Dogger Bank Teesside will comprise four wind farms, which could have a total installed capacity of up to 4.8GW which means it would have the potential to generate more than 18 Terawatt hours (TWh) of green power every year. It was decided to submit two separate applications because Forewind has an agreed grid connection location, … Continue reading Two separate applications for Dogger Bank Teesside offshore wind wnergy development
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Enel Green Power Connects Wind Farm in Mexico
Enel Green Power (EGP) has connected the 70 MW Zopiloapan – Bii Nee Stipa III wind farm to the Mexican electric grid. The project, located in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, is the developer’s second wind farm in Mexico. Thanks to the excellent wind conditions in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the new wind farm has … Continue reading Enel Green Power Connects Wind Farm in Mexico
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Plans submitted for 1.2GW Anglia offshore wind farm
Ambitious plans for a new wave of giant offshore wind farms in UK waters have taken another step forward today, with the submission of a planning application for a new 1.2GW development off the coast of Anglia. Joint venture East Anglia Offshore Wind (EAOW), which is backed by Swedish utility Vattenfall and Iberdrola-owned ScottishPower, submitted … Continue reading Plans submitted for 1.2GW Anglia offshore wind farm
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U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Progress Expected To Be Lackluster Through 2016
Offshore wind energy installations are expected to achieve a compound annual growth rate of 44% between 2011 and 2016, with 18 GW of installations expected by the end of that period, according to a new analysis from MAKE Consulting. Much of that growth can be attributed to favorable policy in Europe and China, the firm … Continue reading U.S. Offshore Wind Energy Progress Expected To Be Lackluster Through 2016
Continue readingGovernor McDonnell Applauds Award for Offshore Wind Turbine Technology Demonstration to Virginia Utility
Governor Bob McDonnell applauded the award of an offshore wind technology demonstration grant to a Virginia utility and announced today the beginning of a geological survey of the Virginia Wind Energy Area (WEA), encompassing 112,799 acres 23.5 nautical miles offshore Virginia Beach and the Port of Hampton Roads. Governor Bob McDonnell applauded the award of … Continue reading Governor McDonnell Applauds Award for Offshore Wind Turbine Technology Demonstration to Virginia Utility
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Build a European supergrid for jobs and energy
Europe’s energy infrastructure urgently needs updating. In this interview published in the latest edition of EWEA’s Wind Directions magazine, Ana Aguado, CEO of Friends of the Supergrid, explores how this can be done. What is the supergrid and why do we need it? We define the supergrid as “a pan-European transmission network facilitating the integration … Continue reading Build a European supergrid for jobs and energy
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Wind Energy Sells at World’s Lowest Rate in Brazil Auction
Four energy developers agreed to sell power from 10 proposed wind farms in Brazil at the cheapest rates ever. Enerfin Sociedad de Energia SA, Renova Energia SA (RNEW11), EGP- Serra Azul and Bioenergy Geradora de Energia Ltda. won contracts to sell electricity to distributors for an average price of 87.94 reais ($42.16) a megawatt-hour, Brazil’s … Continue reading Wind Energy Sells at World’s Lowest Rate in Brazil Auction
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France, Morocco Sign Solar Power, Wind Energy Deals
France and Morocco have signed contracts worth 280 million euros, including a partnership to finance a programme to develop solar and wind power. France is also pushing a deal to try and reduce the flight to cheap labour by French employers. The deals were signed as French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault visited Casablanca, trying to … Continue reading France, Morocco Sign Solar Power, Wind Energy Deals
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IFC, Aldwych International, and Six Telecoms to Develop 100 MW Wind Farm in Tanzania
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is partnering with Aldwych and Six Telecoms to develop a 100 MW wind farm in Singida, Tanzania, enhancing power supply reliability, decreasing the need for costly fuel imports, and helping fight climate change. Being developed by project company Wind East Africa, the Singida project seeks to be … Continue reading IFC, Aldwych International, and Six Telecoms to Develop 100 MW Wind Farm in Tanzania
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Celebration of wind energy investment in Southern Ontario
The press has been invited to attend an announcement of multi-million dollar investment in Southern Ontario and contract signature for 105 MW of wind energy on Monday at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto. The invitation states REpower Systems Inc. and wpd Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of wpd Europe, will be officially signing a contract … Continue reading Celebration of wind energy investment in Southern Ontario
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Nordex awarded new wind energy contracts in Turkey
Strong sales of wind power systems in Turkey remain a key to the Nordex Group’s success. Now it has received a contract for the construction the Edincik 30-MW wind farm in a project entailing the delivery and installation of twelve N100/2500 multi-megawatt turbines. “With the ‘Edincik’ project, we have been awarded contracts for a total … Continue reading Nordex awarded new wind energy contracts in Turkey
Continue readingEnel Green Power Brings 2nd Wind Farm in Mexico Online
The renewable energy unit of Italian electric utility Enel has gotten its second wind farm in Mexico up-and-running, a facility developed and built by Spanish turbine maker Gamesa at a cost of some $160 million. Enel Green Power said in a statement Friday that the wind farm, known as Zopiloapan – Bii Nee Stipa III … Continue reading Enel Green Power Brings 2nd Wind Farm in Mexico Online
Continue readingMasdar says all wind turbines built at London wind energy project
The final turbine has been installed at a massive offshore wind farm in the UK, in which Abu Dhabi’s Masdar has a 20 percent stake. London Array announced that the 175th and last turbine at the first 630MW phase of the London Array Offshore Wind Farm has been built, marking the end of major construction … Continue reading Masdar says all wind turbines built at London wind energy project
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Wind Energy Status in Russia and the CIS Countries
The World Wind Energy Association has published a new report about the status of wind power in Russia and all CIS countries. The CIS countries are representing a world region with huge wind potentials, but where so far wind energy plays only a marginal role: The total wind installations have only reached 178 MW, a … Continue reading Wind Energy Status in Russia and the CIS Countries
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Alabama Power begins receiving wind energy from Oklahoma
Alabama Power is now receiving energy from the Oklahoma-based Chisholm View Wind Project as part of a 2011 power purchase agreement. This energy, along with the approval of a similar agreement in September with the Buffalo Dunes Wind Project, positions Alabama Power to be a leading purchaser of wind-generated energy in the Southeast by 2014. … Continue reading Alabama Power begins receiving wind energy from Oklahoma
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European Commission Awards eStorage Consortium €13 Million Grant to Better Integrate Wind Energy Into Electrical Grid
eStorage, a consortium of major European stakeholders from the entire electric power value chain, has been awarded a €13.3 million grant by the European Commission to develop a solution for cost-effective integration of intermittent renewable energy generation, such as wind, into the electrical grid. In addition to Alstom, the consortium leader, eStorage includes Elia, a … Continue reading European Commission Awards eStorage Consortium €13 Million Grant to Better Integrate Wind Energy Into Electrical Grid
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US Wind Energy Trade Group Chief Bode Quits After Four Years
Denise Bode, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association, announced today that she is resigning, effective January 1, to return to private practice as a tax attorney. “There is now a strong, bipartisan team of Congressional champions for the wind industry, and the all-important extension of the Production Tax Credit (PTC),” Bode said. “When … Continue reading US Wind Energy Trade Group Chief Bode Quits After Four Years
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World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
World nuclear electricity-generating capacity has been essentially flat since 2007 and is likely to fall as plants retire faster than new ones are built. In fact, the actual electricity generated at nuclear power plants fell 5 percent between 2006 and 2011. In 2011, following Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 13 nuclear reactors in Japan, Germany, … Continue reading World Nuclear Electricity Generation Down 5 Percent Since 2006
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LA Times has faulty analysis on costs of integrating renewables
A recent LA Times article misunderstands how renewables are integrated onto the electric grid. While the topic is admittedly complicated, this article gets almost everything incorrect. Here is a point-by-point correction of the errors in the LA Times piece along with an overview of recent analysis from the grid operator in California (the California Independent … Continue reading LA Times has faulty analysis on costs of integrating renewables
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Abengoa inaugurates the Castilla–La Mancha Concentrating Solar Power Complex
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B), the international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, inaugurated the Castilla-La Mancha Solar Complex, located in the Ciudad Real municipalities of Arenas de San Juan, Villarta de San Juan and Puerto Lapice. Mª Dolores de Cospedal, President of Castilla-La Mancha, presided over the … Continue reading Abengoa inaugurates the Castilla–La Mancha Concentrating Solar Power Complex
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