Wind

Wind Farm

TÜV NORD to Certify One Of the World’s Biggest Wind Farm Zones

TÜV NORD is carrying out its first project certification in accordance with the innovative, internationally recognized IECRE OD-502 scheme.

UK to Allow Construction of Onshore Wind and Solar Farms

The UK Government has opened a new round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, allowing onshore wind and solar farms to be built once again.

Non-hydro Renewables Provided 11.6% of US Electricity in 2019

Renewable energy sources (i.e., biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) accounted for 18.2% of net domestic electrical generation in the US during 2019.

Market Analysis

How Coronavirus is Impacting China’s Wind Energy Industry

The coronavirus outbreak will impact the supply chain and installation operations in China’s wind energy sector, as well as the worldwide wind industry, accord…

Concerns Over £1.1bn Cross-Channel Power Link’s Impact on Proposed Sussex Windfarm

Concerns have been raised that the proposed £1.1bn Aquind Interconnector between the UK and France will impact the construction of a windfarm on the Sussex coa…

GWEC and JWPA Launch Joint Task Force to Drive Offshore Wind Growth in Japan

The Task Force will address key bottlenecks to the growth of Japan’s offshore wind industry such as providing input to streamline the regulatory process for pr…

Wind Farm

Wind Supplied Third of Electricity Needs in 2019, Says IWEA

Wind supplied almost a third of the Republic’s energy needs last year after 24 new wind farms were connected, a report from the sector’s lobby group found.

Solar Company

AES Gener Announces Investment in 1.6 GW of Renewables in Chile

Santiago-based power company AES Gener SA said it will invest USD 1.8 billion (EUR 1.6bn) to add around 1.6 GW of new wind and solar capacity to portfolios in C…

Offshore Wind Power

Developer to Open Hub to Grow U.S. Offshore Wind Industry

An offshore wind developer is opening a hub in Providence that its executives hope will help accelerate the takeoff of the industry in the United States.

Market Analysis

Acciona Will Invest 4,000 Million in Wind Energy and Solar in Five Years

At the end of 2019, Acciona had a portfolio of green power generation facilities of 10,117 megawatts (MW) installed, 56% in Spain and 44% in international marke…

Wind Farm

Transelec to build transmission link for 156MW Puelche Sur wind farm in Chile

Mainstream Renewable Power’s Chilean subsidiary Mainstream Chile has selected Transelec, a Chilean power transmission services provider, for the construction o…

Nearly Seven million Trees Chopped Making way for Wind Farms Across north of Scotland

Almost seven million trees have been felled in the north of Scotland to make way for onshore wind farms since the year 2000, according to new figures from the l…

Wind Farm

Indiana Regulators Approve NIPSCO, EDP Renewables Deal for 302-MW Wind Farm

The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission approved a proposal by Northern Indiana Public Service Co. and EDP Renewables North America LLC for a proposed build-a…

Wind Power Project

Spanish Oil Group Repsol Becomes Major Wind Power Developer

Repsol has added an 860MW wind complex in northern Spain to its development portfolio, in effect turning the Spanish oil & gas company into a major wind develop…

Wind Turbine

We Need Solutions For Retired Wind Turbines

We need solutions for retired wind turbines — solutions other than landfills. Scott Coenen, the executive director of the Wisconsin Conservative Energy Forum, …