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The Irish Wind Energy Association rebrands as Wind Energy Ireland. Wind Energy Ireland is Ireland’s largest renewable energy organisation with more than 150 members who have come together to plan, build, operate and support the development of the country’s chief renewable energy resource.
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Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) to analyse, develop and implement space-enabled technology and services to support the renewable energy sector.
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In order to be able to connect more powerful offshore wind farms, TenneT has pooled and further developed its experience from the German 900MW HVDC and Dutch 700MW AC grid connection systems. The result is a new approach of connecting future grid connections with a transmission capacity of 2GW by using 525 Kilovolt (kV) HVDC systems.
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TenneT has announced tenders for at least five offshore grid connections in the Netherlands and Germany. The tenders for the first projects with a 2 GW connection will start in March 2021 in country specific clusters.
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $14.5 million for environmental research to support U.S. offshore wind development. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will support regionally-focused, coordinated research efforts to increase understanding of the environmental impacts of offshore wind, as well as projects that advance and validate tools to monitor and minimize impacts.
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Crown Estate Scotland has officially opened the application window for ScotWind Leasing, the new offshore wind leasing round for Scottish waters, paving the way for developers to apply for the rights to build Scotland’s next generation of offshore wind farms.
- NREL and project partners team-up to advance species conservation and wind energy deployment
- 45GW of renewable energy capacity is in the European auction pipeline
- New Jersey to invest in manufacturing facility to build monopiles for offshore wind turbines
- SECI issues Request for Selection for 1200MW in India
- New study to pave way for SME offshore wind work
- Scottish offshore wind to green hydrogen opportunity assessment
- The Netherlands and Denmark explore opportunities for offshore energy hub
- Norway launches wind power research centre
- New initiative will safeguard environment and enable growth of offshore wind
- France launches 1 GW offshore wind tender
- On-site renewable electricity and storage can help to bring Europe’s business sector closer to climate neutrality
- Global demand for corporate renewable electricity sourcing continues to grow
- Top 3 wind turbine OEMs to capture 60% of global market by 2029
- New joint industry programme launched to optimise the integration of offshore wind
- Proposed Feed-in-Tariff reduction could damage growth of wind power in Vietnam
- 1,400GW of offshore wind by 2050 achievable
- Floating wind power to grow 2000-fold by 2050
- GWEC to launch GWEC India
- UK government sets out plans for more clean energy
- Renewable Hydrogen Coalition launched
- The European Commission wants 300GW of offshore wind by 2050
- New Industry Guidance Document for dismantling and decommissioning of wind turbines
- US DOE releases plan for improving cybersecurity in renewable energy
- IRENA and GWEC enhance cooperation to scale up renewables globally
- Wind Harmony consortium concludes study
- IMCA publishes ‘guidelines for walk to work operations’
- Industry ready to deliver on EU’s plan for 25-fold increase in offshore wind
- UK’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines his ten point plan for a green industrial revolution
- AWEA releases 2021 Clean Energy Road Map
- Launch of the Coalition for Offshore Energy and Nature