Wind Energy Consulting News
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UK offshore developers predict savings from plug-in grid
A new meshed offshore grid design being assessed by UK authorities could support clusters of projects further from shore and reduce the need for energy storage, industry experts told New Energy Update. Earlier this month, UK energy regulator Ofgem announced it would develop a new offshore transmission system to minimize the cost of rapid growth in offshore wind power in the coming years. ...
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Solar Is Gaining in Wind Markets as the PTC Steps Down
Over the years, top-ranking wind and solar markets have overlapped in just a few states. Where wind flourished, solar usually hung back, and vice versa. “Each of our technologies has largely had their own playpen,” said Anthony Logan, a North American wind analyst at energy and consulting company Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. But now analysts say that’s changing. ...
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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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Up to 20% of US wind installations since 2000 could be repowered using tax credits
About 15-20% of the wind energy projects installed in the United States since 2000 could be repowered to capture federal tax after the extension of the production tax credit (PTC), said Kevin Smith, director, Asset Management & Operating Services at the Renewables Advisory within DNV GL – Energy. The extension of the PTC until the end of 2019, announced in December 2015, opens a ...
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Gamesa to expand a wind farm in Jordan for Elecnor adding seven new turbines
Once it has installed these seven G97-2.0 MW turbines, the Maan wind farm will have total capacity of 80 MW Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has secured a new order from Elecnor for the expansion of the Maan wind farm with the addition of seven new G97-2.0 MW wind turbines (14 MW). This project, which Elecnor is building on a turnkey basis for the Jordan Ministry of Energy ...
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NREL’s Kurtz, Tegen Honored for Clean Energy Leadership
The U.S. Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) program has honored Sarah Kurtz and Suzanne Tegen of the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for their leadership and achievement in the field of renewable energy. The C3E program, led by the Energy Department in collaboration with the Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy and the MIT Energy Initiative, ...
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Gamesa and the Technical University of Madrid to jointly develop a wind tunnel
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, and UPM (acronym in Spanish for the Technical University of Madrid) have signed a memorandum of understanding for the joint design, development and operation of a high-performance aerodynamic testing tunnel in Madrid. The facility is set to become a benchmark in Europe as it will enable the performance of extremely advanced aerodynamic, ...
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Public support for wind farms increases with community participation
Public support grows for wind farms if they are located away from recreational areas and if they are either fully or partly owned by organisations within the local community. In addition, Swedish consumers would accept bigger bills for electricity generated by wind power if the local population were heavily involved in wind farm planning, a recent survey suggests. Public attitudes towards wind ...
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Meteodyn to acquire MIGAL-S CFD code and exclusivity usage
Meteodyn and Michel Ferry R&D consulting today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Meteodyn will acquire MIGAL-S solver source code and exclusivity usage. The transaction was unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. The acquisition of MIGAL-S, the unique Fully Coupled Multi-Grid solver of the wind energy market, will enable ...
By Meteodyn
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EU wind industry skills shortage: over 5,000 more workers needed per year
The European wind industry faces a severe skills shortage of around 5,500 appropriately qualified staff per year. This shortfall could climb to 18,000 by 2030 - nearly 5% of the entire wind industry workforce - if numbers of suitable workers don’t increase. The warning comes in a report to be published by the EU’s Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind), based on research by ...
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Wind Power Generation Market in Argentina
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: Wind Power Generation Market in Argentina http://www.reportlinker.com/p01007589/Wind-Power-Generation-Market-in-Argentina.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Electric_power_energy The Wind Power Generation Market in Argentina provides a comprehensive analysis of the growing ...
By ReportLinker
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Green Energy Forum for South-East Europe - a very successful business mixture
Post Event Report 2012 The positive feedback from speakers, exhibitors, visitors and attendees give a proof of the real success of the South-East European Forum held from 28 till 30 March 2012 in IEC, Sofia, Bulgaria. It incorporated: SEE Solar (Solar PV & Thermal Exhibition), EE and RE (Exhibition and Congress on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) and 'Save the Planet' ...
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Solar, Renewable Energy and Waste Management Forum for South-East Europe - a very successful business mixture
The positive feedback from speakers, exhibitors, visitors and attendees give a proof of the real success of the South-East European Forum held from 28 till 30 March 2012 in IEC, Sofia, Bulgaria. It incorporated: SEE Solar (Solar PV & Thermal Exhibition), EE and RE (Exhibition and Congress on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy) and 'Save the Planet' (Conference and ...
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European Commission prepares offshore wind energy plan
The European Commission is inviting investors, project developers, wind turbine manufacturers, energy companies, government services, environmental NGOs and all other interested stakeholders, including the general public, to help identify the key barriers for the further development of offshore wind energy in Europe and what might be done to overcome them. On 23 January 2008 the Commission made a ...
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New IEA international R&D projects
Research portfolios among the collaborative programmes within the IEA's energy technology network are constantly adapting to meet today's evolving energy challenges. Here are some new projects. • The IEA Demand-Side Management (DSM) Programme has created a new multi-country research project, Task XVIII on 'DSM and Climate Change'. It will seek pathways to greater synergy between programmes to ...
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