Tag: wind energy
Romania adopts offshore wind law
The Romanian Parliament adopts the country’s first Offshore Wind Energy Law.
This bill comes at a time when the country needs to assert its energy independence and resilience. The deployment of its offshore...
Denmark’s Latest Offshore Wind Auction Could Award Enough Capacity to Meet the Country’s Entire Electricity Demand
Denmark opened an offshore wind tender which could award up to 10 GW. If successful, the awarded capacity would be enough to meet all of the country’s electricity demand. It could also...
German Onshore Wind Sees Record Auction Volumes, Permitting Improvements and Crucial New Port Investments
German onshore wind is going from strength to strength. In a blockbuster announcement the German Federal Network Agency Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) has just raised the onshore wind auction volumes for 2024 to almost...
Record Growth in Renewables, but Progress Needs to be Equitable
Renewable Capacity Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today shows that 2023 set a new record in renewables deployment in the power sector by reaching a total capacity...
Slovenia passes a regulation to boost the use of wind energy in municipalities
Slovenia has passed a regulation that stipulates the development of wind energy. The regulation aims to promote wind energy production facilities through a system of one-time financial compensations intended for municipalities, considering...
Launching the Wind Energy Initiative
The annual onshore and offshore wind event organized by WindEurope brought together over 10,000 participants and features dozens of conference sessions, hundreds of speakers and over 500 exhibitors from the field. Held...
GERMANY: WIND POWER EXCEEDS THE SHARE OF COAL IN ELECTRICITY GENERATION
In 2023, Germany achieved more good results when it came to electricity production. According to the data collated by the Federal Statistical Office - Destatis, last year this country produced 11.8 percent...
CLEAN TECHNOLOGIES REDUCED THE GROWTH OF GLOBAL CO2 EMISSIONS
Although there was an increase in energy-related CO2 emissions in 2023, due to the large droughts that damaged hydropower plants, it was still a smaller increase compared to 2022. Smaller growth of...
CROATIAN ENERGY MIX – RENEWABLE SOURCES EXCEED NON-RENEWABLES AND NPP KRSKO
The relevant January data showed that renewable energy sources in Croatia were the dominant source of electricity production compared to non-renewable ones.
As usual, hydropower plants had the biggest share in renewable energy...
WOODEN WIND TURBINE AS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE OF WIND ENERGY
Most people are aware that renewable energy plants are being developed to achieve decarbonisation goals, but their energy production does produce emissions. One company has come up with a way to make...
EU: NET ZERO INDUSTRY ACT COULD THREATEN THE EUROPEAN WIND INDUSTRY
Wind energy is important for the European Union Member States, considering that 19 percent of the energy consumed in the EU comes from this renewable source. Although almost all European wind turbines...
Net Zero Industry Act threatens to be a backward step for Europe’s wind industry
Wind is 19 per cent of the electricity consumed in Europe. Nearly all of Europe’s wind turbines are made in Europe. Europe’s wind energy supply chain is big – over 250 factories...
IEA: HALF OF ELECTRICITY COULD COME FROM LOW-EMISSION SOURCES BY 2026
The demand for electricity in the next three years is expected to grow by an average of 3.4 percent. About 85 percent of the increase in global demand is projected to come...
WIND ENERGY – NEW TECHNOLOGY FOR SIMPLE AND MORE EFFICIENT PRODUCTION
Since the beginning of the year, there has been talk about the great success of renewable energy sources in 2023, with wind energy being the most used one. However, since last year's...
CROATIA GENERATED THE NEEDED POWER FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES FOR FOUR DAYS
In December 2023, Croatia made a significant step forward in generating electricity from renewable sources, which had a 19.5 per cent share in the total available electricity, excluding hydroelectric plants, thus ranking...
BALKAN SOLAR SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY IN BANJA LUKA
The Balkan Solar Summit will take place from February 7 to 9 in Banja Luka, in Banski Dvor. This top event is a unique opportunity to meet, network and exchange ideas with...
