Today we celebrate Global Wind Day. With over 500GW installed worldwide, wind power has become the leading source of new power generation in Europe and in many countries around the world. In 2016 alone $112.5 billion were invested in wind power globally, and the industry now employs 1.2 million people making it one of the … Continue reading Wind power has crossed the 500GW milestone – Global Wind Day 2017
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Wind turbines on Galapagos meet 30 percent of energy needs
World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to meet 70 percent of fast-rising energy needs with renewables. A global renewable energy project on the Galapagos Islands — one of Earth’s most fragile and important ecological treasures — has helped avoid many tanker loads worth of risky … Continue reading Wind turbines on Galapagos meet 30 percent of energy needs
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Major wind energy potential in Finland
WSB Neue Energien Group continues its international expansion. The company founded in 1996 with headquarters in Dresden, is now entering the Northern European wind energy market. As part of this expansion, it established a Finnish subsidiary, VSP Uusiutuva Energia Oy, in Helsinki in early 2016. Widespread consistently good wind conditions, a stable investment environment and … Continue reading Major wind energy potential in Finland
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Wind power in Brazil: Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine obtains BNDES local-content certification
BNDES (the acronym in Portuguese for the National Bank for Economic and Social Development) has certified that Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine, and its 2.1 MW version, comply with the FINAME code, which stipulates a series of local manufacturing requirements for OEMs operating in Brazil, thereby qualifying it for access to the development bank’s lines of … Continue reading Wind power in Brazil: Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine obtains BNDES local-content certification
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DTE planning another wind farm
DTE Energy is looking at sites in Colfax, Oliver and Chandler townships for its newest wind farm. In Oliver Township, planners gave conditional approval this week for what DTE is calling a “project concept.” “We don’t have an official title, because it’s just a concept,” DTE Spokesperson Vanessa Waters told the Tribune via … Continue reading DTE planning another wind farm
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Mortenson Construction to build Slate Creek wind farm in Kansas
Mortenson Construction’s Wind Energy Group announced its selection as EPC contractor to build the Slate Creek Wind Project by long-term partner, EDF Renewable Energy. Located in Geuda Springs, Kansas, the Slate Creek Wind Project will consist of 75 Vestas 2.0 megawatt (MW) wind turbines. The project marks the 26th wind project Mortenson will construct … Continue reading Mortenson Construction to build Slate Creek wind farm in Kansas
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EDF Energies Nouvelles wins a new contract in Quebec for the electricity supply of a 224 MW wind farm
Under the third competitive tender launched by Hydro-Québec Distribution in 2013, EDF Energies Nouvelles was awarded, via its local subsidiary EDF EN Canada, the 224.4 MW Nicolas-Riou wind farm project in Quebec, for which a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) has been signed with the Canadian company. The Nicolas-Riou wind farm project is located … Continue reading EDF Energies Nouvelles wins a new contract in Quebec for the electricity supply of a 224 MW wind farm
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Welspun Renewables to set up 11 GW of solar energy (8,7 GW), wind power (2,3 GW)projects in India
Welspun Renewables has pledged to set up 11 gigawatts of solar power and wind energy projects across the country. “The 11,001 megawatt capacity will be developed as 8,660 MW of solar energy and 2,341 MW of wind power projects,” the company said in a statement here. In line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision … Continue reading Welspun Renewables to set up 11 GW of solar energy (8,7 GW), wind power (2,3 GW)projects in India
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