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Corporate renewable electricity sourcing is geared up to play a key role in the energy transition towards a climate neutral economy. Corporate Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) have become an essential tool for facilitating access to renewable energy.
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With European countries locked down, COVID-19 has reached a new stage. In response to the dynamic developments around the pandemic, WindEurope is launching a COVID-19 information hub. The hub details all impacts of COVID-19 on the wind supply chain, changes in Government energy policies and Government measures to support the industry.
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With big data, digitalisation and cybersecurity hot topics for the wind industry, the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult is spearheading the sector’s digital transformation through its Wind Digital Innovations Forum (WDIF). A joint initiative with the Digital Catapult, the Forum was formally launched in February 2020 and is chaired by Mike Anderson, co-founder and ex-Chief Technical Officer for RES, and current Chair of ETIPWind. It brings together wind owner/operators and asset managers including BayWa, Vattenfall, Innogy, Natural Power and Wood, with academia and small innovators, such as Cognitive Business and Cyberscape, to drive forward the sector’s digital transformation.
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The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published the 15th edition of the Global Wind Report which provides a global view of the sector through the latest market data, country profiles, trends and analysis. According to the report, 2019 was the second biggest year for wind power historically, with installations of 60.4GW of new capacity worldwide and year-on-year growth of 19%.
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With the EU Climate Law, the European Commission proposes to enshrine in legislation the goal of achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The European Commission kick-started this process in November 2018 with its “Clean Planet for all” communication. But even the most ambitious decarbonisation scenarios set out in this communication are not based on 100% renewables.
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As the US offshore wind energy industry takes precautions to keep business moving amid the coronavirus outbreak, its annual market report describes how the White House can act now to claim the U.S. share of an emerging US$ 1 trillion global market by 2040 to assist in the economic recovery. The Business Network for Offshore Wind publishes this report annually for its members on the state of the U.S. market.
- Record 6.1GW of new offshore wind capacity installed globally in 2019
- Corona-virus impact will necessitate extension of US PTC for at least one more year
- Australia, Mexico and Brazil lead major global wind energy markets on asset performance
- Supergen ORE Hub launches funding programme to further offshore renewable energy research
- €980 million in EU funding available for clean energy infrastructure
- Too early to assess the impact of COVID-19 on European wind energy deployment
- Eight winners of Scottish Government funded floating wind competition announced
- Wind Denmark and Hydrogen Denmark initiate a new strategic collaboration
- AWEA expects 30GW of offshore wind capacity in the USA by 2030
- Tasmania announces 200% renewable energy target
- The Virginia Clean Economy Act includes 5.2GW offshore wind target
- Record amount of wind turbine capacity ordered globally in 2019
- Women in wind participants and global ambassadors announced
- Public tenders and auctions have driven 80% of current renewable energy capacity in Latin America and the Caribbean
- A third of Ireland’s electricity now comes from wind energy
- New Jersey announces offshore wind solicitation schedule of 7,5GW through 2035
- UK Government to unlock onshore wind
- Argentinean wind power pioneer and long-term WWEA board member Erico Spinadel passed away
- GWEC and JWPA launch joint Task Force to drive offshore wind growth in Japan
- Update on the impact of COVID-19 on China’s wind industry
- Wind energy O&M costs continue to escalate
- Greentown Labs and Vineyard Wind form partnership to support offshore wind innovation
- WFO publishes its Global Offshore Wind Report for 2019
- Vestas still rules turbine market, but challengers are closing in
- Europe now gets 15% of its electricity from wind but is not building enough to deliver the Green Deal
- Africa and Middle East add 894MW of wind energy capacity in 2019
- Trump proposes US$188.8 million in Fiscal Year 2021 for BOEM
- Europe installs 3.6GW of offshore wind in 2019
- Americas wind installations rise 12% in 2019
- 9,143MW of wind power added to US grid in 2019
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