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Taiwan has unveiled an energy plan that involves phasing out nuclear energy by 2025 and bringing its total installed onshore and offshore wind capacity to 4,200MW.
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BVG Associates and Green Port Hull have launched a guide to the potential job opportunities available in offshore wind to people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire. The guide, called ‘Job Roles in Offshore Wind’ helps professionals, careers advisors and school-leavers understand the wide variety of job roles, from a marine mammal observer to a cable jointer, and from an unexploded ordnance diver to a rope access and blade repair technician.
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DNV GL invites industry partners to start a Joint Industry Project (JIP) for improving the collection and assessment of site conditions data for offshore wind farms.
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Wind industry intelligence service A Word About Wind, in association with independent investment bank and financial advisor Marathon Capital, has launched its Emerging Markets report, which provides detailed analysis and insight into the most attractive emerging markets for wind companies in 2017. In particular, the report features an Emerging Markets Attractiveness Index, which analyses a range of factors in ranking the top 20 markets to be considered when investing in wind in Asia, Africa or Latin America.
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Representatives from organisations from all over the world have gathered in Bonn (Germany) to launch the Global 100% Renewable Energy Platform. During the launch event, some of the world’s most renowned experts on renewable energy presented solutions and strategies for achieving global 100% renewable energy, in line with the world’s climate change mitigation needs and to provide access to modern energy services to all human beings.
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WindEurope’s Financing and Investment Trends 2016 show Europe raised a total of € 43 billion last year for the construction of new wind farms, refinancing operations, project acquisitions and public market fundraising - up 22% from € 35 billion in 2015.
- American wind power reports best first quarter since 2009
- Another boom and bust cycle for the US and a westward shift for Canada expected
- Saudi Arabia plans 1GW renewable energy auction in Q4
- Strong outlook for wind power
- American wind provides 5.5 per cent of the nation’s electricity
- Most competitive onshore wind projects could proceed without subsidy
- Cost of renewables fell in 2016
- Alberta launches REP Round 1
- Record capacity addition of wind power in India
- Strong offshore wind sector worth billions to UK economy
- E.ON stabilises electricity grid with wind power
- America can do better with its essential transmission infrastructure
- New IEC standard sees acceptance for wind lidars in wind turbine power curve testing
- Taiwan sets goal of 20% electricity from renewables by 2025
- Wind industry could drive a quarter million US jobs by 2020
- Iran and Middle East could adopt fully renewable electricity systems
- US wind generation reached 5.5% of the grid in 2016
- One in six renewable energy jobs in Scotland at risk
- Report on cost reduction in offshore wind published
- Global installed capacity of small and medium wind is expected to grow to 446MW in 2026
- Vestas returns to no. 1 spot in global wind turbine supplier ranking in 2016
- ITPE, Ramboll and BMT deliver final phase of guidelines for offshore wind farms in Taiwan
- Creative crane combinations can half installation costs
- Industry installed more than 54GW of wind energy in 2016
- Wind power becomes America’s largest renewable resource
- Renewable power generation technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fuels
- Europe adds 12.5 GW of new wind capacity in 2016
- Aberdeen Science Centre and Vattenfall launch wind energy education programme
- Wind energy continues strong growth in Canada in 2016
- Wind turbine manufacturers unveil new quality standards