Vestas has signed a 50 MW contract for the repowering of four wind parks to be located in the north of Portugal. The contract includes the supply and installation of eleven V150-4.5 MW wind turbines, as well as a 15-year Active Output Management 5000 (AOM 5000) service agreement. With these projects, Vestas reaches the milestone […]
Pinsent Masons Advises Bluefield Solar Income Fund On Acquisition of 109 Small-Scale Wind Turbines – EQ Mag Pro
Multinational law firm Pinsent Masons has advised Bluefield Solar Income Fund on its acquisition of a portfolio of wind turbines from Arena Capital Partners Limited. The turbines, which are spread across England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, will have a combined export capacity of approximately 12,500kw. This represents Bluefield’s first investment in non-solar assets and […]
Spain Aims to Install 1-3 GW of Floating Wind Turbines by 2030
As part of a global shift away from carbon-emitting fossil fuels, governments and companies are seeking new ways to harness power generation from renewable energies like wind and solar. MADRID : Spain plans to install floating wind turbines on the deep waters off its coasts with capacity to generate between 1 and 3 gigawatts of […]
Solar panels and wind turbines to power new causeway in Bahrain
The new King Hamad Causeway will link Bahrain to Saudi Arabia. Bahrain plans to use solar panels and offshore wind turbines on and around the planned King Hamad Causeway, the second bridge to link the country with Saudi Arabia. This was revealed yesterday by Sustainable Energy Authority president Dr Abdulhussain Mirza who said they have […]
How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers
On a farm in O’Neill, Nebraska, Mike Zakrzewski wakes up every morning to tend his cattle and grow corn and soybeans on the farm he’s known since childhood. The youngest of nine children, he began farming with his dad in 1982, eventually buying the land from his parents and raising two children there with his […]
World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm Will Boast World’s Largest Installed Turbines
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 […]
Wind energy in Vietnam, wind turbines in Bac Lieu
The construction of two wind farms with a combined capacity of 100 MW began in Hoa Binh district of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 26. The wind power plants are built with a total investment worth over 5.22 trillion VND (about 226.66 million USD). They are expected to generate about 400 […]
WoodMac: How the Renewables O&M Market Is Adapting to the COVID-19 Crisis
Digital tools such as analytics and remote monitoring will get a boost as wind and solar plant operators draw lessons from the lockdown. Renewables generation has proven largely resilient during the COVID-19 pandemic. Even as global electricity demand has declined, wind and solar PV penetration continues its growth in many regions. In the U.S. — one […]
GWEC: Wind turbine sizes keep growing as industry consolidation continues
According to the report, 22,893 wind turbines were installed globally in 2019 produced from 33 suppliers and accounting for over 63 GW of capacity, a new supply side record in terms of capacity for the industry MANGALURU: The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published its second edition of its annual Supply Side Analysis 2019 […]
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 […]