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10 technology developers and associations have founded “Friends of Floating Offshore wind”, a group who will promote the interests of Floating Offshore Wind in Scotland and the UK. Floating substructures for offshore wind are in different stages of development and despite showing promising commercial potential, still require support to become competitive.
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China took the global wind market to new heights in 2015, as it represented almost half of the new global wind installations, with a total annual wind capacity of 30.5GW, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData.
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The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) is awarding four subcontracts under the fourth round of funding through DOE's Distributed Wind Competitiveness Improvement Project (CIP). Two awardees were selected in the Certification Testing category, which is dedicated to turbines with a rotor-swept area less than 200 square meters.
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World energy consumption is projected to increase by 48% over the next three decades, led by strong increases in the developing world, especially in Asia, according to International Energy Outlook 2016 (IEO2016), released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). IEO2016 presents updated projections for world energy markets through 2040.
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Almost without exception, European markets slipped down EY's Renewable energy country attractiveness index (RECAI) rankings while less mature markets across Latin America, Africa and Asia continued their ascent, reveals the latest edition of the report.
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Based on internal research and development, DNV GL’s view is that 10 technology trends in materials, wind, solar, electricity storage, data-communications and power electronics will create a new power reality, transforming our existing power systems.
- China’s wind power installed capacity will escalate to 495GW by 2030
- Renewable energy is more competitive than ever
- The first Dutch offshore tender will trigger cost reductions
- US industry starts construction on over 2GW
- Winds were above normal relative to the long-term in Q1 2016
- ORE Catapult and Tecnalia to collaborate on offshore renewable energy
- Wind energy leads all new power generation
- American wind power supports a record number of jobs
- Renewables posted record growth rate in 2015
- Fortune 500 companies, cities and universities dawn as major wind energy customer class
- A booming outlook through 2019 for North American market
- Vestas edges Goldwind to return to global wind turbine OEM market leadership
- Community wind threatened by discriminating policies
- Eyes in the sky technology opens the way to rapid, safe and repeatable inspections
- UK tendering regime reduces the cost of connecting offshore wind farms
- World market for small wind turbines reaches 830 MW
- By providing market visibility the US offshore wind industry can drive down costs
- Offshore wind industry is confident of driving costs below £100/MWh by 2020
- AWS Truepower releases 2015 Annual Wind Trends Bulletin
- Over US$ 128 billion invested in US economy by new wind power projects over last 10 years
- Goldwind tops annual ranking of wind turbine manufacturers
- PTC extension is estimated to drive a net peak increase of 48-53GW in the USA
- Carbon Trust supports development of new renewables testing facility in Japan
- Siemens led all turbine order vendors in 2H 2015
- Lithium-ion capacitors in wind and solar power generation to reach US$ 500 million by 2025
- Six innovation areas could drive renewable energy future
- Wind energy top source for new electric capacity in 2015 in the USA
- Medium wind still profitable in post-subsidy UK market
- Record Chinese installations drive global wind market past 63GW
- Research Alliance Wind Energy presents Smart Blades project results