The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) announced conference chairs for CLEANPOWER 2020 (CP 2020), the new pan-renewable conference and exhibition hub for the U.S. energy industry launching next year. Chris Brown, President of Vestas’ sales and service division in the U.S. and Canada, and Teresa Mogensen, Senior Vice President of Energy Supply at Xcel Energy, … Continue reading CLEANPOWER 2020 conference chairs announced
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Expansion of onshore wind energy is a “no regrets” option for Norway
On 16 September WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke about the future of Norwegian wind energy as part of the Havvindkonferansen 2019 offshore wind conference in Oslo. The “no regrets” option for Norway, he said, is the further expansion of onshore wind. And for now, this is what’s happening. “Norway will more than double its onshore … Continue reading Expansion of onshore wind energy is a “no regrets” option for Norway
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Wind energy is one of the industries identified by the Spanish Government as strategic
The wind power sector is one of the industrial sectors identified by the Government as strategic to boost the growth of the industrial sector, improve its competitiveness and generate sustainable growth The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE), together with the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, have developed the Sectorial Agenda of the Wind Industry, … Continue reading Wind energy is one of the industries identified by the Spanish Government as strategic
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Europe’s progress on renewable energy depends on getting National Energy & Climate Plans right
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson highlighted the importance of the 2030 National Energy & Climate Plans at a Florence School of Regulation event on 12 September on the energy priorities for the next European Commission. Dickson said that Europe’s progress on renewable energy deployment over the next decade will be determined by the National Energy and … Continue reading Europe’s progress on renewable energy depends on getting National Energy & Climate Plans right
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Pan-renewable leaders announced as Clean Energy Executive Summit program chairs
AWEA is pleased to announce our 2019 conference program chairs for the Clean Energy Executive Summit: Tristan Grimbert, President & Chief Executive Officer of EDF Renewables and Tom Starrs, Vice President for Market Strategy and Policy at SunPower Corporation. Tristan leads EDF Renewables’ activities throughout North America overseeing three primary business lines: Grid-Scale Power, Asset … Continue reading Pan-renewable leaders announced as Clean Energy Executive Summit program chairs
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Chile’s ambitious goals to lead renewable energy
The objective is that by 2050, 70% of the energy consumed in Chile is from sources such as solar thermal, photovoltaic or wind energy, which adds to the announcement of the decarbonization plan. Chile is inspiring the world with a significant expansion of solar energy, faster than any other country on the planet. (The State … Continue reading Chile’s ambitious goals to lead renewable energy
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AWEA’s Amy Farrell gives remarks at final Politico Reinventing American Energy event
his week Politico and AWEA partnered to hold the third and final installment in our Reinventing American Energy series. While the first two panels focused on transmission and electrification, the capstone session examined clean energy’s future in Congress. You can view the full panel event below: Amy Farrell, AWEA’s Senior Vice President for Government and … Continue reading AWEA’s Amy Farrell gives remarks at final Politico Reinventing American Energy event
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Expectation for Round 4 of Renew in Argentina
During his presentation in Argentina Wind Power held in Buenos Aires, the Undersecretary of Renewable Energies, Sebastián Kind, assured that in order to achieve that 20% of the energy matrix required by law 27,191 will have to launch round 4. The second edition of Argentina Wind Power is organized by the Global Wind Energy Council … Continue reading Expectation for Round 4 of Renew in Argentina
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IRENA Takes Call for Energy Transition Action to the World Energy Congress
Renewable energy is driving a shift in the way the world generates, distributes and consumes energy — powering economic growth, enhancing energy security and combating climate change. It also brings widespread socioeconomic benefits including millions of skilled jobs and boosts domestic industrial capacities, globally and in the GCC region. These are central message the International … Continue reading IRENA Takes Call for Energy Transition Action to the World Energy Congress
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Solving wind farms’ ‘end of life’ challenges key to meeting renewables targets
More than 170 delegates from more than 100 organisations, European institutions and national governments gathered in the old Irish College in Leuven, Belgium for the first seminar dedicated to lifetime extension, repowering and decommissioning of wind assets. A significant share of Europe’s wind turbine fleet will come to the end of its operational life within … Continue reading Solving wind farms’ ‘end of life’ challenges key to meeting renewables targets
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Falling costs for wind energy and solar power make more projects possible
Investment in new renewable energy is on course to total $2.6 trillion in the years from 2010 through the end of 2019, according to a study by BloombergNEF for the United Nations Environment Program and Frankfurt School’s UNEP Center published Thursday. The boom in the capacity to generate electricity from low-carbon sources gives credibility to … Continue reading Falling costs for wind energy and solar power make more projects possible
Continue readingBoosting wind energy in the world, with another 330 GW
The global wind power sector will install 330 GW of new power in the next 5 years. The global wind farm will grow over the next five years (2019-2023) 330 GW, as announced by the Global Energy Council (GWEC) in its GWEC’s Market Outlook report. The total global capacity that wind power will reach by … Continue reading Boosting wind energy in the world, with another 330 GW
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WindEurope’s 5 priorities for the incoming European Commission
European citizens have succeeded in putting climate change onto the political agenda in a way never seen before. As Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission takes shape, it will be looking to deliver an ambitious climate strategy that works for all Europeans. Here’s how they can do it. First, they should focus on both ambition … Continue reading WindEurope’s 5 priorities for the incoming European Commission
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German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with wind energy auctions
Within the scope of a 2.5-year study, the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) and the Renewable Energy Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (LEE NRW) investigated the effects of switching from fixed feed-in tariffs to auctions on the community wind sector, that is wind energy, which is owned and controlled locally by local groups. In addition to … Continue reading German Government clearly misses all three self-imposed goals associated with wind energy auctions
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330 GW of wind energy will be installed from 2019 to 2023
GWEC Market Intelligence releases the updated market outlook concluding that an additional 330GW of wind energy capacity will be installed from 2019 to 2023, an increase of 9GW from its market outlook published in Q1 2019. Main markets driving this volume increase are the US and Chinese onshore markets, which will both experience an installation … Continue reading 330 GW of wind energy will be installed from 2019 to 2023
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Recognizing sustainability at WINDPOWER 2019
The American Wind Energy Association is pleased to recognize the Nordex Group as our 2019 WINDPOWER Leader in Sustainability! The Nordex Group was one of 24 exhibitors that participated in the WINDPOWER Green Team, making them eligible for this award. Because of Nordex’s tactical partnership with its booth builder to reconfigure and reuse both the … Continue reading Recognizing sustainability at WINDPOWER 2019
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Request to connect 30,556 MW of wind power in Spain
The National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) provides for the year 2030 an installed capacity in the electricity sector of 157,000 MW, of which about 50,000 MW will be wind energy, 37,000 photovoltaic and 7,303 concentrated solar power. Red Eléctrica de España (REE) is processing applications for renewable projects for more than 142,000 megawatts … Continue reading Request to connect 30,556 MW of wind power in Spain
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Wrapping up #AmericanWindWeek 2019
That’s a wrap! The third annual #AmericanWindWeek is in the books, and it was another smashing success! From Minnesota to Texas and Washington to Rhode Island, communities celebrated the ways wind powers opportunity. Some big takeaways: There were 41 #AmericanWindWeek events across 21 states. Over 175 federal, state and local elected officials participated in #AmericanWindWeek … Continue reading Wrapping up #AmericanWindWeek 2019
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Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm to boost Danish wind power production by 12%
The Danish Crown Prince, Prime Minister and Climate, Energy & Utilities Minister today inaugurated the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. Horns Rev is in the North Sea, 25-40 km off the west coast of Jutland. Vattenfall is the developer, operator and owner. The 407 MW wind farm – Denmark’s largest – will boost Danish … Continue reading Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm to boost Danish wind power production by 12%
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Response to power outage in the UK
A preliminary investigation by UK Transmission System Operator National Grid to UK energy regulator Ofgem into the recent UK power outage has suggested that it resulted from a lightning strike. The frequency – which is supposed to remain at 50Hz – fell to below 49Hz in a matter of seconds after the “near simultaneous” shutdown … Continue reading Response to power outage in the UK
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