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ACWA Power has executed the official agreements for a 240 MW wind...
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Greencoat to acquire Cloghan and Taghart windfarms
Greencoat Renewables, the renewable infrastructure company, is to acquire the Cloghan and Taghart windfarms from Statkraft under a forward sale model for a combined consideration of...
Permits granted for Vesterhav Syd and Nord
On 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency approved Vattenfall's construction plans for, and environmental assessment of, the offshore wind farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord. The two...
Vestas and MHI close partnership agreement
Vestas and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have closed an agreement officially announced in October to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. By closing the agreement, Vestas...
Vestas wins 534 MW order in Brazil
Casa dos Ventos, one of the pioneers and larger investors in the development of wind projects in Brazil, has placed a 534 MW order for the second stage of the of the Rio do Vento...
UK offshore wind pipeline falling short of 2030 target
The latest figures from Cornwall Insight’s ‘Renewables pipeline tracker report’ show that even if all current offshore wind sites with leasing are developed in the coming years,...
ORE Catapult to advance next-G blade manufacture
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult has outlined its ambition to boost the wind turbine blade designs of the future with investment in a state-of-the-art prototype...
2020 could be a record year for US WTG build
According to data collected by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), project developers expect more than 23 GW of wind turbine generating capacity to come online in the...
Renewables are ‘defying the Covid crisis’ – IEA report
Renewables will account for almost 90% of the increase in total power capacity worldwide in 2020 and will accelerate in 2021 to their fastest growth in the last six years, according to...
UK’s onshore wind pipeline ‘could supply 30 GW by 2030’
New research by trade body RenewableUK shows that the total capacity of onshore wind could grow to 30 GW by 2030, if everything in the current pipeline is built. This is more than...
Vestas and MHI move closer
Vestas Wind Systems and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed an agreement to expand their partnership in sustainable energy. The strengthened partnership entails that Vestas...
GE’s Haliade-X WTG prototype reaches 13 MW
GE Renewable Energy has announced that its Haliade-X prototype, said to be the world’s most powerful wind turbine in operation, has been optimised and is now running at a rated at a 13...
GE and SB Energy embark on 327 MW wind power project in India
GE Renewable Energy has been selected by SB Energy to supply, install and commission 121 sets of its 2.7-132 onshore wind turbines, amounting to 327 MW, to be located at Pritam Nagar...
Statkraft to double its Brazilian renewables presence
Statkraft is ready to start construction of its Ventos de Santa Eugenia wind project in northeastern Brazil, after closing a turbine supply contract with German wind turbine...
Vestas secures ninth intertidal wind project in Vietnam
Vestas has received an order for a 29 MW wind project from the Vietnamese developer, Soc Trang Energy Joint Stock Company, a subsidiary of Xuan Cau Company Ltd. Located in Soc Trang,...
Green ammonia project to be developed
Ørsted, the prominent offshore wind developer, and Yara, said to be the world's leading fertiliser company, have joined forces to develop a pioneering project aiming at replacing...
Hornsea Two offshore construction starts
Ørsted’s Hornsea Two offshore wind farm has seen its first significant infrastructure installed offshore. Six weeks ago, 10 000 tonnes of steel framework for the wind farm’s pin...
bp enters offshore wind market
Oil giant bp (formerly BP) and Equinor have announced the formation of a new strategic partnership to develop offshore wind projects in the USA. This includes the development of...
National Grid and TenneT to develop offshore wind links
National Grid Ventures, the commercial development arm of National Grid plc, and Dutch TSO TenneT announced on 22 September a co-operation agreement to explore the feasibility...
Hornsea Two SOV launched in Turkey
Wind energy developer Ørsted launched the latest addition to its fleet of offshore wind support vessels (SOVs) on 21 September. The ‘Wind of Hope’ is a state-of-the-art ship being...
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