Onshore Wind News
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Connecting the Dots: Putting Offshore Wind Energy to Work
By Tiffany Plate, NREL The most recent U.S. Census states that 44.4 million people, or nearly 14% of the population, live along the Atlantic Coast. That is a lot of people—who need a lot of electricity. And as the country pushes to decarbonize the energy sector, that power needs to increasingly come from renewable sources, like solar and wind. But densely populated coastlines often do not ...
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Ørsted takes final investment decision on Farranrory Onshore Wind Farm in Ireland
The wind farm, which will consist of nine wind turbines and have the capacity to generate 43.2 MW of green electricity, is expected to be fully operational by the summer of 2026. This will bring Ørsted’s operational capacity across solar power and onshore wind in Ireland and Northern Ireland to over 500 MW. The FID follows the project’s successful bid under the Irish ...
By Ørsted A/S
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Massive expansion of renewable power opens door to achieving global tripling goal set at COP28
The world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity is expanding faster than at any time in the last three decades, giving it a real chance of achieving the goal of tripling global capacity by 2030 that governments set at the COP28 climate change conference last month, the IEA says in a new report. The amount of renewable energy capacity added to energy systems around the world grew by 50% in ...
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553 MW wind turbine order placed by Nordex with RPC in Sweden
Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has placed an order with Nordex SE (ETR:NDX1) for the supply of 553 MW of wind turbines for the group of four onshore wind projects in Sweden owned by the London-based renewables company. The German wind turbine maker will supply 80 turbines in total for the High Coast wind farm cluster, comprising six N149/5.X and 74 N163/6.X machines. Commercial operations are ...
By Nordex SE
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Renewables Competitiveness Accelerates, Despite Cost Inflation
The fossil fuel price crisis has accelerated the competitiveness of renewable power. Around 86 per cent (187 gigawatts) of all the newly commissioned renewable capacity in 2022 had lower costs than fossil fuel-fired electricity. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2022, published by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) this week (Aug 29) shows that the renewable power added in 2022 ...
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Vestas secures 158 MW repowering order in USA
Vestas has received a 158 MW order to repower three undisclosed projects in the USA. The order consists of 72 V120-2.2 MW turbines for the three projects. The orders include supply, delivery, and commissioning of the turbines, as well as a 10-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement, designed to ensure optimised performance of the asset. In the USA, Vestas has ...
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Innergex Achieves Construction Financial Close of Its Boswell Springs Wind Project
Closing of a US$534 million (CAN$704 million) construction and term financing and a US$49 million (CAN$65 million) letter of credit (“LC”) facility for the construction and operation of the 329.8 MW Boswell Springs Wind Project The project qualifies for the Energy Community PTC Bonus, which increases PTCs by 10% On-site construction activities have started, and contractors are now ...
By Innergex
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RWE Connects its First Utility-Scale Battery Storage Project to the California Grid
RWE continues to expand its renewables portfolio in the U.S., connecting its first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) to the California Independent System Operator. The project, Fifth Standard, also includes a 150-megawatt (MWac) solar PV facility, expected to be complete in August. The BESS facility, at 137-MW (ac) and located in Fresno County, Calif., is the company's largest to ...
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Octopus Energy Report Reveals How to Speed Up Green Grid Connection in the UK
Queue-jumping, sunset clauses and a data-driven can-do attitude are simple ways to connect renewables to the grid faster, a new report by Octopus Energy’s generation arm outlines. Increasing competition in the connection process and greater collaboration between developers are the other two areas that will help unleash Britain’s colossal green energy potential. Implementing this five-point-plan ...
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G7 Communiqué Echoes IRENA´s Call for Rapid Deployment of Renewables
G7 leaders expressed concern over global renewable power deployment rates, citing the latest findings from IRENA’s World Energy Transitions Outlook Preview 2023. The report warns that there is a need for a fundamental course correction in the energy transition to keep the 1.5°C target within reach. Targets in the G7 Climate, Energy and Environment Ministers’ Communiqué ...
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Net Zero Review: UK Could Do More to Reap Economic Benefits of Green Growth
The UK's leadership on tackling climate change has delivered real change at home and led to a global transformation - but more should be done to reap the economic benefits that presents, Chris Skidmore says today. Mission Zero, his Net Zero Review, makes 129 recommendations covering areas including the greater role that business can be supported to play, making better use of infrastructure and ...
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Ecomondo and key energy: green economy system
A big-number edition with +41% attendance compared to 2021 and considerable growth even in respect of 2019 Foreign attendance doubled thanks to IEG´s internationalisation policy Minister Fratin closed the four-day event in Rimini https://en.ecomondo.com https://en.keyenergy.it Rimini (Italy), 11th November 2022 - Green economy: Italy at the forefront for circularity and ...
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IRENA Report: Renewable Power Remains Cost-Competitive amid Fossil Fuel Crisis
Costs for renewables continued to fall in 2021 as supply chain challenges and rising commodity prices have yet to show their full impact on project costs. The cost of electricity from onshore wind fell by 15%, offshore wind by 13% and solar PV by 13% compared to 2020. Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2021, published in July by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), shows that ...
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Black & Veatch to Support Development of Mercury Renewables' First-of-a-Kind Green Hydrogen Plant
A first-of-a-kind green hydrogen generation plant - on the border of Counties Mayo and Sligo, Ireland - has been announced by Mercury Renewables. To advance the project Mercury is drawing upon the hydrogen and renewable energy expertise of global engineering, consulting and construction firm Black & Veatch. Mercury is developing one of Ireland's first co-located onshore wind farm and hydrogen ...
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50Hertz Increases Investments in Grid Infrastructure to Accelerate Energy Transition
The German electricity transmission system operator 50Hertz wants to boost the connection capacity for offshore wind farms from around 1 GW today to more than 7 GW in 2030. In this way, the company and its employees can make a significant contribution to achieving climate protection targets, maintaining security of supply and strengthening energy sovereignty. "The legislation now initiated by the ...
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ENGIE Commissions Final Project in 2.3 GW U.S. Renewables Portfolio
ENGIE North America Inc., a leader in developing and managing renewable energy projects, and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc., a leading investor in climate solutions, this week announced operational completion of their 2.3-gigawatt portfolio of wind and utility-scale solar projects. The final renewable project, a 50 MW solar farm in Virginia, was commissioned and ...
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New IEA Report: Renewables Generation to Set New Records in 2021
The growth of the world's capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable technologies is on course to accelerate over the coming years, with 2021 expected to set a fresh all-time record for new installations, the IEA says in a new report. Despite rising costs for key materials used to make solar panels and wind turbines, additions of new renewable power ...
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RES Secures O&M Contract at Europe`s Largest Battery Storage Project
RES has won a tender to provide storage O&M services for China Huaneng Group's Minety battery storage project. The Minety project, located 12 miles north west of Swindon, is Europe's largest battery storage development to date. It will now be supported by RES' experienced technicians who will oversee the preventative maintenance and monitor the project 24/7/365 from the company's global ...
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Wind Projects Updates in Vietnam
#Wind #Energy Updates in #Vietnam. There were a total of at least 71GW of wind power projects in different stages of development in Vietnam, which was more than five times the capacity in February last year. Among them, the capacity of offshore wind power is about 65.7GW, and onshore wind power is about 5.5GW. It can be seen that in the past year or so, #COVID-19 has not stopped #investors from ...
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EcofinConcept: Successful completion of one of Germany‘s largest repowering projects
Satisfied today, all parties look to the achieved. That was not always so. One of the largest wind farm repowering projects in Brandenburg, Germany, threatened several times to fail because of the complexity of the task. So not only numerous specialist authorities, but also hundreds of limited partners of the former community wind farm and the local community had to be convinced of the project. ...
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