Link up with Swiss company Energy Vault to use old materials for a gravitational energy storage system. Enel Green Power is partnering with Swiss company Energy Vault to integrate the recycling of decommissioned wind turbine blades into the weights used by the latter’s gravitational energy storage system. The partnership aims to integrate the gravity energy […]
Vestas’ Giant Turbine Picked For Germany’s First Subsidy-Free Offshore Wind Farm
Colossal turbines, which will dwarf many skyscrapers, are key for the offshore wind industry to remain profitable after countries phase out subsidies that have defined the green industry since the 1990s. Vestas said on Friday that EnBW had picked its new turbine, which will be the world’s biggest, as the preferred option for the 900 […]
GE Bags 88 MW Vietnam Turbine Deal
Project in Ninh Thuan province will use the Cypress platform and is expected to be commissioned in H2 2021. GE Renewable Energy has secured an 88MW contract to supply its Cypress turbines for a wind project in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan province. BIM Wind, a joint venture between Ayala Corporation and BIM Group, placed the order […]
GE confirms 302-MW turbine deal for Lincoln Land Wind
GE Renewable Energy confirmed on Wednesday it has been picked to equip with turbines the 302-MW Lincoln Land Wind project in Illinois. The renewable energy arm of General Electric (NYSE:GE) will supply 107 units of its 2.82-127 onshore wind turbines for the particular project, being developed in Morgan County. The company will also service the […]
GE toasts 27MW Vietnamese turbine deal
GE Renewable Energy has secured a 27MW turbine deal in Vietnam for the Phuoc Minh wind farm in the Ninh Thuan region of the country. The contract is for the supply of eight 3MW-137 machines. A consortium of PowerChina Huadong Engineering Corporation, Henste Engineering and IPC Group will provide full engineering, procurement and construction services […]
Siemens Gamesa secures 165MW Vietnamese double
Siemens Gamesa has secured two new orders totalling 165MW in Vietnam. The deals, for 75MW and 90MW at the Tan Thuan and Thai Hoa wind farms respectively, will be be for the delivery of 5.0-145 turbines. Tan Thuan is the fourth nearshore project Siemens Gamesa has secured in Vietnam. It is also the largest nearshore […]
Wind power firms call for nations to maintain green momentum amid pandemic
Some governments have set themselves goals of reaching net zero emissions by 2050 or sooner, as pressure to act against climate change grows LONDON: Wind power companies have called on governments to ensure efforts to encourage low-carbon energy are maintained amid the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, according to a statement seen by Reuters. […]
Wind turbine maker Vestas falls to first-quarter operating loss
The Danish firm reported an operating loss before special items of 54 million euros ($58.9 million) versus the 91 million operating profit forecast by analysts COPENHAGEN: The world’s largest wind turbine maker Vestas on Tuesday posted an unexpected first-quarter operating loss despite strong sales and a booming order book. The Danish firm reported an operating […]
GE Power inks turbine deal with Atlantis for tidal project
GE Power Conversion business announced its deal with SIMEC Atlantis Energy as their supplier to deliver the electrical systems that will power the world’s largest tidal stream turbine for the MeyGen tidal development. The MeyGen project, located in the Pentland Firth, north of Scotland, is the only commercial multi-turbine array to have commenced construction. The […]
