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Category: Wind

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  • Wind

Europe adds 14.7 GW wind capacity in 2020, led by Netherlands

Some 14.7 GW of wind power capacity were installed in Europe last year, down 6% on 2019 and 19% below forecast, sector association WindEurope said Feb. 25. Not registered? Receive Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Offshore Wind Industry Looks To Add Nearly 1 Million New Jobs

The Covid-19 downturn has once again caused employment rates to plummet in the oil and gas industry. Even though some uptick is expected when the recovery arrives, employment will never Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Vestas Looks at Wind Turbines Made of Wood With Startup Stake

Vestas Wind Systems A/S bought a minority stake in a Swedish startup that builds turbine towers out of wood. The move by the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines could help Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

Biden Sets The Stage For An Offshore Wind Energy Boom

The U-turn of the U.S. Administration’s energy policies under President Joe Biden sets the stage for a flourishing U.S. offshore wind industry, as the federal government looks to speed up Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Shipping
  • Wind

Michelin to ship tires on sail-powered cargo ships

The Michelin Group recently signed a transport commitment with the French shipping line NEOLINE . NEOLINE’s decarbonized shipping service relies on wind energy as the main propulsion for its 136m Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

Solar and Wind Are Reaching for the Last 90% of the U.S. Power Market – Bloomberg

Three decades ago, the U.S. passed an infinitesimal milestone: solar and wind power generated one-tenth of one percent of the country’s electricity. It took 18 years, until 2008, for solar Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Making Wind Turbines Greener Could Also Make Them More Expensive

The world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturers have committed to eliminating their net emissions of greenhouse gases, but reducing the carbon footprint of their production process may mean customers have to Continue Reading

Posted On : 12 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Taiwan
  • Wind

Jumbo completes transportation part of its largest job: T&I for Yunlin offshore wind

Representing a significant milestone in the largest job in its history, Jumbo has completed the transportation element of its Transport & Installation contract for the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Amazon Moves On Its Largest Renewable Project

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has reached a deal for its largest renewable energy project yet—one that will allow it to purchase 380 MW of wind energy. Hollandse Kust Noord—a wind farm Continue Reading

Posted On : 9 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

Offshore Wind Farms, Big in Europe, Could Boom in U.S. Under Biden

Developers of offshore wind farms, long awaiting their moment in the U.S., are pushing the Biden administration to cut through red tape that has for years stymied the industry’s domestic Continue Reading

Posted On : 8 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • South Korea
  • Wind

South Korea To Build World’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

South Korea will invest some $43 billion in constructing what is to be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, Reuters reports , adding that the project should be completed by Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Denmark
  • Wind

Denmark to build North Sea island to serve as wind power hub

Denmark has agreed to build an island in the North Sea that would gather and distribute electricity from wind energy farms. The 210-billion kroner ($34 billion) artificial island will be Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

The Global Wind Energy Industry Is Set To Explode In 2021

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, the world’s installed offshore wind capacity rose by 15% in 2020, reaching 31.9 gigawatts (GW) at year-end, from 27.7 GW at the end of 2019, Rystad Continue Reading

Posted On : 4 Feb 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Solar
  • Wind

China Exceeds Clean Energy Record With Extra Wind Capacity

China blew past its previous record for renewable energy installations last year with a massive — and surprising — addition of wind power. The National Energy Administration said in a press release on Continue Reading

Posted On : 22 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Equinor Bags Largest Ever US Offshore Wind Award

Equinor (NYSE: EQNR) has been selected to provide New York State with offshore wind power in what is being described as one of the largest renewable energy procurements in the Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Wind Power Overtakes Coal In Texas For The First Time Ever

For decades, the Lone Star State has been essentially synonymous with fossil fuels. While shale oil and gas have long reigned supreme in Texas, coal has also long been a Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

How the U.K. Power System Can Be Mismatched to Climate Goals – Bloomberg

A spell of cold temperatures last week revealed a mismatch between the U.K.’s goal to decarbonize and actions taken in order to keep the lights on. Low wind output was a Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen from Wind

Exclusive: Siemens Gamesa, Siemens Energy tap hydrogen boom in wind alliance

 Siemens Gamesa and Siemens Energy are developing a commercial offshore wind turbine that produces hydrogen via electrolysis, the companies said, marking a breakthrough for the mass production of renewable hydrogen. Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

A Monster Wind Turbine Is Upending an Industry

General Electric’s Haliade-X wind turbine at Rotterdam Harbor in the Netherlands. Ilvy Njiokiktjien for The New York Times G.E.’s giant machine, which can light up a small town, is stoking Continue Reading

Posted On : 1 Jan 2021 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

Wind Turbines Fed Record Electricity Flow to U.K. Grid on Friday

Wind turbines generated a record amount of U.K. power on Friday as the growing number of turbines at sea take advantage of the windy conditions off the coast. The record production is Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

US wind project delay pushes approval to Biden era

The first commercial-scale US offshore wind power project has delayed its application for federal approval in a move that will leave a final decision in the hands of a renewables-friendly Continue Reading

Posted On : 3 Dec 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

A Worrying Bottleneck For Offshore Wind Energy

Offshore wind is booming, and as turbine and project sizes grow, demand for specialized installation vessels will soar. The market for vessels capable of installing large offshore wind components is Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

Europe’s Biggest Utility Company to Ramp Up Spending on Wind, Solar Power

Enel SpA plans to spend €70 billion, equivalent to $83 billion, expanding its presence in wind and solar power in the coming decade, seeking to cement its position as the Continue Reading

Posted On : 25 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe
  • Wind

Offshore Wind Power: Europe Seeks $940 Billion Building Boom to Meet Green Goals – Bloomberg

The European Union wants a massive increase in offshore wind to help clean up the electricity industry and aid the recovery after the pandemic. To meet its mid-century goal of becoming Continue Reading

Posted On : 19 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

U.S. Wind Capacity Additions Set To Surge To Record In 2020

The United States is on course to see record-breaking 23 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbine capacity additions this year, smashing the previous record from 2012 by nearly 10 GW, the Continue Reading

Posted On : 13 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Massachusetts regulators approve contracts for 804 MW offshore wind project

The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities late Nov. 5 issued an order approving long-term contracts for 804 MW of offshore wind capacity from the Mayflower Wind project to supply the Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

UK Warning Highlights Energy Storage Importance To Renewables

The United Kingdom, which has recently set a record for wind power meeting its demand, issued a security of supply alert earlier this week as wind power output was low Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Climate
  • Energy Storage
  • Wind

Tesla Project to Install Another Giant Battery in Australia

France’s Neoen SA will partner with Tesla Inc. to install one of the world’s biggest lithium-ion batteries in Australia after reaching a grid connection deal with the power market operator. The 300-megawatt Victorian Big Continue Reading

Posted On : 5 Nov 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

Wind, Solar News: Repsol Now Spends More on Renewables Than Drilling

Repsol SA has invested more in recent months in developing renewable power projects than searching for oil and gas, offering the latest example of how Europe’s energy giants are accelerating Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Vestas (VWS) of Denmark to Take on Offshore Wind With $832 Million Deal

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest wind turbine manufacturer, will buy out its offshore joint venture partner in an all-share deal that looks to take advantage of an expanding Continue Reading

Posted On : 30 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Cargill and BAR Technologies bringing wind propulsion to bulk cargo ships

Cargill and BAR Technologies have embarked on a strategic project with naval architect Deltamarin to bring cutting edge wind propulsion technology to commercial shipping. The project will see BAR Technology’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

US offshore wind power sector seeking right approach for transmission

 Some US electric grid operators, such as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc., have pursued the notion that if they build transmission, generators will come.  But in the budding Continue Reading

Posted On : 28 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

Wind, Solar Are Cheapest Power Source In Most Places, BNEF Says

Wind and solar power are the cheapest form of new electricity in most of the world today. That’s the analysis of BloombergNEF, which predicts a tipping point in five years when Continue Reading

Posted On : 20 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

US wind sector faces shortfall in qualified technicians working on turbines: report

Highlights BLS puts number of wind technicians at 7,000 Contractors under ‘contradictory pressures’ Houston — The US wind sector is now supporting 120,000 jobs, but there is a shortfall in Continue Reading

Posted On : 15 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • China
  • Wind

China Wind Giants Surge More Than 20% on Aggressive Proposal –

Chinese wind power equipment makers advanced as the industry proposed an aggressive installation plan that would boost capacity 14-fold through 2060 to help the country reach its goal of being carbon-neutral Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

UK Looks To Power Every Home With Offshore Wind Energy By 2030

The United Kingdom will aim to become a global leader in offshore wind energy, powering every home in the country with wind by 2030, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Continue Reading

Posted On : 7 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Green Ammonia for Fertilizer Coming From Offshore Wind Developer Orsted

Orsted A/S, the world’s biggest developer of offshore wind farms, plans to use its latest Dutch installation to make green ammonia for use in fertilizer. The Danish utility will work with Continue Reading

Posted On : 6 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

Trump’s Offshore Oil Ban Will Hit Wind Farms Hard

Last month, President Trump shocked the entire oil industry after extending the existing moratorium on oil drilling along Florida’s, Georgia’s and South Carolina’s coasts. The announcement marked a complete 180 Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Oct 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Is Wind Energy The Most Stable Renewables Investment?

The Covid-19 pandemic has wrought one of the most significant disruptions the energy market has ever faced. A decidedly gloomy long-term future outlook due to rampant fossil fuel divestments, climate Continue Reading

Posted On : 21 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Europe
  • Wind

European daily wind production plunges, offshore below 1 GW

European daily wind power generation plunged Sept. 15, sending spot power prices to 2020 highs, data aggregated by WindEurope showed. Europe’s wind fleet, with over 200 GW installed of which Continue Reading

Posted On : 16 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • BP
  • Wind

Oil Major BP Makes First Ever Move In Offshore Wind Energy

BP is making its first move into the offshore wind market with a strategic partnership in U.S. offshore wind assets with Equinor in a deal worth US$1.1 billion. Under the Continue Reading

Posted On : 11 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • BP
  • Wind

BP enters offshore wind with $1.1 billion Equinor deal

BP entered the offshore wind market on Thursday with a $1.1 billion deal to buy 50% stakes in two U.S. developments from Norway’s Equinor, a significant step by the oil Continue Reading

Posted On : 10 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

World Added More Solar, Wind Than Anything Else Last Year

For the first time ever, solar and wind made up the majority of the world’s new power generation — marking a seismic shift in how nations get their electricity. Solar additions Continue Reading

Posted On : 2 Sep 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

Britain Got its Cleanest Electricity Ever During Lockdown

As wind, solar and biomass plants produced more power than ever in the second quarter, carbon emissions fell by a third from a year earlier, according to Drax Electric Insight’s Continue Reading

Posted On : 31 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen from Wind

Washington utility to install 5 MW electrolyzer to produce hydrogen

A Washington state public utility has recently purchased an electrolyzer to produce hydrogen using excess hydropower. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The Douglas Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Hydrogen from Wind

Wind Turbine Behemoth Plans for Future by Getting Into Hydrogen

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA has one eye on the future where its wind turbines could play a key role in creating hydrogen. The company, which earlier this year launched the Continue Reading

Posted On : 29 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • United Kingdom
  • Wind

Benchmark UK offshore wind load factors seen rising to 57% in 2030: BEIS

Benchmark UK offshore wind load factors are seen rising to 57% in 2030 and 63% in 2040 by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.  The UK has a Continue Reading

Posted On : 26 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • USA
  • Wind

Coalition supporting offshore wind development set to launch

A regional coalition that supports the development of offshore wind power is set to launch later this month. New England for Offshore Wind, which includes environmental advocacy organizations, educational institutions, Continue Reading

Posted On : 24 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Wind

Utilities Cash In on Green Energy Subsidy for Bigger Wind Farms

An abundance of fossil fuels combined with advances in technology to harness wind and solar power has sent energy prices crashing around the world. WSJ explains how it all happened Continue Reading

Posted On : 17 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple
Category:
  • Solar
  • Wind

Wind and Solar Double Global Share of Power in Five Years

Wind and solar energy doubled its share of the global power mix over the last five years, moving the world closer to a path that would limit the worst effects Continue Reading

Posted On : 14 Aug 2020 Published By : Tom Whipple

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