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More wind power ahead as Arab world looks to diversify its energy mix

Solar power isn’t the only form of renewable energy taking off in the Middle East. More wind projects are being tendered as the region looks to diversify its energy mix, according to Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer. “Everyone thinks about solar photovoltaic (PV) in the Middle East,” said Rainer Karan, Mediterranean East general … Continue reading More wind power ahead as Arab world looks to diversify its energy mix

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Wind energy and solar power produce three times more energy than IEA admits

The IEA energy statistics underestimates the role of wind and solar in the world’s energy mix. The counting method must be changed to help policymakers and investors to understand how near the world is to a transition to an energy supply dominated by solar and wind power. Wind and solar energy have for decades experienced … Continue reading Wind energy and solar power produce three times more energy than IEA admits

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Saudi Arabia pre-qualifies 25 bidders for 400 MW wind power project

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources’ Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) has pre-qualified 25 bidders for the Request for Proposals (RFP) stage for its 400 MW wind power project in Dumat Al Jandal in the Kingdom’s Al Jouf region, it said on Tuesday.   The qualified companies will proceed to the … Continue reading Saudi Arabia pre-qualifies 25 bidders for 400 MW wind power project

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Global Training Provider HTL Group continue to serve the wind energy industry with new GWO BTT Standard

The GWO Basic Technical Training Standard has been developed in response to the demand for basic technical training in the wind industry. Global Training Provider HTL Group, whom currently serve the industry with a portfolio of Wind Energy tailored courses, saw the GWO BTT Standard as a necessary and fitting addition to the range of … Continue reading Global Training Provider HTL Group continue to serve the wind energy industry with new GWO BTT Standard

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India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Addition Down 28% Year-On-Year For Q2 2017

India witnessed a poor show in the first quarter of current financial year in the renewable energy sector, as if it were an indicator to what lies in the remaining quarters. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy reported that 1,059 megawatts of renewable energy capacity was added during the April-June 2017 quarter, down 28% … Continue reading India’s Renewable Energy Capacity Addition Down 28% Year-On-Year For Q2 2017

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GE to Install Advanced Wind Turbines for 150 MW Wind Power Project in Pakistan

GE recently signed an agreement with Tricon Boston Consulting Private Limited (TBCPL), a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) set up by Sapphire Textile Mills Limited, for the provision and installation of the largest 150 MW wind project in Jhimpir, Pakistan. Under this agreement, GE will provide 87 GE 1.7-103 wind turbines to the engineering, procurement and … Continue reading GE to Install Advanced Wind Turbines for 150 MW Wind Power Project in Pakistan

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Apple’s next US data center will run on 100% renewable energy

Apple announced plans to build a 400,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art data center in Waukee, Iowa, to better serve North American users of iMessage, Siri, the App Store and other Apple services. Like all Apple data centers, the new facility will run entirely on renewable energy from day one. Apple’s investment of $1.3 billion will create over 550 … Continue reading Apple’s next US data center will run on 100% renewable energy

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Offshore wind power proposed to meet energy demand in India

Offshore wind — plentiful along the coast of southern India — can be a potential source to meet the increasing energy demand in this region, scientists at the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) in Chennai report.   After reviewing various wind resource maps along the 3,100-km coastline of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and … Continue reading Offshore wind power proposed to meet energy demand in India

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Norwegian island runs on wind energy

Utsira, situated off Norway’s south-west coast, is home to what is said to be the world’s first full-scale system for cleanly transforming surplus wind power into hydrogen. Perched atop a 40-metre-high wind turbine on a perfectly windstill day, technician Inge Linghammer explains that at times like this or on days when the gales whipping the … Continue reading Norwegian island runs on wind energy

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Policy Shift Puts 3 Gigawatts Of Wind Energy Capacity In India For Sale

As India moves towards competitive auctions and away from incentives, companies that do not engage in renewable energy generation as their core business are now looking to offload these assets. According to recent media reports, around 3,000 megawatts of wind energy capacity is up for sale in India as the central government has either reduced … Continue reading Policy Shift Puts 3 Gigawatts Of Wind Energy Capacity In India For Sale

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Wind power costs: another 50 percent reduction possible by 2030

Fresh off the first-ever American Wind Week, the Department of Energy (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released a new report finding wind energy cost reductions of 50 percent are possible by 2030. That’s on top of the 66 percent cost reduction since 2009. Envisioning the wind plant of the near-future – a ‘collection of … Continue reading Wind power costs: another 50 percent reduction possible by 2030

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Starwood Energy Group closes sale of minority interest in two Texas wind farms

Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC, a leading private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure, announced that it has sold 49% of its interests in the Horse Creek and Electra wind farms to Munich Re Group, advised by its group-internal asset manager MEAG. Horse Creek and Electra, located in Haskell and Wilbarger Counties, Texas, are identical … Continue reading Starwood Energy Group closes sale of minority interest in two Texas wind farms

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How 139 Countries Could Be Powered By 100 Percent Wind Power, Water, And Solar Energy

The latest roadmap to a 100% renewable energy future from Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson and 26 colleagues is the most specific global vision yet, outlining infrastructure changes that 139 countries can make to be entirely powered by wind, water, and sunlight by 2050 after electrification of all energy sectors. Such a transition could mean less … Continue reading How 139 Countries Could Be Powered By 100 Percent Wind Power, Water, And Solar Energy

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Global Renewable Energy Solutions Showcase obtains status as “COP23 Endorsed Event”

Several leading global, European and national renewables energy associations have teamed up to co-host the Global Renewable Energy Solutions Showcase event (GRESS) in Bonn on 7-8 November 2017, in parallel and in conjunction with the UN Climate Change Conference COP23. Recently, GRESS has obtained the official endorsement by the COP23 Presidency, the Government of Fiji, … Continue reading Global Renewable Energy Solutions Showcase obtains status as “COP23 Endorsed Event”

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Worldwide 100% renewable energy possible by 2050

Stanford’s Mark Z. Jacobson, who led a 2015 effort to create a state-by-state plan for a US transition to 100% renewable energy, has published similar research on a much larger scale, examining scenarios in which 139 countries could be powered purely by wind, water and solar (WWS) by the year 2050. In scope and scale, … Continue reading Worldwide 100% renewable energy possible by 2050

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American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) statement on the DOE grid study

The following is a statement from Tom Kiernan, CEO of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Staff Report on Electricity Markets and Reliability: “We received the U.S. Department of Energy’s grid study and reviewed its key findings and recommendations. The wind industry appreciated the opportunity to contribute analysis … Continue reading American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) statement on the DOE grid study

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Engie to build Mongolia’s wind farm

ENGIE will build and operate the Sainshand wind farm in Mongolia, its first renewable project in the country, located in the Gobi desert. This project, which is the third privately financed farm in Mongolia, will support the government’s objective to evolve towards a greener economy and a better environment. A USD 120 million project financing … Continue reading Engie to build Mongolia’s wind farm

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Construction begins on the Arkona offshore wind energy project in the Baltic Sea

Construction work on the Arkona wind project in the German Baltic Sea has begun. E.ON reports that the first foundations have been successfully laid in the seabed. A total of 60 so-called monopiles will be installed for the Arkona wind park before the transition pieces, towers and turbines are mounted on them. The foundation for … Continue reading Construction begins on the Arkona offshore wind energy project in the Baltic Sea

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Third wind farm with 5 wind turbines operational on Curaçao

New wind farm Tera Kora II, which Aspiravi International NV has constructed together with NuCapital Incorporated on the island of Curaçao, is fully operational and produces green energy for 20,900 families. This new wind farm with 5 wind turbines has an installed capacity of 17.25 MW and is an extension of the existing wind farms … Continue reading Third wind farm with 5 wind turbines operational on Curaçao

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China’s Qinghai Province could become the first region in China to run entirely on clean energy by 2050

By 2050, the installed capacity of green energy in Qinghai could reach 400 million kilowatts, and its annual electricity generation could surpass 800 billion kilowatt hours, said Lu Qiang, academician with Chinese Academy of Sciences, at a high-profile green energy forum in Qinghai. “By then, it could completely remove reliance on fossil energy and run … Continue reading China’s Qinghai Province could become the first region in China to run entirely on clean energy by 2050

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