To the start the summer with some strongly positive news, Vestas Mediterranean has announced that TTR Energy placed a 122 megawatts (MW) order for the Sud Marne wind park. It is located in Marne, France.
The contract is to...
Albania has launched its first tender for utility-scale onshore wind power plants. Individual projects with a capacity of between 10 MW and 75 MW can apply. Several projects will be chosen; total...
Wind is essential for our zero emissions future because it is a clean fuel energy source, is cost-effective, and can be built on existing farms or land or offshore. Oh, yeah —...
The Biden administration has just set a goal of 30.000 megawatts of US offshore wind by 2030. and that’s got me thinking about the pieces that need to come together to make that possible....
Siemens Energy has been selected by MHI Vestas Offshore Wind (MHI Vestas) to deliver 114 low-loss 66kV distribution transformers for the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm in Scotland. With an installed capacity of...
Wind turbines have increased in size and quantity to meet clean energy capacity demands
Modern wind power converts the kinetic (movement) energy from wind into mechanical energy. This happens through the turning of...
Brush up on your knowledge of wind!
10. Human civilizations have harnessed wind power for thousands of years. Early forms of windmills used wind to crush grain or pump water. Now, modern wind...
Within ten years, the economies of Central and South Eastern Europe could cover 34 percentage of their rising energy demand cost-effectively with renewables, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency...
The global climate crisis could lead to more renewable electricity being generated by spurring faster wind speeds for the world’s growing number of windfarms, according to research.
Scientists have discovered that the world’s...
Erecting wind turbines on the world’s best offshore sites could provide more than enough clean energy to meet global electricity demand, according to a report.
A detailed study of the world’s coastlines has...
On windy days, Europe's growing number of wind farms can run entire nations on clean energy. But what if there were turbines in every potential location? Scientists have calculated that in such...
The wind energy industry in Europe has joined forces with two other industry bodies to tackle the issue of turbine blades waste.
WindEurope, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the European Composites...
Microsoft has signed a new deal to buy electricity from a 713.5MW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands.
It is purchasing 90MW of power from the Borssele III/IV wind farm under a power...
The “collapse” in the growth of onshore wind energy in Germany is jeopardising both the nation’s and the EU’s renewable energy targets.
The warning comes from trade body WindEurope, which says Germany installed...
The first ever offshore wind farm built in the UK is to be decommissioned starting next month.
Developer E.ON says the Blyth Offshore Wind Farm, which has two 2MW turbines, has generated enough...
The European Commission has given the green light for the French Government’s plans to support four demonstration floating offshore wind farms.
They will consist of three to four turbines – installed in the...
