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Leading the Charge: Countries that Dominate Wind Energy Production

The Environmental Blog

As the world grapples with the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change, many countries have embraced wind power as a clean and sustainable solution. China China has 124 gW this year and has grown by 10 gW since 2014 and by 44 gW since 2013. India’s wind capacity target for 2030 is 170 gigawatts.

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Could wind power the green recovery?

Business Green

But few sectors can lay as strong a claim for playing a central and strategic role in any recovery, as the renewables industry in general and the wind power sector in particular. The global offshore market has now grown on average by 24 per cent each year since 2013. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5

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?Scandlines installs Norsepower’s wind-powered rotor sail on hybrid ferry

Charged

Operating between Germany and Denmark, the M/V Copenhagen belongs to Scandlines’ already-existing fleet of hybrid ferries , which combines diesel and battery power. Since 2013, the ferry operator has invested more than €300 million in building and retrofitting ferries from conventional diesel to hybrid power.

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Global offshore wind installed capacity up 21 percent since 2013

Renewable Energy World

This week the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) launched the first edition of its Global Offshore Wind Report, which provides a comprehensive analysis of the prospects for the global offshore wind market, including forecast data, market-level analysis and review of efforts to lower costs.

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U.S. onshore wind construction costs continue to decline

Renewable Energy World

onshore wind generators declined by 27% from 2013-2019 , according to data from the U.S. The average construction cost per kilowatt fell from $1,895 in 2013 to $1,391 in 2019. The report acknowledges that wind capacity and construction costs vary significantly by region. Construction costs for U.S.

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Midwestern Utility Evergy Pledges Carbon Cuts in Line With Paris Accord

GreenTechMedia

Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt At the same time, it increased its share of renewables from less than 1 percent to roughly 27 percent, almost entirely wind power, with nearly 3.9 gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020. Similarly, Xcel Energy, which serves about 3.3

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7 Transmission Projects That Could Unlock a Renewable Energy Bounty

GreenTechMedia

It's a joint proposal of Idaho Power and PacifiCorp’s Rocky Mountain Power, which has big plans for growing its wind power portfolio in Wyoming as part of a broader long-range plan to increase its share of clean energy. TransWest Express. Grain Belt Express. But the 780-mile, $2.3 Credit: Invenergy).

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