Wind Power News
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AEA releases 2023 Renewable Energy Fund Impact and Evaluation Report
According to the United States Energy Information Administration (EIA), the oil and gas industries are a key part of Alaska’s economy, and the state ranks third in the nation in terms of energy consumption per dollar of gross domestic product. Alaska’s North Slope contains six of the 100 largest oil fields in the U.S. and one of the 100 largest natural gas fields. In addition, Alaska’s ...
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SoCalGas Supports Nostromo Energy's Installation of an Innovative Energy Storage Solution
Southern California Gas Company this week announced the successful installation of an innovative energy savings solution at the Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria hotels, that helps reduce the need for air conditioning during peak electric demand, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, and costs. Nostromo Energy's IceBrick system will receive incentives from the California Public ...
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AC:DC rocks durability and performance of SOE green tech
AC/DC is no longer just an acronym for energizing rock music. AC:DC is now rocking the world of green tech by boosting durability and performance of Solid Oxide Electrolysis systems. It is an innovative operating method jointly validated by Italian SolydEra and Danish Dynelectro. A 15-month-test of the latest G8 stack provided by SolydEra in electrolysis mode has demonstrated exceptionally low ...
By SolydEra SpA
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Why AI and Energy are the New Power Couple
by Vida Rozite, Energy Policy Analyst; Jack Miller, Energy Efficiency Policy Analyst; and Sungjin Oh, Energy Analyst, IEA Power systems are becoming vastly more complex as demand for electricity grows and decarbonisation efforts ramp up. In the past, grids directed energy from centralised power stations. Now, power systems increasingly need to support multi-directional flows of electricity ...
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New Research: Improved Wind Speed Forecasts Can Help Urban Power Generation
Wind-generated electricity will play a vital role in global energy capacity as humanity pivots away from fossil fuels towards renewables. Wind speed is a key parameter in estimating wind energy potentials in a location. But predicting wind speed is a difficult task. That presents a challenge for utilities that need to rely on reliable estimates to power their grids. Several models already predict ...
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Millionth Renewable Energy Plant Connected to E.ON Grid
E.ON, Germany's largest distribution system operator, recently connected the millionth renewable energy plant to its distribution system and celebrated an energy transition anniversary. The commissioned wind turbine is located in the municipality of Biesenthal in Brandenburg and will in future feed 6.8 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity into the grid of E.ON subsidiary E.DIS. E.ON's Chief ...
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Evolve at Molloy College - LI Energy Conference
EVOLVE at Long Island Energy Conference: The future of sustainability and affordable energy. The event was the second of two conferences that Schneps Media organized with sponsorship support from National Grid with the first being held in Downtown Brooklyn. The Long Island event featured 18 thought leaders in the fields of energy efficiency, sustainability, and renewable energy who discussed how ...
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Enabling the shift: Reducing the Cost of Green Hydrogen
The energy sector is witnessing a fundamental shift away from fossil fuels and towards low-carbon alternatives. Countries around the world are aiming for zero emissions by 2050 and green hydrogen has been identified as a major enabler in securing a sustainable future. The ability to convert, store and transport energy derived from other sustainable sources, such as wind and solar power, while ...
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U.S. Department Of Energy Finds Record Production And Job Growth In U.S. Wind Power Sector
The U.S. Department of Energy this week (Aug 16) released three reports showing that wind power remains one of America's fastest growing energy sources and a generator of high-quality jobs. Wind power accounted for 32% of U.S. energy capacity growth in 2021, employs 120,000 Americans, and now provides enough energy to power 40 million American homes. The 2021 wind market reports show that the ...
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Emerson Strengthens Presence in Renewable Energy Sector with Acquisition of Mita-Teknik
Emerson this week announced it has acquired Mita-Teknik in an all-cash transaction. Founded in 1969, Mita-Teknik is a leader in the control automation business for wind power generation, equipping wind turbines and wind farms with technologies for optimal performance and unsurpassed reliability. This acquisition is highly complementary to Emerson’s existing control system portfolio and supports ...
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New Report Shows Technology Advancement and Value of Wind Energy
Wind energy continues to see strong growth, solid performance, and low prices in the U.S., according to a recent report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). With levelized costs of just over $30 per megawatt-hour (MWh) for newly built projects, the cost of wind is well below its grid-system, health, and climate benefits. ...
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St1 and Horisont Energi to collaborate on green ammonia production in Finnmark
The energy company St1 Nordic Oy and the Norwegian clean energy company Horisont Energi AS announced today the signing of a memorandum of understanding for the joint development of a green ammonia project in Finnmark, Northern Norway. The target of the partnership is to produce green ammonia for a wide variety of renewable energy products for transport and industry. St1 and Horisont Energi will ...
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St1 started biogas business in Sweden - the company`s biogas projects are also progressing in Norway and Finland
Energy company St1 has purchased 100% of the shares in E.ON Biofor Sverige AB from E.ON Energilösningar AB. The acquired company now operates under the name St1 BioGas AB (registration pending) and its 35 biogas professionals joined St1. St1 is now a leading biogas player in Sweden with c. 30% market share in traffic segment. St1 BioGas’ operations are geographically located in the ...
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Mobilizing a Revolution to Tackle Climate Change: The Ambitious Plan for a Competitive Green-Hydrogen Industry by 2030
Achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 is crucial to fight climate change and reduce our Earth's temperature. A net-zero future relies on mass-decarbonization, which is only possible through the deployment of carbon-neutral fuels.In recent decades, renewables, and mainly wind energy, have played a key role in the transition to a greener world, but the vision of a carbon-free economy can only be ...
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GWEC: Proposed Feed-in-Tariff reduction could “seriously damage” growth of wind power in Vietnam
New proposed Feed-in-Tariff (FIT) extension by Vietnamese government would reduce tariffs for onshore and intertidal wind power by 17.4 per cent and 13.6 per cent respectively, one of the most dramatic reductions seen for wind power globally. According to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), this FIT reduction threatens to deter investment and derail the long-term growth of wind power in ...
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GWEC to launch GWEC India to help develop India’s vast wind power potential and support green recovery
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) will establish GWEC India and designate Sumant Sinha, Chairman and MD of ReNew Power as the organisation’s first Chairperson. GWEC India will work closely with government stakeholders, companies and adjacent technologies to accelerate the momentum around wind power development in India and support the country in achieving its ambitious renewable ...
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GWEC: Wind power industry to install 71.3 GW in 2020, showing resilience during COVID-19 crisis
Wind power will continue to show record growth over the next five years despite the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, and will make a crucial contribution to economic recovery. According to the latest market outlook published by GWEC Market Intelligence, 71.3 GW of wind power capacity is expected to be installed in 2020 despite the impacts of COVID-19, which is only a 6 per cent decrease from ...
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NTPC’s Tender for 600 MW of ISTS-Connected Wind Projects
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has floated a tender for 600 MW of interstate transmission system (ISTS) connected wind energy projects in the country. The last date for the submission of bids is March 30, 2020. Interested bidders are required to make an earnest money deposit (EMD) of 600,000 (~$8,367)/MW. A pre-bid meeting will be held on March 16, 2020, according to the notice ...
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Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power
BEE, BBE, DGRV and WWEA Write Open Letter to German Energy Minister: Community Power is Most Important for the Acceptance of Wind Power Berlin/Bonn, 11 February 2020 – In a joint open letter to the German Minister for Economics and Energy, Peter Altmaier, the German Renewable Energies Federation BEE, the German Community Power Association BBE, the German Cooperative and Raiffeisen ...
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GE goes beyond carbon neutral to cut blade waste
GE Renewable Energy is set to become carbon neutral this year and is working on improved turbine blade recycling and alternative materials to increase productivity and reduce waste, Danielle Merfeld, the company's Chief Technology Officer, told New Energy Update. As climate concerns grow, the full environmental impact of wind power deployment is under increasing scrutiny. For developers and ...
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