On the day it walks away from coal, GE bags a huge 2.4-gigawatt turbine order for the U.K.‘s Dogger Bank project. The world’s largest planned offshore wind farm will use the world’s largest installed offshore wind turbines when it starts spinning in British waters. SSE Renewables and Equinor are developing the 3.6-gigawatt Dogger Bank project […]
EU’s New 2030 Climate Target Signals Accelerated Renewable Deployment
An increase from 40 percent to 55 percent emissions reduction by 2030 puts the renewables sector on notice for a ramp-up in demand. The EU will increase its 2030 emission reduction target to “at least 55 percent” up from 40 percent, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, confirmed Wednesday. The change will […]
What’s at Stake for Clean Energy in the US Election?
How will the election shape the solar, wind, energy storage and utility sectors? GTM’s reporters game it out. The reality is there’s no bad outcome for clean energy in the upcoming election, though the impact on the climate is another story. For clean energy resources — solar, wind and energy storage — the range of […]
How BP Plans to Make Oil-Like Returns From Renewables
The oil major wants to make returns of 8 to 10 percent from renewables projects as it chases a 50-gigawatt target for 2030. The shift to low-carbon energy will transform oil companies, and BP wants to be at the vanguard of the industry in making those changes, having set a net-zero target for 2050 earlier […]
Orsted, the World’s Offshore Wind Giant, Gets Serious About Solar
A company synonymous with offshore wind is building 700 megawatts of U.S. solar plants, signaling the era of the renewable energy “major.” Ørsted, a developer synonymous with offshore wind, will have a novel experience in 2021: All of the new power plants it completes will be onshore, and most will involve solar panels. Since building […]
Super-Hybrid: Dutch Offshore Wind Farm to Include Floating Solar, Batteries and Hydrogen
Shell is chasing carbon-neutrality. A new project in the Netherlands offers a glimpse into how it may get there. Oil major Shell and Dutch utility Eneco will build a super-hybrid offshore wind farm, having won the latest Dutch tender. Shell is chasing carbon-neutrality by 2050 or sooner, and the project in the Netherlands offers a […]
New Jersey to Build Nation’s Largest Offshore Wind Port
The New Jersey Wind Port will be built next to a PSEG nuclear power plant along the Delaware River, at a cost of several hundred million dollars. New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy announced plans on Tuesday to develop an offshore wind port on an artificial island along the Delaware River, potentially giving the state a […]
Siemens Gamesa Launches 14MW Offshore Wind Turbine, World’s Largest
The new machine can be dialed up to 15 megawatts, and an even larger version is in the works, says Siemens Gamesa’s head of offshore technology. Siemens Gamesa on Tuesday launched the largest wind turbine ever publicly announced, a 14-megawatt model with a 222-meter rotor diameter meant for offshore wind farms. Morten Pilgaard Rasmussen, head […]
Northwester 2 wind farm is now fully operational, producing 9.5 MW from 23 wind turbines
Just under ten months from the start of the offshore works, the 219 MW Northwester 2 wind farm is now supplying the Belgian grid with green energy from all of its 23 fully operational wind turbines, producing 9.5 MW each. This wind farm is the first to use the deploy MHI Vestas’ highest rated V164-9.5 […]
Engie Looking for More US Clean Energy Acquisitions: North America CEO
French power giant plans to ramp up investments into U.S. batteries, hybrid renewables and offshore wind — but gas plants are off the menu. Engie is on the lookout for more clean energy acquisitions in the U.S., where the company plans to ramp up its investments into grid-scale batteries, hybrid renewables projects and offshore wind, […]