Iberdrola Renewables today announced the filing of a potential 25-year contract to supply Vermont’s largest utility, Green Mountain Power (GMP), with wind energy from the permitted Deerfield Wind Farm. GMP would purchase 30 megawatts (MW) from the wind farm, under the contract submitted today to the Vermont Public Service Board for review. The … Continue reading Iberdrola Renewables Files Potential Wind Power Agreement with Green Mountain Power
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Van Oord installs Gemini wind power project’s first monopile
Van Oord’s offshore installation vessel Aeolus has successfully installed Gemini wind power project’s first monopile. The offshore wind project, one of the largest in the world, will consist of 150 monopiles. The project is expected to be fully operational by 2017 generating clean and renewable energy for 1.5 million people in the Netherlands. Gemini is … Continue reading Van Oord installs Gemini wind power project’s first monopile
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Pattern Development completes C$393 million financing of 180 MW Meikle wind farm in British Columbia
Pattern Energy Group LP (“Pattern Development”) today announced the completion of C$393 million in financing of its 180 megawatt (MW) Meikle Wind power project located in British Columbia, approximately 33 km north of Tumbler Ridge. Meikle Wind, which is expected to commence commercial operation in late 2016, is the largest wind power project in British … Continue reading Pattern Development completes C$393 million financing of 180 MW Meikle wind farm in British Columbia
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China plans to double global capacity of wind power, solar power
Government analysis of recent UN climate pledge says renewable deployment could be radically accelerated by 2030. More than half of power capacity installed in 2014 was renewable. China will be installing clean energy capacity equivalent to the UK’s national grid every year between 2020 and 2030, according to its National Centre for Climate Change Strategy. … Continue reading China plans to double global capacity of wind power, solar power
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India’s $100 billion push into solar energy
India’s $100 billion push into solar energy over the next decade will be driven by foreign players as uncompetitive local manufacturers fall by the wayside, no longer protected by government restrictions on the sector. The money pouring into India’s solar industry is likely to be soaked up by foreign-organized projects such as one run … Continue reading India’s $100 billion push into solar energy
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Senvion reports revenue growth
Senvion generated total revenues of EUR 1,926 million in the FY2014/15 (1/4/2014 – 31/3/2015), 6.6% growth versus the previous year. Total performance increased from EUR 1,845 million in FY2013/14 to EUR 1,999 million in FY2014/15, an 8.3% increase year on year. Adjusted EBITDA for FY2014/15 was EUR 155 million, an increase of 6.2% from the … Continue reading Senvion reports revenue growth
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Renewable Energy can unlock socio-economic benefits for Islands
Developing the vast renewable energy resources of Fiji, the Marshall Islands and Vanuatu would provide substantial socio-economic benefits for their citizens, according to three reports released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewables Readiness Assessments for the three island nations find that a combination of solar, wind, geothermal, marine, biomass and biofuel could … Continue reading Renewable Energy can unlock socio-economic benefits for Islands
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Gamesa and SunEdison sign a MoU for the development of wind energy projects
Gamesa would supply the wind turbines and operate and maintain the facilities under long-term agreements. It may also provide EPC services for the co-developed projects. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, and SunEdison, the world’s largest renewable energy development company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the aim of co-developing … Continue reading Gamesa and SunEdison sign a MoU for the development of wind energy projects
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China’s wind power capacity trebling to 347 GW by 2025
China’s wind power capacity is projected to treble to 347.2 GW by 2025 from 115.6 GW in 2014, an increase that seems rather unimpressive when compared with the nearly twenty-fold jump since 2007. Harshavardhan Reddy Nagatham, GlobalData’s analyst covering renewable energy, explains this slowdown “with the inability of China’s underdeveloped electrical grid to accommodate … Continue reading China’s wind power capacity trebling to 347 GW by 2025
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Alstom wins Brazilian wind power connection deal
Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth around €100m ($110m) to integrate wind farms into Brazil’s transmission grid. The wind farms are located at the southernmost tip of Brazil at Rio Grande do Sul State. The contract has been awarded by from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas and the project is due for commercial operation … Continue reading Alstom wins Brazilian wind power connection deal
Continue readingSenvion reshuffles staff
The Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion is strengthening its management team in order to further build on the strong performance of the 2014/15 fiscal year. Senvion has appointed Manav Sharma as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Manav Sharma has been at Senvion for more than four years and has headed its Finance department since October 2013. … Continue reading Senvion reshuffles staff
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Construction begins on 185 MW wind farm in Maine
Construction has begun on a wind farm in Bingham that is anticipated to be the state’s largest wind energy project. SunEdison, Inc. (NYSE: SUNE), the world’s largest renewable energy company, today announced that is has secured financing for and started construction on the Bingham Wind project in Maine. The 185-megawatt (MW) wind project is expected … Continue reading Construction begins on 185 MW wind farm in Maine
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Offshore wind farm Westermost Rough officially inaugurated with Siemens wind turbines
The offshore wind power plant Westermost Rough was officially inaugurated. Consisting of 35 Siemens wind turbines, each with a capacity of 6 megawatts and a rotor diameter of 154 meters, this project is the first to use these wind turbines on a large scale in a commercial project. Owner is a joint venture between DONG … Continue reading Offshore wind farm Westermost Rough officially inaugurated with Siemens wind turbines
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Siemens to open plant to turn electricity from wind energy into hydrogen
Siemens will on Thursday start an energy project to convert wind power into hydrogen for re-use as a general fuel or in natural gas pipelines. Siemens’ electrolysis plant in Mainz is based on Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) technology, which allows the capture and storage of electricity into hydrogen. It said the plant can process … Continue reading Siemens to open plant to turn electricity from wind energy into hydrogen
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Annual Direct Current Distribution Network Implementation Revenue Expected to Reach $5.1 Billion in 2024
A new report from Navigant Research examines the opportunity for direct current (DC) distribution networks in four key markets segments, including off and bad grid telecommunications, data centers, commercial building grids, and off-grid military applications, with global market forecasts for capacity and implementation revenue through 2024. While large, centralized power plants are expected to … Continue reading Annual Direct Current Distribution Network Implementation Revenue Expected to Reach $5.1 Billion in 2024
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Sandia lab starts testing of better storage tech for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
Testing heats up at Sandia’s Concentrated Solar Power Tower with high temperature falling particle receiver. Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories are working to lower the cost of solar energy systems and improve efficiencies in a big way, thanks to a system of small particles. This month, engineers lifted Sandia’s continuously recirculating falling particle receiver to … Continue reading Sandia lab starts testing of better storage tech for Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)
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Wind energy: Suzlon has already installed 10,000 wind turbines
The Suzlon Group on Wednesday said it has installed its 10,000th wind turbine generator during the first half of 2015. “Suzlon Group… announced a significant milestone achievement of installing its 10,000th WTG (wind turbine generator) during the first half of 2015,” the company said in a release. “Suzlon has come a long way since its … Continue reading Wind energy: Suzlon has already installed 10,000 wind turbines
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Jordan signs 13 deals to build solar power and wind energy plants
The government announced Tuesday that it signed 13 agreements to build several wind energy and solar power plants with a total capacity of 317 megawatts. The projects, expected to be operational in 2018, will boost the country’s reliance on renewable energy, Energy Minister Ibrahim Saif said in a statement sent to The Jordan Times. … Continue reading Jordan signs 13 deals to build solar power and wind energy plants
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Europe’s largest solar energy plant be connected with Nexans’ photovoltaic cables
Europe’s largest solar farm will be connected with Nexans’ Energyflex photovoltaic cables after Eiffage Energie awarded Nexans the contract to supply 90 percent of the cables for the Cestas solar farm in France. As part of the contract, Nexans will manufacture and supply approximately 5,000 kilometres of medium and low voltage, photovoltaic cables (PV) and … Continue reading Europe’s largest solar energy plant be connected with Nexans’ photovoltaic cables
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Alterra Power and Starwood Energy secure loan facility for the Shannon Wind Energy Project
Alterra Power Corp. and Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC are pleased to announce the completion of a $287 million construction loan facility (all amounts USD) for the 204 MW Shannon wind energy project. The facility was supplied by affiliates of Citi, Santander Bank, N.A. and the Royal Bank of Canada, and consists of a $212 … Continue reading Alterra Power and Starwood Energy secure loan facility for the Shannon Wind Energy Project
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