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Vestas’ new turbine, the V236-15.0MW, sets new benchmarks for rotor diameter, swept area and nominal power rating
The global growth trajectory for offshore wind is accelerating with ever larger-scale projects going online, according to WFO's Global Offshore Wind Report 2020
Vattenfall names a consortium of Aker Solutions and Siemens Energy as preferred bidder to deliver HVDC converter platforms for its Norfolk offshore wind farms
The Crown Estate has awarded leases for six proposed offshore wind projects with a potential capacity of 8GW – but critics argue too few sites were made available to developers
The Swedish government intends to carry out proposals for making offshore wind more cost-effective later this year, even though it is not clear yet who will pay for necessary grid expansion
The deal will help the online retail behemoth towards its goal of powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025
But despite positive trends in offshore wind technology and finance last year, more still needs to be done to deliver the volumes European governments want, industry body WindEurope warned
The US market leads the way in solar-battery hybrid facilities, while wind-battery projects are becoming more common in the UK
President Moon Jae-in attended an unveiling ceremony for plans for a $43 billion, 8.2GW offshore wind project
Dutch firm TebuloRobotics hopes its autonomous mobile robot (AMR) vehicles will be able to coat a 100-metre blade in 90 minutes. All they need is a smooth, obstacle-free factory floor
Fifteen onshore projects of 519.7MW combined capacity have been awarded power deals
The Spanish developer has moved into the Irish offshore market, having agreed to acquire majority stakes in three nascent projects that could provide 3GW between them
The US wind sector had its strongest ever year in 2020 and its strongest ever quarter in Q4
The long-term Renewable Energy Target (RET) policy for Australia needs to be ramped up to unlock US$40 billion (A$52.5 billion) in investments, according to Wood Mackenzie
CEO Anna Borg says the Swedish developer is looking at reducing its holdings in the 1.5GW Hollandse Kust Zuid development off the Netherlands and the UK's 3.6GW Norfolk sites
Related Knowledge Center: ENERGY BASICS: wind
Decades of government support for the development of wind energy has resulted in lower costs and a rapidly growing share of electricity generated by wind turbines. Wind in 2019 accounted for 7.3 percent of electrical generation, surpassing for the first time hydropower at 7.0 percent.