Wind Energy
European support for Wind Farm in Belgium
The European Union will support the construction of the Rentel wind farm off the Belgian coast with a loan of up to EUR 300 million from the EIB. EUR 250 million of the loan will be guaranteed under the European…
Wind Cheapest Power Source in Argentina Renewable Auction
Wind was the cheapest source of energy in Argentina’s first power auction after the country implemented reforms designed to transform its fossil fuel – dependent grid. The minimum price for wind power reached $49.10/MWh in the auction, Sebastian Kind, undersecretary…
World’s First Radar for Offshore Wind Power now Delivers Data
Dong Energy recently started receiving three-dimensional data from the advanced BEACon radar located at the Westermost Rough Wind Farm on England’s east coast. “This is a huge step forward for wind insights,” explains Nicolai Gayle Nygaard, BEACon Technical Manager at…
China Embarked on Wind Power Frenzy, Says IEA
China has been building two wind turbines every hour, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has told BBC News. This is the world’s biggest programme of turbine installation, double that of its nearest rival, the US. The nation’s entire annual increase…
Successful installation of world’s largest offshore wind turbine
The first of 32 8MW wind turbines has been successfully installed at the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, under construction by DONG Energy in Liverpool Bay. The project is a joint partnership between DONG Energy (50%), PKA (25%) and…
Insights from Higher Wind and Solar Generation in Eastern Grid, USA
A new study from the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power grid of the eastern United States could operationally…
US Firm in Battle for East African Multimillion Dollar Wind Power Project
A sustained seven-year effort by U.S. wind power firm Cordisons International Ltd. to put up a multimillion dollar 90-MW wind farm in Kenya may have come to an end after the country’s land custodian National Land Commission (NLC) declined to…