Wind

New American wind power total capacity over 2,500 MW finds new report

Monday, 17 August 2020 Robin Whitlock The American Wind Energy Association’s newly released Wind Powers America Second Quarter Report 2020 has found that new wind power has brought total American capacity to nearly 110,000 MW, despite challenges ...

NREL Floats New Offshore Wind Cost Optimization Vision

Wednesday, 12 August 2020 REM The United States’ most plentiful offshore wind resource is found in waters so deep that floating platforms are needed to support the turbines—posing major challenges for offshore wind to deliver electricity ...

National Grid’s FES hydrogen focus could boost offshore wind deployment

Wednesday, 05 August 2020 Robin Whitlock Findings by Cornwall Insight, following evaluation of National Grid’s Future Energy Scenarios (FES), published 27 July, in which hydrogen plays a pivotal role in three out of the four of its net zero ...

GE Selected To Supply Cypress Wind Turbines for Murra Warra II Wind Farm

Tuesday, 04 August 2020 REM

GE Renewable Energy has signed contracts for the construction and long-term operation of the 209 MW Murra Warra II wind farm in Victoria, Australia.

Chile

Siemens Gamesa secures final 110-MW order and completes Cabo Leones III wind farm in Chile

Friday, 24 July 2020 Robin Whitlock Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a new order from Ibereólica Renovables, a Spanish Independent Power Producer (IPP), to supply 110-MW capacity for the second phase of Cabo Leones III ...

Poland

Vestas secures 121 MW auction win in Poland

Monday, 20 July 2020 Robin Whitlock Vestas has developed a customised wind energy solution that has enabled its long-term customer Polenergia Farma Wiatrowa 3 Sp. z o.o.to secure a 121 MW wind project in Poland from a competitive auction ...

VSB Group to Construct 40 MW Wind Farm in Finland

Thursday, 09 July 2020 REM Nordex N163/5.X wind turbines, each with a rated capacity of 5.7 MW, are expected to be in operation on the west coast of Finland by summer 2022. This will be the first project to be commissioned in Finland ...

Ingeteam’s Advanced Simulation Models Ease Wind Power Grid Integration

Monday, 06 July 2020 REM Ingeteam, a global technology group specializing in electric power conversion, presented its advanced simulation models developed to address the complex grid stability and connectivity issues that come ...

Vestas wins new orders for wind turbines in the US, Canada, France, The Netherlands, Italy, Japan and Vietnam

Wednesday, 01 July 2020 Robin Whitlock

Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received orders for the V150, V136, V100 and V117 wind turbines consisting of 12 new wind farm projects and one repowering project.

Dominion Energy Completes Construction of First Offshore Wind Project in U.S. Federal Waters

Monday, 29 June 2020 REM Dominion Energy has successfully installed the two turbine, 12-MW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind pilot project 27 miles off Virginia Beach, Virginia. The first offshore wind farm to be approved by the ...