Wind Energy News

Meteorological equipment specialists Biral has been working closely with ORE Catapult to further develop its BTD-350 thunderstorm and lightning detection system for offshore wind farms and is installing its technology for testing at the Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration Turbine in Fife. ORE Catapult was established in 2013 by the UK Government ...

Nov. 14, 2019

By Bristol Industrial & Research Associates Ltd (BIRAL)

Ørsted announced this week that following final investment decision from its Board of Directors it has commenced construction on the company's first utility-scale solar plus battery storage project, the 460megawatt (MWac) Permian Energy Center. The facility is located in Andrews County, Texas, and will come online in mid-2021. Upon completion of the Permian Energy ...

Nov. 13, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Moixa, the UK-based pioneer of smart battery and EV charging software, recently announced that its GridShare smart software is optimizing 100MWh of batteries across 10,000 homes in Japan. This is believed to be the largest single fleet of batteries under management in the world. The milestone was achieved within one year of launching the GridShare Japan service with its partner ITOCHU, the ...

Nov. 12, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Deep disparities define today’s energy world. The dissonance between well-supplied oil markets and growing geopolitical tensions and uncertainties. The gap between the ever-higher amounts of greenhouse gas emissions being produced and the insufficiency of stated policies to curb those emissions in line with international climate targets. The gap between the promise of energy for all and the ...

Nov. 12, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Africa is set to become increasingly influential in shaping global energy trends over the next two decades as it undergoes the largest process of urbanisation the world has ever seen, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.   Africa Energy Outlook 2019, a special in-depth study published today, finds that current policy and investment plans in African countries are ...

Nov. 11, 2019

By International Energy Agency

Energy efficiency has tremendous potential to boost economic growth and avoid greenhouse gas emissions. As a result of policies, technology and markets, the intensity of the world’s energy use improved by 1.2% last year. Yet this was the slowest rate of improvement since 2010 and the third year in a row that the rate has weakened – a trend that has serious implications for efforts to ...

Nov. 11, 2019

By International Energy Agency

As a California manufacturer of non-toxic, safe, residential, commercial and personal mobile energy storage and emergency power systems, SimpliPhi Power is extending its “Energize California” program — an initiative  ...

Oct. 30, 2019

By Simpliphi Power, Inc.

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has announced that dozens of associations representing a broad array of interests are calling for an extension of the Section 48 and Section 25D Investment Tax Credit (ITC). More than 70 organizations representing farmers, homebuilders, environmental groups, electric cooperatives and a variety of other industries sent a letter to ...

Oct. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Asia could grow its share of installed capacity for onshore wind from 230 Gigawatt (GW) in 2018 to over 2600 GW by 2050, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) finds. By that time, the region would become a global leader in wind, accounting for more than 50 per cent of all onshore and over 60 per cent of all offshore wind capacity installed globally. According to the ...

Oct. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Offshore wind power will expand impressively over the next two decades, boosting efforts to decarbonise energy systems and reduce air pollution as it becomes a growing part of electricity supply, according to an International Energy Agency report published recenty (10/5). Offshore Wind Outlook 2019 is a comprehensive global study on the ...

Oct. 27, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Recently (10/22), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to receive a total of $28 million to advance wind energy nationwide. While utility-scale, land-based wind energy in the United States has grown to 96 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in the areas of offshore wind, distributed wind, and tall wind. The funding ...

Oct. 22, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Week 41 Nordic Folkecenter in Hurup, Denmark was setting the framework for the 2. international conference on small and medium wind energy with participants from several countries, all with interest in renewable energy.The conference hosted by Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy and the Danish Association for Small and Medium Wind Energy had international experts giving presentations on ...

Oct. 21, 2019

By Viking Wind ApS

From November 19-21 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the beautiful city of New Orleans will host PowerGen International. A full scale networking center for electricity generators, as well as utility and solution providers across all aspects of power generation. Attendees will be able to view an array of summits (conferences), exhibitions, and ...

Oct. 21, 2019

By MoistTech Corporation

State-owned buildings and facilities in Virginia will soon be powered with solar and wind energy under a new agreement between the Commonwealth and Dominion Energy. The agreement represents the largest procurement of renewable energy by a state to meet its own renewable energy needs, a significant step in accepting Governor Ralph Northam's challenge to power state government ...

Oct. 20, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

TransAlta Corporation (TransAlta) (TSX: TA)(NYSE: TAC) and SemCAMS Midstream ULC ("SemCAMS"), a subsidiary of SemGroup Corporation (NYSE:SEMG) announce today that they have entered into definitive agreements to develop, construct and operate a new cogeneration facility at the Kaybob South No. 3 sour gas processing plant. The Kaybob facility is strategically located in the Western Canadian ...

Oct. 9, 2019

By Green Energy Futures Ltd.

The strategy will ensure that renewable energy accounts for 70% of all electricity use in Ireland by 2030 - more than double current levels. Key to the new strategy is upgrading the power system so that it can handle world-leading levels of renewable energy, supplied through a combination of offshore and onshore wind, along with solar energy. EirGrid Group estimates that the cost of delivering ...

Oct. 8, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

When you're thinking about purchasing a pyrolysis plant, it's important to understand that you're not just getting a single piece of machinery. It's likely that you'll be buying numerous modules. For example, you'll want a pyrolyzing module as well as a de-dusting module. All of these elements can increase pyrolysis machine costs. ...

Oct. 7, 2019

By BESTON (Henan) Machinery Co., Ltd | BESTON Pyrolysis Machinery

RenewableUK is highlighting new energy statistics released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. The Government’s latest Energy Trends report shows 35.5% of the UK’s electricity was generated by renewables in the second quarter of the year, up 3.5% from the same period last year.  The report notes that “wind ...

Sep. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

ABB has signed a five-year framework contract with Austrian Power Grid (APG), Austria’s transmission system operator, potentially worth more than $100 million to supply gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), in the largest electricity grid expansion to date in Austria. ABB will be supplying GIS for the construction of a ...

Sep. 19, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

After stalling last year, global capacity additions of renewable power are set to bounce back with double-digit growth in 2019, driven by solar PV’s strong performance, according to the International Energy Agency. The IEA expects renewable capacity additions to grow by almost 12% this year, the fastest pace since 2015, to reach almost 200 GW, mostly thanks to solar PV and wind. Global ...

Sep. 19, 2019

By International Energy Agency