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Britain's green energy sector brightens: survey data

Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)

Turnover in Britain's low carbon and renewable energy sector expanded 15.5 percent to 46.7 billion pounds ($60.8 billion, 54.6 billion euros) in 2018 compared w...

Consider marine life when implementing offshore renewable power

Dec 19, 2019 (SPX)

While the researchers don't want to slow down active responses to climate change, they do encourage those making the decision to implement MREDs into marine hab...

Supporting structures of wind turbines contribute to wind farm blockage effect

Dec 13, 2019 (SPX)

Scientists from Cranfield University and the University of Oxford present a theoretical model for estimating the aerodynamic effects of wind turbine towers on t...

Saving bats from wind turbine death

Nov 27, 2019 (SPX)

In this week's Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, from AIP Publishing, scientists in Germany report the results of a survey of stakeholders in the win...

DTEK reaches 1 GW of renewable energy generation capacity in Ukraine

Nov 25, 2019 (SPX)

Orlovska WPP is DTEK's third project in the wind energy sector. The plant is located on the coast of the Sea of Azov in Zaporizhzhia Region. The WPP has 26 Vest...

Global winds reverse decades of slowing and pick up speed

Nov 19, 2019 (SPX)

The findings mark a reversal of the pattern of declining winds in these regions since the 1980s - a phenomenon known as global terrestrial stilling. Focusing on...

Superconducting wind turbine chalks up first test success

Nov 15, 2019 (SPX)

The EcoSwing consortium designed, developed, manufactured a full-size superconducting generator for a 3.6 megawatt wind turbine, and field-tested it in Thyboron...

Breaking down controls to better control wind energy systems

Nov 07, 2019 (SPX)

The results were published on IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, a joint publication of IEEE and the Chinese Association of Automation, and could have impli...

Mainstream Renewable closes $580M wind and solar financing deal in Chile

Nov 06, 2019 (SPX)

The Company has successfully raised USD$580 million in debt to fund construction of phase one of what is one of Latin American's biggest wind and solar generati...

Offshore wind power set for 15-fold increase: IEA

Oct 25, 2019 (AFP)

In its annual assessment of the clean energy source, the IEA said that falling costs, supportive government policy and technological breakthroughs could see as ...

Wind turbine design and placement can mitigate negative effect on birds

Oct 19, 2019 (SPX)

Research in that area has been limited and has yielded conflicting results. A new study, published in Energy Science, provides comprehensive data on how turbine...

Computer models show clear advantages in new types of wind turbines

Oct 17, 2019 (SPX)

With their 220-metre diameter, the wind turbines at the future Dogger Bank wind farm in the North Sea are the world's largest yet. But large, larger, largest is...

Model helps choose wind farm locations, predicts output

Oct 14, 2019 (SPX)

"Normally, people planning to build a wind farm will look for good terrain and an average wind speed that is not too strong and not too weak, but consistent," s...

Norway's Equinor, British SSE chosen for world's biggest offshore wind farm

Sep 20, 2019 (AFP)

The two energy groups were awarded contracts to develop three large scale offshore wind projects in the North Sea's Dogger Bank area with a capacity of 3.6 GW, ...

Sparks fly as Germany's climate plan hits rural landscapes

Sep 19, 2019 (AFP)

But in the country's bid to ditch fossil fuels and switch to renewables as it marches towards a carbon-neutral future, such power highways are essential to tran...

Angry residents send German wind industry spinning

Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)

After years of breakneck growth in capacity and uptake that has seen wind power delivering a fifth of Germany's total energy production, vocal "not-in-my-backya...

Government vows action as German wind industry flags

Sep 05, 2019 (AFP)

Economy and Energy Minister Peter Altmaier said he wanted to build a "national consensus" on wind power, which is a key pillar in Germany's ambitious renewables...

Colombia's biggest wind power portfolio purchased by AES Colombia

Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)

Currently owned by Colwind SA, the Jemeiwaa Kai complex consists of 5 wind farms: Apotolorru, Carrizal, Casa Electrica, Irraipa and Jotomana. The five wind farm...

Scout obtains construction permit for 200MW Sweetland Wind Farm

Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)

"We are excited to have received the PUC's unanimous approval for the state construction permits for the Sweetland wind farm," said Michael Rucker, CEO and foun...

E.ON announces 440 MW southern Texas windfarm

Aug 17, 2019 (SPX)

"We're thrilled to partner with another renewable energy leader in Texas in Austin Energy, especially with one of our main U.S. offices based in the city," said...