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SgurrEnergy shows it’s ahead of the curve following release of new standard
SgurrEnergy, part of Wood Group’s clean energy business, has shown it is ahead of the curve following the publication of a new wind turbine standard from the International Electrotechnical Commission, the 2nd edition of IEC 61400-12-1. The leading renewable energy and grid integration consultancy’s Power Performance Testing (PPT) services, which deliver wind turbine power curve ...
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We’ve got the power: GE-powered wind farms can increase output by up to 5 percent
Five Percent Incremental Power Delivers up to 20 Percent More Profit per Turbine for Wind Operators Using GE’s 1.5-77 Turbine Before-and-after Wind Farm Power Output Analysis Validates Performance Improvement Continuous PowerUp Platform Available for Incremental Power Output Increases Today, GE (NYSE: GE) announced PowerUp, a customized software-enabled platform that will increase a ...
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Making Green Hydrogen a Cost-Competitive Climate Solution
Hydrogen produced with renewable electricity could compete on costs with fossil fuel alternatives by 2030, according to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) published today. A combination of falling costs for solar and wind power, improved performance as well as economies of scale for electrolysers could make it possible. ‘Green Hydrogen Cost Reduction: ...
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E.ON Climate & Renewables to Install GE’s Brilliant PowerUp* Platform across Five Wind Farms
PowerUp Platform to Provide More Power to EC&R’s Fleet of 469 GE 1.5-77 Turbines Additional Power Could Equate to 19 New 1.5-77 Wind Turbines for E.ON Fleet Agreement Complements GE and E.ON’s 842 Turbine Service Agreement GE (NYSE: GE) today announced E.ON Climate & Renewables’ (EC&R) contract for GE’s newest brilliant offering, PowerUp*. PowerUp is a ...
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US wind power generation grows by 45% in 2007
Overturning all previous records, the U.S. wind energy industry installed 5,244 megawatts of power in 2007, expanding the nation's total wind power generating capacity by 45 percent in a single calendar year and injecting an investment of over $9 billion into the economy, according to the American Wind Energy Association, AWEA. The new wind projects account for about 30 percent of the entire new ...
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EDP Renewables Adds GE’s Wind PowerUp Technology to Increase Output for GE Wind Fleet
GE’s PowerUp Software to Increase Output, Adding More than 420,000-Megawatt Hours of Energy Increased OEM and Developer Collaboration to Continually Introduce New Enabling Technologies 402 GE Wind Turbines at Five EDPR Wind Farms in Oklahoma, Indiana and Illinois to Receive Technology EDP Renewables (EDPR) will use GE’s (NYSE: GE) Wind PowerUp, a GE Predictivity solution, to ...
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New study sheds light on the growing US wind power market
For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity additions increased by 60 percent in 2008, representing a $16 billion investment in new wind projects. “At ...
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Fewer pitfalls in the planning and financing of wind farms
Berlin - 2010/02/03 Poor planning, errors in the logistics, construction delays owing to overlooked permits are just some of the risks in the construction of wind parks which can drive the costs to undreamed of heights, both in the short and long term. Advanced planning can avert these and other, similar gaps during the design and financing stages. In the three-day RENAC wind courses possible ...
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RENAC wind courses can help in avoiding costly mistakes during planning and financing of wind farms
Poor planning, errors in the logistics, construction delays owing to overlooked permits are just some of the risks in the construction of wind parks which can drive the costs to undreamed of heights, both in the short and long term. Advanced planning can avert these and other, similar gaps during the design and financing stages. In the three-day RENAC wind courses possible pitfalls in planning ...
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VALECO embraces WINDFIT for wind farm optimization strategy
“Test it keep it”, could be the motto to sum up Windfit’s journey inside the fleet of European wind turbine operator Valeco’s. Windfit boxes generalized on Valeco’s fleet of wind turbines to pursue 100% optimization goal Valeco’s wind farms equipped with Windfit have shown results convincing enough to have Valentin Odoul and his team promote Sereema’s ...
By Sereema
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GE Software Powers Research on Efficient Wind Energy Production
GE today announced that it is working with Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to investigate ways to improve wind farm productivity and efficiency. The results of the study will directly contribute to future product and service designs. The project is part of a larger Department of Energy (DOE) investment of $9 million to an IIT-led consortium to enhance the ...
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First-in-the-Nation Utility-Scale Facilities to Co-locate Wind, Solar and Storage Opens in Oregon
On September 28, 2022, state and local leaders joined NextEra Energy Resources, LLC , and Portland General Electric (PGE) to celebrate the commissioning of the first utility-scale energy facilities in North America to co-locate wind, solar and battery storage, generating renewable power for customers. Near Lexington in Morrow County, Oregon, Wheatridge Renewable Energy Facilities includes 300 ...
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U.S. Energy Department: Wind Energy Continues Rapid Growth in 2016
The Energy Department recently (8/8) released three wind market reports demonstrating continued growth in wind energy nationwide. America's wind industry added more than 8,200 megawatts (MW) of capacity last year, representing 27 percent of all energy capacity additions in 2016. In 2016, wind supplied about 6 percent of U.S. electricity, and 14 states now get more than 10 percent ...
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Boralex releases 2013 first-quarter results
Boralex Inc. ("Boralex" or the "Corporation") (TSX: BLX) maintained its earnings before interest, income taxes and amortization ("EBITDA") during the first quarter of 2013, while improving its profit margin due to the higher weight of the wind power segment. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (In millions of dollars, except per share amounts and EBITDA margin) Three-month periods ended March 31 ...
By Enerkem
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