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Six players have pre-qualified to bid in the country's coming 1GW wind tender to be installed offshore of Normandy, France in 2028. France is aiming to install 2.4 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2023 and 6.2 GW by 2028. It has already completed three tenders for 3 GW, 1 GW and 0.6 GW respectively.
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A new report released identifies 22 shovel ready, high-voltage transmission projects across the USA that, if constructed, would create approximately 1,240,000 American jobs and lead to 60,000MW of new renewable energy capacity, increasing America’s wind and solar generation by nearly 50%.
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New analysis from Westwood Global Energy Group (Westwood) reveals offshore wind energy projects final investment decisions (FIDs), outside mainland China, will grow 57% in the next 18 months, compared to the 2019-20 period.
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ArcVera Renewables has published its report “ERCOT Market Cold Weather Failure 10-19 February 2021: Wind Energy Financial Losses and Corrective Actions”. The study set out to quantify the lost energy production and calculate the financial impact of the rare Texas winter weather event.
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President Joe Biden has committed to cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030 compared with 2005 levels.
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is moving forward with a novel approach to transmission planning as it endeavours to reach Governor Murphy’s goal of 7,500MW of offshore wind energy by 2035. Regional grid operator PJM Interconnection (PJM) has opened a 120-day solicitation window on behalf of NJBPU for qualified developers to submit potential transmission solutions that would help deliver offshore wind energy to the existing power grid.
- UK announces new funding scheme for floating wind
- US Secretary of the Interior establishes Climate Task Force
- Berkeley Lab study shows expected cost of wind energy declines
- European TSOs launch Eurobar initiative for standardised offshore grids
- European renewable energy PPA prices defined by stability in Q1 2021
- Research programme to identify the potential of renewable energy around the Isles of Scilly
- WindEurope releases its annual report “Wind Energy Financing and Investment Trends”
- World adds record new renewable energy capacity in 2020
- BOEM advances offshore wind in US east coast energy market
- Biden-Harris Administration set a national target for offshore wind development
- Massachusetts Governor signed next generation climate policy roadmap legislation into law
- Preben Maegaard, WWEA Founding President, passed away
- The Crown Estate to create new floating wind leasing opportunity in the Celtic Sea
- More than 69,000 jobs and £60 billion private investment in UK offshore wind by 2026
- Crown Estate Scotland completes ScotWind Leasing review
- Worldwide wind capacity reaches 744GW
- North Sea deal to protect jobs in green energy transition
- Vestas was the largest supplier of wind turbines in 2020
- Twenty-nine US states have the potential to generate offshore wind energy
- Oregon to investigate 3GW of floating wind by 2030
- Asia Pacific installs 56GW of new wind power capacity in 2020
- North and Latin America increased wind power installations by 62% in 2020
- Taiwanese alliance for offshore wind energy development officially launched
- Global commissioning of wind turbines was up 59% in 2020
- Global offshore wind O&M market to grow 16% annually
- ABS publishes US offshore wind report
- Africa is only tapping into 0.01% of its wind power potential
- Study on community energy in Germany and Japan
- Over 100.000 GWO trained workers
- Wind is not growing fast enough for EU economy to go climate-neutral