshore wind farm projects in Texas that will generate a combined 325 MW of power using 65 SG 5.0-145 wind turbines.Project takes Siemens Gamesa’s total installed wind energy capacity close to 6 GW in Texas, strengthening its position as one of the top … Continue reading Siemens Gamesa wins big in Texas, USA with 325-MW onshore wind energy project
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Rioglass Solar Supplied Mirrors to Chile’s First Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Solar thermal power complements wind energy and photovoltaic, which are not only manageable. The company Cerro Dominador, a Chilean company owned by investment funds managed by EIG Global Energy Partners (EIG), has successfully developed and commenced the commercial operation of the first CSP plant in Latin America. The Spanish consortium Acciona-Abengoa was responsible of for … Continue reading Rioglass Solar Supplied Mirrors to Chile’s First Concentrated Solar Power Plant
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Wind energy in Finland, Nordex has already supplied 1 GW of wind turbines
September marks the ninth anniversary of the Nordex Group’s entry into the Finnish market. In 2011, the Group decided to serve this attractive Nordic market directly with the opening of a branch office in Helsinki. With a recent order for 40 MW of N163/5.X wind turbines – the latest model of the Delta4000 series – … Continue reading Wind energy in Finland, Nordex has already supplied 1 GW of wind turbines
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Clarity and visibility on auctions key to unlock Turkey’s onshore wind energy potential
On August 27, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson joined a panel with IEA CEO Fatih Birol and Turkish Wind Energy Association (TÜREB) President Hakan Y?ld?r?m. They addressed the resilience of the wind industry during the COVID-19 crisis and the positive prospects that wind energy can offer Turkey in the context of the post-COVID-19 recovery. WindEurope CEO … Continue reading Clarity and visibility on auctions key to unlock Turkey’s onshore wind energy potential
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Wind energy in Mozambique: First wind farm to be set up
Work for the construction of the first wind power plant in Mozambique is currently underway in Namaacha district in the southern province of Maputo, the country’s national radio station RM reported on Monday. The private infrastructure, worth about 280 million U.S. dollars, is expected to have the capacity to produce an average of 120 megawatts … Continue reading Wind energy in Mozambique: First wind farm to be set up
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SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to start up the world’s first pilot plant for fossil-free steel
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall are taking a decisive step toward fossil-free steelmaking with the start-up of HYBRIT’s globally unique pilot plant for the production of fossil-free sponge iron. Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven started up the plant together with Isabella Lövin, Minister for Environment and Climate and Deputy Prime Minister, Martin Lindqvist, President and CEO … Continue reading SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall to start up the world’s first pilot plant for fossil-free steel
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Nordex begins installation of wind turbines at its largest wind power plant in Sweden
On 28 August 2020, the Nordex Group installed the first of 114 wind turbines for the Nysäter wind farm in Sweden after completion of the necessary infrastructure work. At the end of 2018, the Group received a contract for the turnkey construction of 104 N149/4.0-4.5 wind turbines and 10 N131/3900 turbines from RWE Renewables, consisting … Continue reading Nordex begins installation of wind turbines at its largest wind power plant in Sweden
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Ventient Energy wants to buy the Portuguese wind power Iberwind
Ventient Energy is Europe’s second largest independent power producer of onshore wind power. The purchase of Iberwind, formerly Magnum, will add an experienced team, 31 wind farms, more than 320 wind turbines, 726 MW of installed capacity and future growth opportunities to Ventient’s portfolio. The agreement reached with the owners of Iberwind, CK Infrastructure Holdings … Continue reading Ventient Energy wants to buy the Portuguese wind power Iberwind
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Egypt, Denmark ink agreement on green transformation, renewable energy
Egypt’s ministries of international cooperation and electricity have inked the Egyptian-Danish Energy Partnership Program (2019-2022) agreement with the Energy Agency of the Danish Ministry of Climate, Energy and Utilities to push forward Egypt’s green transformation and invest in renewable energy. The agreement was signed by Minister of International Cooperation Rania Al-Mashat and Minister of Electricity … Continue reading Egypt, Denmark ink agreement on green transformation, renewable energy
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Equinor completes world’s first logistics operation with a drone to an offshore wind power installation
The flight spanning around 80 kilometres to the Troll field took about one hour, at an altitude of approx. 5000 feet. The flight was a test, the world’s first of its kind, where an actual freight operation was conducted over a lengthy distance to an operating offshore installation. The drone was a Camcopter s-100 model, … Continue reading Equinor completes world’s first logistics operation with a drone to an offshore wind power installation
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Floating wind energy certification
The next phase of the energy transition requires the committed implementation of new technologies such as floating wind turbines in offshore wind farms.Floating offshore wind is opening up new possibilities for wind power locations and will play a critical role in the transition to a cleaner energy supply, contributing significantly to an increase in offshore … Continue reading Floating wind energy certification
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Institutional Capital: Closing the Energy Transformation Investment Gap
The energy transformation is unstoppable. Renewable energy capacity additions have consistently outpaced the growth of traditional forms of energy over much of the last decade and in what has been dubbed the ‘decade of action’ the next 10 years are poised to be even more transformational. They will need to be. To put the world … Continue reading Institutional Capital: Closing the Energy Transformation Investment Gap
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