- Category: Industry News
The Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) has launched an international competition to improve current wind resource models in the offshore wind industry. The competition will allow modellers access to six validation cases from operational wind farms in the North Sea, owned by the OWA’s industry partners.
- Category: Industry News
In the first half of 2019, solar, wind and other renewable sources accounted for 44% of the electricity consumed in Germany. Preliminary calculations by the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and the German Federal Association of Energy and Water Management (BDEW) yielded this figure. Renewables had accounted for 39% of electricity consumption in the first half of 2018.
- Category: Industry News
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has launched the first edition of its Global Offshore Wind Report. The global offshore market has grown by an average of 21% each year since 2013, reaching total installations of 23 GW. More than 4 GW of new capacity was installed each year in 2017 and 2018, making up 8% of the total new installations during both years. For the first time, China was the largest offshore market in 2018 based on new installations, followed by the UK and Germany.
- Category: Industry News
Two bills introduced in the US Senate would extend the offshore wind Investment Tax Credit, drive infrastructure investment, and create American jobs. AWEA supports two bills that would achieve tax policy parity for offshore wind.
- Category: Industry News
The Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) is launching a GBP 100 million, 10-year programme to support the growth of UK businesses looking to capitalise on the opportunities offered by the growth in offshore wind around the world.
- Category: Industry News
Deep declines in wind, solar and battery technology costs will result in a grid nearly half-powered by the two fast-growing renewable energy sources by 2050, according to the latest projections from BloombergNEF (BNEF) published in its New Energy Outlook 2019 (NEO).
- US Energy Department consortium unveils additional funding for offshore wind
- IntelStor analysis of World Bank Group investments in global wind energy
- Dunkirk auction result boosts the case for ambitious offshore wind volumes in France
- US renewable capacity now greater than coal
- Carbon Trust OWA launches competition to reduce vessel emissions
- German offshore wind industry generated revenue of around € 9 billion in 2018
- Wind Industry creates Africa Task Force to speed up development
- New standard for the design of wind turbines
- Community power in Germany is increasingly being marginalised
- Global Wind Day 2019: celebrating the future of wind energy around the world
- Strengthening America’s “Electric Highway” will fast-track U.S. economic growth
- Collapse in wind energy growth jeopardises German and EU renewables targets
- WindEurope launches campaign to mobilise wind energy professional to go vote in the upcoming European Elections
- New Belgian framework for offshore wind farm tenders
- Global offshore wind energy is at a tipping point
- US wind development pipeline grew by 6,146MW in first quarter
- Greece unveils 300MW auction for wind energy
- Europe invests € 27 billion in new wind farms in 2018
- 20,641 wind turbines installed in 2018, produced by 37 manufacturers
- US wind power grew 8% in 2018 amid record demand
- Taiwan considers to mandate local vessel use in some offshore wind activities
- Global Wind Report forecasts over 300GW capacity to be added in next 5 years
- US Department of Energy announces US$ 28 million in funding for wind energy research
- Responsible wind energy development underpins new agreement for Northeast US waters
- Reducing cyclone and earthquake challenges for wind turbines
- GROW and Dutch ministry sign collaboration agreement to strengthen innovation in offshore wind energy
- 723GW of new global wind power capacity expected from 2019 to 2028
- UK and Taiwan sign MOU on offshore wind
- Tenth edition of data book reveals trends in US and global renewable energy growth
- GWEC and World Bank to cooperate on development of global offshore wind markets
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