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UK leads Europe on new wind power as global turbine market enjoys boom

Business Green

Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show. Elsewhere, Spain added 2.3GW of new wind energy last year - its best in over a decade - followed by Sweden with a record 1.6GW and France at 1.3GW, WindEurope said on Monday.

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Shetland wind power set to reach UK mainland via new HVDC link

Business Green

Major milestone reached for pioneering green grid project. A major renewable energy infrastructure project is to bring wind power from Shetland to the UK mainland via Europe's first multi-terminal high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) interconnection, the firms behind the development announced yesterday.

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Europe’s grid is receiving record levels of investment. But is it enough?

Smart Energy International

Reflecting on a week of record finance results from German and Dutch utilities, Smart Energy’s Power Playbook column sees Yusuf Latief discuss grid investment plans and whether they are indicative of grid planning finally going right. The key takeaway, you ask? is planning a €9 billion ($9.8 In the Netherlands, it is not.

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Smart Energy Finances: Funding for Capalo AI’s market optimisation platform

Smart Energy International

Leading this week’s Smart Energy Finances is pre-seed funding of half a million euros for Finnish startup Capalo AI, which will further develop its virtual power plant and market optimisation technology. Also on the radar are an acquisition in the Netherlands of storage developer Equans by E.ON-owned

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Keeping the lights on: Ensuring flexibility and stability in the European grid

Envirotec Magazine

According to Bloomberg, January 2021 saw the latest in a series of near misses for the European power grid, a sudden drop in frequency and narrowly avoided widespread power failure. Increasing reliance on renewable energy sources — while essential to lower CO2 emissions — also leads to a fluctuating energy supply.

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Novel wind turbine control techs open for commercialisation

Smart Energy International

The technologies, which can be integrated into existing wind turbine control systems, are aimed to address the two major issues identified with the rapid growth of wind farms globally – namely power system frequency control and forced oscillations, which can cause widespread disruption over entire power grids.

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BayWa r.e. completes unique PV, wind and battery storage system in Germany

Smart Energy International

installed three new rooftop arrays and one new ground-mounted system to expand renewable energy utilisation onsite. These PV systems with a total capacity of 690kWp are now connected to the power grid without their own inverters, but via an existing 2MW wind turbine.