Texas leads the U.S. in energy production with a combination of conventional and alternative energy sources. The state also produces the most wind power of any state in the nation, but with a growing population, there is a demand for more resources of renewable energy. A new design of floating offshore turbines that is being … Continue reading Floating Offshore Turbines Can Reduce Wind Energy Cost
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World’s largest offshore wind farm with 175 Siemens wind turbines inaugurated
London Array offshore wind power plant provides enough clean electricity to power 500,000 British households. Today marks the inauguration of the world’s largest offshore wind power plant, London Array. Siemens supplied the 175 wind turbines and the grid connection for London Array. Together with Dong Energy, Siemens will also be responsible for the service of … Continue reading World’s largest offshore wind farm with 175 Siemens wind turbines inaugurated
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VSMC laying cables for German offshore wind farm
VSMC has been contracted by German firm RWE Innogy to lay and bury the infield cables of the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm in Germany. Recently, VSMC also won contracts from E.ON and DONG Energy to install the export cables of two wind farms along the English coast, in partnership with Boskalis Offshore Subsea Contracting. Nordsee … Continue reading VSMC laying cables for German offshore wind farm
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RWE announces all wind turbines installed at Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium
Yesterday, the last wind turbine at the offshore wind farm Thornton Bank was successfully installed. This means that the installation of all 48 wind turbines off the Belgian coast, with a combined capacity of 325 megawatts (MW), is now complete. With the generated electricity the power plant can supply some 600,000 Belgian households every year. … Continue reading RWE announces all wind turbines installed at Thornton Bank wind farm in Belgium
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Genesis Energy gets approval for New Zealand’s largest wind farm
A statement from Genesis Energy said it had no immediate plans to start construction after the country’s Environment Court confirmed resource consents for 286 turbines with a potential total generating capacity of 860 megawatts. Genesis Energy chief executive Albert Brantley said in the statement that sustainable energy options of the scale of the proposed Castle … Continue reading Genesis Energy gets approval for New Zealand’s largest wind farm
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Coastal areas of Sindh, Balochistan suitable for wind energy
The government is keen to commence wind farm projects in the country to meet some percentage of the national energy requirement through renewable energy technologies. According to an official of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB), wind energy is cost effective and can become a substitute to thermal power generation with investments from private sector. According … Continue reading Coastal areas of Sindh, Balochistan suitable for wind energy
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Renewable Energy, Brazil
Brazil is the second largest oil producer in Latin America, but renewable sources account for about 44 percent of domestic energy production and that percentage is set to keep on growing. It has become a renewable energy nation. According to the UN
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Vestas secures ten year service deal in Italy
Vestas has secured 10-year advanced service contract renewals with GDF SUEZ Energia Italia, which heads the Italian-based energy business of the GDF SUEZ Group, for six wind power plants in Italy with a total capacity of 130 MW – comprising 31 units of V90-2.0 MW and 80 units of V52-850 kW wind turbines. The service … Continue reading Vestas secures ten year service deal in Italy
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ETS backloading cautiously welcomed as first step towards reviving carbon market
On their second time around, European MEP’s yesterday voted in favour of ‘backloading’. This means that the number of permits to pollute released under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) will be temporarily reduced by 900 million tonnes of carbon. This will increase the cost of carbon to industry and create an incentive to pollute less. … Continue reading ETS backloading cautiously welcomed as first step towards reviving carbon market
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BrightSource withdraws Rio Mesa Concentrating Solar Power project
BrightSource Energy has finally and definitively withdrawn its concentrated solar power (CSP) Rio Mesa project in a brief note sent to the California Energy Commission (CEC). The 500 MW CSP project, which would have consisted of two concentrated solar power plants each with a capacity of 250MW, was to be located near Blythe in Riverside County, … Continue reading BrightSource withdraws Rio Mesa Concentrating Solar Power project
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Gamesa lands a 10-year contract to service 234 MW for Veronagest in Italy
The company will perform maintenance services on 181 Gamesa wind turbines and will install its Algorithm Improvement Program and its continual improvement program GPA. Gamesa, a global technology leader in the wind power industry, has secured a contract with the IPP Veronagest to provide operation and maintenance (O&M) services on 181 wind turbines with total … Continue reading Gamesa lands a 10-year contract to service 234 MW for Veronagest in Italy
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E.ON, DONG and Masdar inaugurate the world’s largest offshore wind farm
Today the world’s largest offshore wind farm, London Array, was officially inaugurated off the British coast. London Array is a joint project of E.ON, the Danish energy company Dong and Masdar, the infrastructure fund of the Kingdom of Abu Dhabi. Present were Prime Minister David Cameron, Johannes Teyssen, (E.ON), Brent Cheshire, (Dong Energy), Sultan Ahmed … Continue reading E.ON, DONG and Masdar inaugurate the world’s largest offshore wind farm
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Energy and Resources Minister Simon Bridges has welcomed today’s Environment Court decision to grant consents for what could be the largest wind farm project in New Zealand. Genesis Energy’s Castle Hill project allows for 286 turbines, generating up to 860 megawatts of renewable electricity in an area north of Masterton and east of Eketahuna. This … Continue reading NZ
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Doubling down on wind: Ireland greens its grid, looks to export
Colin Cleary, a State Department Foreign Service Officer on sabbatical in Dublin, Ireland, has an informative article in The Globalist, an online magazine, on how Ireland is using wind power to increase domestic electricity production and may be exporting wind-generated electricity to the U.K. as well. In it, he writes in part, “Ireland already … Continue reading Doubling down on wind: Ireland greens its grid, looks to export
Continue readingGlobal wind energy industry to add 241 GW from 2012 to 2017
The global wind power industry is poised to add more than 241 GW of capacity between 2012 and 2017, at an average growth rate of 5.1% annually, according to a report from Navigant Research. However, Navigant says the industry will likely fluctuate and face challenges along the way. The report notes that with the addition … Continue reading Global wind energy industry to add 241 GW from 2012 to 2017
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Vestas gains 93 megawatt South African wind energy order
Vestas consolidates its market leading position in South Africa with a new 93 MW order. Cennergi orders 31 V112-3.0 MW for wind power plant at the Eastern Cape. Vestas is pleased to announce a firm and unconditional order from Cennergi, a joint venture between Exxaro and Tata Energy for the Tsitsikamma community wind farm in … Continue reading Vestas gains 93 megawatt South African wind energy order
Continue readingVestas installs first offshore V112s wind turbines
The first eight V112-3.0 MW offshore wind turbines have been successfully installed on the 48MW offshore wind farm in Kårehamn, Sweden. In addition the turbines were also part of the first shipment of wind turbines from Vestas’ pre-assembly facility in Esbjerg, Denmark. Senior Vice President of Vestas Offshore Uffe Vinther-Schou says installing the first V112-3.0 … Continue reading Vestas installs first offshore V112s wind turbines
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Wind Energy Update: Ways to Lower the Levelised Cost of Energy in Offshore Wind Power
Current wind farm projects have indicated that costs have stabilised at around £140 / €160 per MWh and regulators have put forward a challenge that offshore wind should reach a LCOE of £100 / €120 MWh by 2020, in order to maximise the size of the industry. Opportunities for savings across Offshore Wind finance, technology … Continue reading Wind Energy Update: Ways to Lower the Levelised Cost of Energy in Offshore Wind Power
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Apple to build solar energy plant to power data center
Apple will pay for construction of an 18-megawatt photovoltaic solar energy plant in northern Nevada to provide power for a data center the technology plans east of Reno. The Fort Churchill Solar Array, to be built in Yerington, was included in a filing Monday by NV Energy Inc. with the Public Utilities Commission. Apple announced … Continue reading Apple to build solar energy plant to power data center
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Acciona finishes its second wind farm in Poland, with AW 3000 wind turbines
Krobia I (33MW) wind farm has eleven 3 MW ACCIONA Windpower wind turbines on concrete tower. ACCIONA Energía has grid connected its second wind farm in Poland, totaling 33 megawatts (MW). This takes its overall figure for the country to 71 MW of installed capacity. It consists of eleven 3 MW ACCIONA Windpower wind turbines. … Continue reading Acciona finishes its second wind farm in Poland, with AW 3000 wind turbines
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