Wind

Energy Saving

Community Batteries Are Popular—but We Have to Make Sure They Actually Help Share Power, Say Researchers

To power Australia without fossil fuels will mean using batteries to store power from solar and wind. We often think this means home batteries—or large grid-sc…

Clean Energy Transition

Will 2023 Be the Year of Energy Metals?

The concept of 'energy metals’ is not a new one within the energy industry, but it is a phrase that has gained public currency as the energy transitio…

Offshore Wind Power

Dutch Stop Offshore Wind Turbines to Protect Migratory Birds in ‘International First’

The wind turbines at Borssele and Egmond aan Zee offshore wind farms were stopped for four hours on 13 May, to help migrating birds pass by safely.According to …

Offshore Wind Power

Hywind Tampen Now Delivering to Second Oil and Gas Field

Equinor’s Hywind Tampen, the world’s largest floating offshore wind farm in operation, has started delivering electricity to the Snorre oil and gas …

Wind Turbine

Mingyang Targets South Korean Offshore Wind Market With Multi-Million-Euro Investment

Mingyang Smart Energy has signed a localisation cooperation agreement with the South Korean wind turbine manufacturer and wind power company, Unison, to promote…

Offshore Wind Power

Sweden’s Newly Approved Offshore Wind Farms Equivalent to One Large Nuclear Power Reactor

The two offshore wind farms that yesterday (16 May) received the Swedish government’s go-ahead will be able to supply up to 6.5 TWh of electricity per yea…

Offshore Wind Power

Orchid Energy Unveils 10 GW Offshore Wind Plans in Queensland

Brisbane-headquartered Orchid Energy has announced that it is in the early stages of investigating the potential for a multi-gigawatt portfolio of fixed and flo…

Offshore Wind Power

Port of Ostend to House Elia’s New Offshore Wind Service Centre

Belgian electricity transmission system operator (TSO) Elia and Port of Ostend have signed a concession agreement that covers the construction of a service cent…

Offshore Wind Power

TenneT Awards Massive Transport and Installation Contracts to Heerema and Allseas

TenneT has signed multi-year framework agreements with Allseas and Heerema Marine Contractors for the transport and installation of at least fourteen 2 GW offsh…

Offshore Wind Power

Ørsted, Hsg Sungdong Sign Foundations Contract for Wind Farms Offshore Taiwan

Ørsted has signed a contract with South Korea’s HSG Sungdong Shipbuilding for the supply of foundations for the 920 MW Greater Changhua 2b & 4 offs…

Offshore Wind Power

Suzlon Wins New 99 MW Wind Order From Vibrant Energy

This is the third order of the new Suzlon 3 MW series in less than a month. To supply 33 wind turbines with a rated capacity of 3 MW each. Wind farm to be commi…

Offshore Wind Power

EDP Renewables Over Equipped Its Largest Wind Farm in Portugal

The Alta da Coutada Wind Farm has been over equipped with state-of-the-art wind turbines, increasing its installed capacity to 187 MW, which further accelerates…

Offshore Wind Power

Call for Innovations in Floating Offshore Wind: Tetraspar Demonstrator Launches Global Competition

Winners of the TetraSpar Innovation Challenge get access to unique data and opportunities for testing onboard the TetraSpar floating structure owned by Shell, T…

Wind Farm

Repsol Will Develop Wind and Solar Projects Totaling More Than 1,700 MW in Italy

The company has a portfolio in the country of 943 MW of wind power and 825 MW of solar power, of which more than 60% are in an advanced stage of processing.Reps…

Solar Power Plant

The Structural Engineering Institute Appoints Jennifer Carey to Help Set New Solar Industry Standards

Carey’s appointment underpins ArcVera Renewables’ commitment to establishing the industry standards needed to accelerate worldwide solar and wind en…