Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

More than 50 per cent of Britain's power produced by zero carbon wind generation on Saturday as gale force winds hit parts of Scotland and England. Wind speeds of up to 100 miles an hour in Scotland over the weekend enabled the UK to set a new record for wind power generation, according to data published by National Grid ESO.

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Forbes Green Tech

JANUARY 25, 2021

The results are in: last year, for the first time, renewables generated more electricity than fossil fuels across the EU, spurred on by new solar and wind power projects.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

But Global Wind Energy Council forced to revise its forecasts for 2020 and beyond as coronavirus fallout continues. Meanwhile, the growing number of wind farms around the world continues to be largely driven by financing via market based policy mechanisms, such as the UK's Contracts for Difference scheme, it seems.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

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. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5 Significantly, investors have got the message.

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altenergymag

OCTOBER 29, 2020

AWEA releases 2020 third-quarter report and important addendum to 2019 annual report

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

’ in 2020. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. Vortex Bladeless: wind power without blades. Vortex Bladeless was founded in 2014 but 2020 saw it achieving a couple of notable milestones, according to the company’s blog.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, renewables generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the U.S., Renewable energy sources include wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal energy. This outcome in 2020 was due mostly to significantly less coal use in U.S. In 2020, U.S.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 27, 2021

GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). in 2020, down from 14.1 GW in 2020. Amazon was the leading buyer of clean energy in 2020, announcing 35 separate clean energy PPAs in 2020, totalling 5.1 Companies announced 11.9

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 11, 2021

According to recent analysis by BloombergNEF, in last year’s record-setting year, the wind market commissioned nearly 100 gigawatts (GW) of new build in 2020. GW of wind turbines globally in 2020, compared with 60.7 Vestas, which placed first for the past four years, fell to third place in the 2020 ranking.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The UK continued to lead Europe in new wind power last year, adding 2.4GW of both onshore and offshore capacity as turbine installations rose more than a quarter across the continent in 2019, according to trade body WindEurope. At the moment, the advantage lies with the manufacturer selling the most powerful turbine.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

Renewables’ rising share of the total is partly attributable to net decommissioning of fossil fuel power generation in Europe, North America and for the first time across Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey). Total fossil fuel additions fell to 60 GW in 2020 from 64 GW the previous year.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 1, 2019

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (the NDRC) issued a Circular on Policies of Improving the Electricity Price for On-Grid Wind Power (the Circular) at the end of May 2019. According to the Circular, the price of electricity from offshore wind power projects is cut to 0.8 yuan per kWh [US $0.12

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 26, 2021

American multinational technology company Apple has announced that its 2020 green bonds will support the installation of 1.2 In 2020, Apple has funded the development of 350MW of new energy generation capacity in Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, and Denmark in 2020 from its green bonds. GW of renewable energy capacity.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Consistent reports from last year demonstrated that 2020 was going to be an incredible year for energy/environmental figures. The post 2020 tipped the balance for British renewable energy appeared first on Renewable Energy World.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 1, 2021

Global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, according to new research released last month. Global investment for offshore wind also set new highs last year as investment reached USD 30 billion, surpassing the previous high of USD 22 billion set in 2018.

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Business Green

MARCH 16, 2020

The European wind power sector is braced for potential economic headwinds in the wake of the escalating coronavirus outbreak, with trade body WindEurope today warning that some supply chains are already being hit by delays.

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Business Green

MARCH 18, 2022

At present, the UK has a target for 40GW of offshore wind power by 2030, which would mark a significant uptick from around 11GW in 2020. The target sits alongside a separate goal for 1GW of floating wind power capacity, a more nascent technology that allows turbines to capture stronger wind speeds further out at sea.

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Business Green

APRIL 5, 2022

That is the headline conclusion from the annual Global Wind Report 2022 , which was released today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and confirms that wind power saw its second-best year for growth in 2021, with almost 94GW of capacity added globally - just 1.8 However, other regions enjoyed record years.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Senvion’s plight is largely due to the collapse of its domestic German onshore wind power market after a countrywide shift to competitive power contract auctions in 2018,” commented Navigant Research senior research analyst Jesse Broehl in a December blog post.

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Forbes Green Tech

MARCH 25, 2021

The wind industry recorded its strongest year with a record 93GW of new capacity in 2020. Yet GWEC believes growth must triple over this next decade to have a chance at achieving 2050 net zero goals.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

From offshore wind, to solar, to the ballooning corporate renewables market, utilities, oil majors and developers are heading across the Atlantic for a piece of that gigantic American power pie. Here are seven we'll be keeping a close eye on in 2020. The Danish offshore wind giant laid bare the scale of its U.S.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Proportion of power derived from gas and coal in Britain fell to record low in 2020, official statistics confirm. Low demand for electricity during successive lockdowns saw renewables displace fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, government data has confirmed.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. power consumed generated no CO2 emissions,” said Ethan Zindler, BloombergNEF’s head of Americas. power in 2020.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2020, while project costs declined and performance improved, according to the Dept. The 2021 Land-based Wind Market Report , prepared by the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, found that wind increased its share of the U.S. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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Charged

AUGUST 29, 2019

The route between Germany and Denmark is almost perpendicular to the prevailing wind, which gives Scandlines favorable conditions for using Rotor Sails on the ferry crossing. Scandlines will begin preparations for the retrofit in November 2019 and has scheduled the installation for Q2 2020.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, insists the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today (15 June) on Global Wind Day. We need them to get serious about wind”, commented Rebecca Williams, Director of COP26 at GWEC.

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption. Governments need to simplify their permitting and ensure there are people to process the permit applications. Otherwise there's no point having a higher renewables target.".

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

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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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published the 15th edition of The Global Wind Report , described as the wind industry’s flagship publication which provides a comprehensive, global view of the sector through the latest market data, country profiles, trends and analysis.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It comes as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson gears up to unveil a 10-point green recovery plan next month, of which he has already announced offshore wind will be a major pillar , with a new, ramped up target to deliver 40GW of capacity by 2030 in bid to position the UK as "the Saudia Arabia of wind power".

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

The government is to auction 1,500MW annually between 2021 and 2025 under a wind-only pot and given this week's auction was delayed from 2020 a second auction is expected later this year. Overall, Tesla earned $721m in 2020 and chalked up its sixth straight quarterly net profit following years of losses.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Other key findings of the study include: The US has nearly tripled its wind power capacity since 2011, enough to energise more than 31 million homes. In 2020, wind accounted for 8.4% Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa installed more wind energy capacity than any other states in the US. of the nation’s electricity.

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Renewable Energy World

OCTOBER 7, 2021

The news underscores the resurgence of India's wind power market, which was severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. GW of wind capacity was installed in 2020, compared to a forecast of 3.3 GW, according to the Global Wind Energy Council. This is where wind will be critical.”. But a 10.3

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

In its report “Accelerating Decarbonisation in Shipping: A No Regrets Approach Using Wind Power”, the Institution calls for the Government to support the development of a demonstration ship using retro-fitted sails to help ship owners and users understand the business case for how wind could be used as primary propulsion for cargo vessels.

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altenergymag

JANUARY 28, 2021

Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind power have grown significantly in the US during 2010 to 2020, and are estimated to add significant capacities in the current decade – despite the IRS’s plans to phase out the Investment Tax Credit (ITC), and the uncertainty of Production Tax Credit (PTC) extensions, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics (..)

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The Clean Energy Regulator of Australia has approved enough capacity to guarantee that the large-scale Renewable Energy Target of 33,000 GWh of additional renewable energy will be met in 2020.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas retained its title as the largest global supplier in the space last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, with Siemens Gamesa coming in a close second in a bumper year for the wind power industry. The 2020 tally could reach as high as 75 gigawatts. gigawatts, BNEF said.

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