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Wind power installed capacity in China will more than treble from approximately 149GW in 2015 to over 495GW by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 9%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report (Wind Power in China, Market Outlook to 2030, Update 2016 – Capacity, Generation, Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE), Investment Trends, Regulations and Company Profiles) states that China has the highest wind power globally by far, accounting for a third of cumulative wind power capacity worldwide in 2015, followed by the US with 17% of the global share.
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Wind and solar energy have experienced significant improvements in the cost of electricity in all major markets, bringing renewable energy to be cost competitive with conventional fossil fuels, despite historically low fuel pricing. In MAKE’s analysis, the robust US wind energy market is the most competitive in the world, in terms of LCOE.
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The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) opened the first offshore wind tender on 10 April for the Borssele I and II project sites. MAKE expects the coming tenders to hold significant potential for cost reduction due to a number of market factors.
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American wind power had its most productive first quarter for installations since 2012, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reported. Wind added 520MW of new electric generating capacity to the power grid from January through March, according to AWEA’s U.S. Wind Industry First Quarter 2016 Market Report.
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Quarterly wind performance maps for Q1 2016 show deviations in the wind resource from average Q1 conditions in every region of the world.
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The two organisations have signed a Collaboration Agreement with the aim of developing R&D projects to tackle some of the key technology challenges facing the sector. They will collaborate on EU frameworks and share testing and demonstration experience in offshore wind energy technologies, with a view to improving existing testing capabilities and facilitating access to each other’s testing infrastructure.
- 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
- Wind accounted for 44% of all new power installations in Europe
- Corporate funding in wind sector jumps with a record USUS$ 15.4 billion in 2015
- American wind power posts second strongest quarter ever
- USA could transition to renewables in 15 years
- High altitude wind could reach commercial stage in or post 2017
- New York launches US$ 5 billion clean energy fund