onshore wind power Articles
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Bloomberg NEF sees surge of growth in U.S. solar market
The U.S. market for solar power will experience “explosive” growth as a result of declining equipment costs and strong government support, according to recent analysis conducted by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (NEF) (New York, NY). Bloomberg NEF projected that PV and solar thermal power could account for 4.3% of the nation’s electricity generating capacity by 2020, or 44 ...
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The Highs and Lows of Renewable Energy in 2020
IFS Vice President of Energy, Utilities and Resources, Colin Beaney, discusses the highs and lows of the renewable energy sector through 2020, and looks at the factors at play influencing its future It’s been an up and down year for the renewables sector In my recent IFS Mindfuel presentation, I talked about the global growth in the demand for energy, and how the share of this demand met ...
By IFS
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Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014
Executive Summary The competiveness of renewable power generation technologies continued improving in 2013 and 2014. The cost-competitiveness of renewable power generation technologies has reached historic levels. Biomass for power, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind can all now provide electricity competitively compared to fossil fuel-fired power generation (Figure ES 1). Most ...
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EC support for UK power link raises Ireland’s offshore export potential
The European Commission (EC) announced November 18 it had given priority status to ISLES, a cluster of Irish Sea grid projects which would transmit power from proposed Irish offshore wind farms to the UK grid. There are currently five Irish offshore windfarm projects for a total 2.6 GW of capacity. The inclusion of ISLES in the EC’s list of “projects of common interest” allows ...
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Want low-cost clean energy? Bank on innovation
In the United States, there is a heated debate about how much government should support renewable energy innovation. While you won’t find anyone who says they don’t value ‘innovation’, the U.S. federal investment in energy innovation across both fossil and renewable technology is still anemic, badly trailing China and only about one third of the amount recommended by the ...
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Which is more efficient solar or wind energy?
Before we start our reasoning, we'd like to remind you that both are renewables, and therefore both are great energy options to turn to to improve our planet and to break our addiction to oil and gas. Today we will try to answer a question that we often ask ourselves when we are interested in renewable energies : between solar and wind energy, which is the most efficient? First, let's take a ...
By Abora Solar
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Global wind power capacity reaches 100,000MW
At its current growth rate, global installed wind power capacity will top 100,000 megawatts in March 2008. In 2007, wind power capacity increased by a record-breaking 20,000 megawatts, bringing the world total to 94,100 megawatts—enough to satisfy the residential electricity needs of 150 million people. Driven by concerns regarding climate change and energy security, one in every three countries ...
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Official market forecast for South Africa’s Wind Energy Industry released
2015’s official Wind Energy Forecast for the South African market was released today detailing the key market trends in 2015 for wind energy in in the country. Leading experts from Vestas, Siemens, Barclays, and Green Cape discussed key questions facing this year’s wind energy market inside the 8 page report. This January, experts from across the industry were asked five key ...
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Cost-effective, far-sighted and global
From biogas boom to internationalisation and the ‘Flex’ cap: EnviTec Biogas has experienced the ups and downs of the biogas sector for 18 years now. The only constant on this rollercoaster ride of ever-changing laws and market conditions has been the company itself. With its extensive portfolio and an early grasp of the bigger picture, this biogas all-rounder has repeatedly been an ...
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Wind power is about to get a whole lot cheaper
Wind energy is soaring around the world, thanks to technology advances and energy policies that have reduced its cost. And things are only going to get better — with prices dropping substantially by mid-century, according to a survey of 163 of the world’s leading wind energy experts. The results, published in the journal Nature Energy, suggest that the cost of electricity from wind ...
By Ensia
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Planning of the grid integration of wind energy in Germany onshore and offshore up to the year 2020
The ongoing penetration of large amounts of wind power capacities in Germany has strong impacts on the necessary promotion volumes (direct costs of Renewable Energy Source (RES) promotion) but also on necessary grid extensions, the future need for regulating and reserve power capacities, the thermal power plant system and the electricity price for end-consumers (indirect effects). On behalf of ...
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Government urged to change policy or risk future of onshore wind
The UK’s onshore wind industry faces a steep decline in new investment without a change to government policy, despite enjoying a record year of additional capacity. That is according to analysis by RenewableUK, which warns how the government could be costing customers up to £1.6bn by continuing to block onshore wind from competing for new power contracts After increasing ...
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Renewable energy progress report
What is the Renewable energy progress report and what is its purpose? The Renewable Energy Directive states that a progress report should be issued every two years. The purpose of this progress report is to assess Member States' progress in the promotion and use of renewable energy in line with the 2020 targets. In addition, it contains sections on thesustainability scheme for biofuels and ...
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