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UAE, Egypt ink major wind energy deal on COP27 sidelines
Nov 08, 2022 (AFP)
The 10-gigawatt (GW) onshore wind project in Egypt will produce 47,790 GWh of clean energy annually once it is completed, the UAE's state news agency WAM said i...
US to offer leases for Pacific offshore wind energy platforms
Oct 18, 2022 (AFP)
An offshore wind energy lease sale will be held by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on December 6, the department said. The leases will be to build ...
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa plans 2,900 jobs cuts
Sep 29, 2022 (AFP)
Europe will bear the brunt of the job cuts, with Siemens Gamesa set to slash 800 positions in Denmark, 475 in Spain and 300 in Germany, the German-Spanish compa...
Spain, UK making headway on renewable energy: report
Sep 20, 2022 (AFP)
International non-profit Climate Group compiled the rankings of G20 countries based on both ambition and progress. Modest climbers included Australia, India, th...
Europe and China operate the largest number of offshore wind farms
Aug 15, 2022 (SPX)
In June 2021, 3267 offshore wind turbines were in operation in China, 3096 in the EU and 2378 in the UK. Worldwide, 8885 turbines were in operation. The EU was ...
A new method boosts wind farms' energy output, without new equipment
Aug 12, 2022 (SPX)
Now, engineers at MIT and elsewhere have found that, with no need for any new investment in equipment, the energy output of such wind farm installations can be ...
Modern wind turbines can more than compensate for decline in global wind resource
Jun 22, 2022 (SPX)
Based on global climate models and newly developed techno-projections, researchers Dr. Christopher Jung and Prof. Dr. Dirk Schindler were able to estimate these...
End-of-life plan needed for tens of thousands of wind turbine blades
Jun 21, 2022 (SPX)
The study, led by Professor Peter Majewski, highlights the challenges of recycling wind turbine blades, which are made of either carbon fibre or glass fibre com...
Engineers develop cybersecurity tools to protect solar, wind power on the grid
Jun 21, 2022 (SPX)
They have sensors, controllers, actuators or inverters that are directly or indirectly connected to the internet. They're distributed far and wide across the co...
1500 sensors for the rotor blades of the future
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
Science at full scale in the Wind Energy Research Farm DLR's WiValdi (Wind Validation) Wind Energy Research Farm in Krummendeich, which is currently under const...
As the grid adds wind power, researchers have to reengineer recovery from blackouts
Jun 01, 2022 (SPX)
It was all relatively easy to control. Start up the turbines, use them to spin generators and watch the electrons flow steadily and predictably to reenergize a ...
Long-duration energy storage beats the challenge of week-long wind-power lulls
May 25, 2022 (SPX)
In order to meet globally agreed net-zero greenhouse-gas emission targets, the primary task is to switch to low-carbon sources of electricity generation such as...
400 GW wind, solar power per year to meet 1.5 C Paris Agreement
May 19, 2022 (SPX)
These are some of the questions that researchers from Aarhus University, in collaboration with German researchers, have tried to answer by modelling the green t...
Lack of marshaling ports hindering offshore wind industry
Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)
In March 2021, the Biden Administration announced a target goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind energy in the United States by 2030 and 110 gigawatts...
Transport drones for offshore wind farms
Apr 13, 2022 (SPX)
The time and costs involved are comparatively high. Could drones provide a safe and effective alternative to sending out ships, helicopters and cranes in future...
Favourable breezes boost Spain's wind power sector
Apr 10, 2022 (AFP)
"We are on suitable ground here," said Joaquin Garcia Latorre, project director at Enel Green Power Espana, pointing to gigantic masts erected on the heights of...
Brazil to hold first offshore wind tender by October: official
Apr 05, 2022 (AFP)
The federal government has launched a task force whose mission will be to finalize rules and regulations for companies interested in setting up offshore wind fa...
Bionic wing flaps improve wind energy efficiency
Mar 29, 2022 (SPX)
In the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, by AIP Publishing, scientists from China show a bionic approach combining features of a seagull's wing with ...
India to build Sri Lanka wind farms after China pushed aside
Mar 29, 2022 (AFP)
New Delhi has long been alarmed about growing Chinese influence in the region. In 2020, 20 Indian soldiers and four Chinese troops died in a brawl on their disp...
Netherlands doubles wind energy targets for 2030
Mar 18, 2022 (AFP)
"This is an important step in the transition to more sustainable energy," said Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten in a statement. By 2030, the Netherl...
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