Wind

Masdar to Explore Development of up to 1 GW Wind Power Project

Wednesday, 18 January 2023 REM Masdar has signed an agreement related to the development of a wind power plant with up to 1 gigawatt (GW) total capacity in the Republic of Kazakhstan, which would mark Masdar’s first investment in ...

Banks Renewables Reaches 100th Onshore Wind Turbine Landmark

Wednesday, 04 January 2023 REM Renewable energy developer Banks Renewables has reached a major milestone after completing the erection of its 100th onshore wind turbine, which is also the tallest and most efficient ever seen in the ...

Uzbekistan

ACWA Power signs power purchase and investment agreements for 1.5 GW wind plant in Uzbekistan

Monday, 02 January 2023 Robin Whitlock ACWA Power has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) and investment agreements (IAs) with the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to develop the 1.5 GW Kungrad wind farm in the republic of Karakalpakstan, ...

Statkraft Ireland Set to Begin Work on 56MW Midlands Wind Farm

Wednesday, 21 December 2022 REM

Statkraft Ireland has confirmed that construction will begin at Cushaling Wind Farm in counties Offaly and Kildare in January 2023.

DOE Looks at How Wind Turbines Could Power Defense and Disaster Relief

Monday, 05 December 2022 REM Conflicts and disasters can happen anywhere—in the middle of a vast desert, on an isolated island, or in the dark arctic tundra. No matter where those catastrophes happen, the military and humanitarian ...

GE Renewable Energy Selects Mammoet for Dogger Bank Wind Farm

Monday, 21 November 2022 REM GE Renewable Energy has selected Mammoet UK, based in Thornaby Teesside, to supply onshore heavy lifting and transport for the staging and assembly of turbine components for Dogger Bank Wind Farm. Dogger ...

Wind industry blown off course by recession - promises full recovery

Tuesday, 15 November 2022 Robin Whitlock The wind industry has hit several speedbumps in the last few months, illustrated by the poor results for Q3 2022 published by western wind turbine specialists such as Vestas, Siemens Gamesa and GE, but ...

Major Investment Planned to Develop South Auckland-Waikato Offshore Wind Industry

Monday, 14 November 2022 REM The consortium formed by BlueFloat Energy, Energy Estate and Elemental Group announced its plans for a multibillion-dollar investment in offshore wind projects in South Auckland and West Waikato, Aotearoa. ...

RWE Successful in Dutch Offshore Wind Tender

Friday, 11 November 2022 REM RWE has received the permit to build a large-scale offshore wind farm – Hollandse Kust West (HKW) VII. The site is located in the North Sea, about 53 kilometres off the Dutch coast. On the site RWE ...

Ireland

Shannon Foynes Port on course to become international floating offshore wind energy hub

Friday, 04 November 2022 Robin Whitlock A review of the Shannon Foynes Port Company’s Vision 2041 masterplan by global experts Bechtel explains how the deep waters of the Shannon Estuary would facilitate the deployment of floating offshore ...