Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has achieved a new product strategy milestone by having its G97-2.0 MW turbine, equipped with an infused glass fibre blade, obtain the first class A type certificate issued by independent certification body DNV GL under its GL2010 guideline. The GL2010 guideline is based on highest quality and … Continue reading Gamesa’s G97-2.0 MW wind turbines awarded first type certificate under DNV GL’s wind power guideline GL2010
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Acciona Windpower extends its AW3000 wind turbines for low wind farm sites
Acciona Windpower, a subsidiary of the ACCIONA group that designs, manufactures and commercializes wind turbines, launched a new 132 meter rotor option today for its successful AW3000 wind turbine. With the launch of the AW132/3000 for IEC Class IIIb wind conditions, which includes the largest rotor designed by the company so far, ACCIONA Windpower can … Continue reading Acciona Windpower extends its AW3000 wind turbines for low wind farm sites
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Renewable energy can supply 100% of world’s power by 2050
A global low-carbon energy economy is not only feasible – it could actually double electricity supply by 2050, while also reducing air and water pollution, according to new research. “Our analysis indicates that the large-scale implementation of wind, [solar] PV, and CSP [Concentrated Solar Power] has the potential to reduce pollution-related environmental impacts of … Continue reading Renewable energy can supply 100% of world’s power by 2050
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Onshore wind energy cheaper than coal, nuclear and gas
Producing onshore wind energy is cheaper than coal, nuclear and gas, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has claimed. Based on EWEA’s analysis of the data in the report, onshore wind has an approximate cost of EUR 105 per megawatt hour (MWh) which is cheaper than gas (up to EUR 164), nuclear (EUR 133) … Continue reading Onshore wind energy cheaper than coal, nuclear and gas
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New JV to set up 350 MW wind farm projects in UK
Britain’s leading green energy company Ecotricity and global construction and development firm Skanska are forming a joint venture called Skylark to build 350 megawatt capacity wind farm projects in the country. The 50-50 joint venture will aim to put 350MW of new green energy projects into the planning system in the first 5 years … Continue reading New JV to set up 350 MW wind farm projects in UK
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EDF EN Canada completes La Mitis wind power project in Quebec
EDF EN Canada, aunit of of EDF Energies Nouvelles, has completed the La Mitis wind power project in Quebec. The wind farm, which features 12 Senvion turbines, is situated in the unorganized territory Lac-à-la-Croix in the MRC de La Mitis, administrative region of the Bas-St-Laurent. Community partner Energie Renouvelable de la Mitis holds 30% … Continue reading EDF EN Canada completes La Mitis wind power project in Quebec
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ZTE Signs an Agreement with Enel to Focus on Sustainability
ZTE Corporation (“ZTE”) (H share stock code 0763.HK/A share stock code: 000063.SZ), a publicly-listed global provider of telecommunications equipment, network solutions and mobile devices, has signed an agreement with Enel, Italy’s largest power company and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity, for the development and deployment of innovative power generation technologies with a focus … Continue reading ZTE Signs an Agreement with Enel to Focus on Sustainability
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Japan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
A huge amount of electricity supply was lost in Japan when the nuclear power plant at Fukushima was disabled by the devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011, and compensating for such a loss has required original thinking. An ingenious solution that is being pursued is to build a network of power-generating systems relying on a … Continue reading Japan eyes wind energy: Fukushima Floating Offshore Wind Farm Demonstration Project
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Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
Eletrosul Centrais Eletricas SA, a Brazilian state-run power company, arranged 81.4 million reais ($34 million) in loans to expand its renewable energy generation and transmission operations. The company will borrow 11.3 million reais from the country’s research-financing agency Finep to develop wind energy and solar power projects. It’s borrowing an additional 70.1 million reais … Continue reading Eletrosul to Borrow $34 Million for Brazil Wind Energy and Solar Power
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SKF to invest in Brazil’s wind energy
Investment enables the SKF Group to capitalize on the fast growing wind energy market in Brazil. SKF (STO:SKFB) (STO:SKFA) (LSE:SKFB) (Pink Sheets:SKFRY) today announces that it is investing around SEK 220 million in a new factory at its existing SKF Campus in Cajamar, Brazil.The 6,600 m2 facility, which will employ up to 150 people, will … Continue reading SKF to invest in Brazil’s wind energy
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Renewable energy for Sub-Saharan Africa
Enel Green Power at Italy-Africa: Working Together for a Sustainable Energy Future, a conference being held in Rome promoted by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs together with the Africa-EU energy partnership. Italy is helping to put the spotlight on Sub-Saharan Africa thanks to the Italy-Africa initiative, through which the Italian Ministry of Foreign … Continue reading Renewable energy for Sub-Saharan Africa
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Wind energy is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds
Onshore wind energy is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of ‘external’ factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account, according to an EU analysis. The report says that for every megawatt hour (MW/h) of electricity generated, onshore wind power costs roughly €105 (£83) per MW/h, … Continue reading Wind energy is cheapest energy, EU analysis finds
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Alstom and DCNS get together to found a sector of excellence in the floating wind energy
Alstom Renewable Power Chairman Jérôme Pécresse and DCNS Marine Energy and Infrastructures Division Director Thierry Kalanquin were on hand today as both groups signed a partnership agreement in the floating wind energy business. The agreement aims at developing and then commercialising an integrated system for a semi-submersible floating wind turbine delivering 6 MW. The groups … Continue reading Alstom and DCNS get together to found a sector of excellence in the floating wind energy
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A 50% share of variable renewables can save up to 6% on system costs
The REserviceS project – led by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and involving other stakeholders from across the electricity system and academia – also found that creating markets to trade grid support services (GSS) can provide revenue streams for generators, in addition to energy-only markets. Wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy is capable of … Continue reading A 50% share of variable renewables can save up to 6% on system costs
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Oman Plans $200m Wind Energy Project
The wind farm at Harweel will have a capacity of 50 megawatts, and is expected to begin operating early in 2017. Oman plans to build its first major wind farm at a cost of $125 million to generate electricity in its southern governorate of Dhofar, as part of efforts to limit the use of … Continue reading Oman Plans $200m Wind Energy Project
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Michigan has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation
Wind power: Michigan ranks 16th among U.S. states with 1,163 megawatts of installed wind power, enough to power more than 300,000 average Michigan homes. The state has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation — more than 1.6 times the state’s current energy needs. That capacity is the 18th best wind … Continue reading Michigan has the potential for more than 59,000 megawatts of wind energy generation
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Colorado wind power’s triumphs and challenges
Wind energy in Colorado has picked up some bragging rights in recent years, several times delivering more than half of electricity on Xcel Energy’s power grid while arguably rivaling coal mining in job totals. There are altogether 3,800 megawatts of generating capacity. Will this success, like the winds that often scour the eastern plains, die … Continue reading Colorado wind power’s triumphs and challenges
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Wind Energy Expansion in Iowa
Over the years, wind turbines have slowly become part of that trademark Iowa landscape, and Friday, Governor Terry Branstad announced we’ll be seeing a lot more of them. $280 million’s worth of them, to be exact. MidAmerican Energy is set to develop one new wind farm site in Adams County and expand a second site … Continue reading Wind Energy Expansion in Iowa
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New wind farm coming to eastern New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico is set to be the home of a new wind farm. The Hobbs News-Sun reports (http://goo.gl/SlzlmP) the Anderson Wind Farm is under construction in Lea County — in the heart of the state’s oil and gas country — and could start generating power by December. Officials say the facility featuring nearly … Continue reading New wind farm coming to eastern New Mexico
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Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurates wind power plant built by Colombia’s EPM with Vestas’ wind turbines
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet was on hand for the inauguration of the Los Cururos wind farm, which marks Colombian electric utility EPM’s first investment in that southern South American country. Empresas Públicas de Medellín, owned by the municipality of Medellin, invested nearly $200 million in the wind energy project, which is located in the … Continue reading Chilean president Michelle Bachelet inaugurates wind power plant built by Colombia’s EPM with Vestas’ wind turbines
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