Wind

Aurora wind farm in southern Chile receives power transformer

Friday, 30 March 2018 Robin Whitlock

A 170 MVA power transformer, manufactured by ABB, has just been installed at Aurora wind farm in Chile, operated by Mainstream Renewable Power.

EDPR agrees sale of a 20 percent stake in UK offshore Moray East project to DGE

Thursday, 29 March 2018 Robin Whitlock EDP Renewables S.A. (EDPR) has closed the sale of a 20 percent stake in the Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Limited (MOWEL) to Diamond Generating Europe Limited (DGE), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corporation. ...

Repowering onshore wind farms could increase cheap, low carbon electricity in the UK finds new report

Wednesday, 28 March 2018 Robin Whitlock A new report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit has concluded that repowering UK onshore wind farms as they reach the end of their operating lives would be a highly cost-effective way to increase ...

Russia

Russian businessmen team up to develop a new wind farm near St. Petersburg

Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Robin Whitlock Alexander Roslyakov, the owner of Onego Shipping, and Igor Bryzgunov, the Chairman of the Russian Association of the Wind Industry, have joined together to create a wind farm in the Volkhov District of ...

Evolution of Wind Power Interactive Map Released

Tuesday, 27 March 2018 Dan McCue The newly-released interactive map, The Evolution of Wind Power, resulting from a project undertaken by The Global Wind Energy Council and Greenbyte, reveals the cumulative installed capacity per country, ...

Scotland Hosts UK Offshore Wind Premiere

Monday, 26 March 2018 Dan McCue Northeast Scotland has marked a UK offshore wind first following the successful installation of the first pioneering suction bucket jacket foundation for Vattenfall’s 11-turbine European Offshore Wind ...

New Mexico Commission Approves Xcel Energy’s Sagamore Wind Farm

Friday, 23 March 2018 Dan McCue On March 21, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission unanimously approved Xcel Energy’s 522-MW Sagamore Wind Project in Roosevelt County, New Mexico. U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member ...

Latvia

Aerones develops de-icing and cleaning drone for wind turbines

Thursday, 22 March 2018 Robin Whitlock

Latvian company Aerones has developed a heavy-lifting drone that can be used to provide safe, rapid and cost-efficient cleaning and de-icing for wind turbines

India

Suzlon Group launches India’s longest wind turbine blade

Thursday, 22 March 2018 REM

India’s Suzlon has designed and manufactured the country's longest wind turbine blade at its Padubidri Rotor Blade Unit for the new S128 wind turbine family.

New Report States Atlantic Coast has “Wind Power to Spare”

Thursday, 22 March 2018 REM A new report, Wind Power to Spare: The Enormous Energy Potential of Atlantic Offshore Wind, released by Environment America and Frontier Group, claims the winds blowing off the Atlantic Coast could ...