Europe and Ireland take up large-scale wind power as energy costs soar
GreenBiz
JULY 6, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine has supercharged the move to wind and solar energy in Ireland and Europe.
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GreenBiz
JULY 6, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine has supercharged the move to wind and solar energy in Ireland and Europe.
Renew Economy
JUNE 1, 2022
Windy conditions in northern Europe provided more than 100% of Denmark’s electricity consumption for two days in a row in May. The post Wind power meets and beats Denmark’s total electricity demand – two days in a row appeared first on RenewEconomy.
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Business Green
FEBRUARY 18, 2020
Britain added more onshore and offshore wind capacity than any other country in Europe last year at 2.8GW, latest industry figures show. Climate neutrality and the Green Deal require Europe to install over twice as much new wind energy each year as it managed in 2019," said WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson.
Global Renewable News
OCTOBER 24, 2023
In her State of the Union speech in September 2023 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen highlighted the current challenges faced by Europe's wind energy industry. She committed to ensu.
Global Renewable News
JANUARY 8, 2024
Statkraft, Europe's largest renewable energy generator, is planning to invest up to six billion euros in upgrades to its Norwegian hydro and wind power facilities and construction of new onshore w.
Global Renewable News
DECEMBER 19, 2023
In October the European Commission published the Wind Power Package: 15 immediate actions to strengthen the competitiveness of Europe's wind value chain. The European Commission and European Inves.
Global Renewable News
AUGUST 9, 2023
Statkraft, Europe's largest renewable energy producer, and the biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca have entered into an agreement on wind power deliveries that will increase the supply of renewa.
GreenTechMedia
JULY 29, 2020
Shell's much-discussed Sky scenario from 2018, which charts a path to meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement, forecasts nuclear and fossil fuels each accounting for roughly 11 percent of Europe's mix in 2050. Bradley noted that different countries and regions will see very different technology mixes.
The Environmental Blog
OCTOBER 18, 2023
The global shift towards renewable energy sources has gained significant momentum in recent years, with wind energy playing a pivotal role in this transition. 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.
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 But wind remained resilient. Our turbines produced a record amount of electricity.
Business Green
JUNE 21, 2022
Overall, Europe boasts an offshore wind pipeline of 350GW, with 26GW fully operational, while the pipeline in countries outside Europe stands at 496GW. Australia, Italy, the USA and Finland also have significant floating wind pipelines, the data shows.
Business Green
MARCH 10, 2022
Clean energy investor has added onshore wind projects across the UK, Sweden, France, and Finland to its portfolio. All signed in the past three months, the deals are expected to boost Octopus Renewables' total wind power capacity by up to 90 per cent over the coming decade, it said. We need to generate more cheap, clean power.".
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.
Business Green
AUGUST 3, 2020
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. Major milestone reached for pioneering green grid project.
Business Green
JANUARY 10, 2022
Kimberley-Clark, Eesti Energy and Owens Coming have all signed deals to directly buy wind power from Octopus Renewables. Octopus Energy Generation CEO Zoisa North-Bond touted the corporate offtake deals as a "massive step forward for decarbonisation agendas across Europe". "To
Green Market Oracle
JUNE 15, 2020
Wind is key to our energy mix because it reduces fossil fuel use which combats climate change and contributes to cleaner air. There is now more than 591GW of wind power capacity installed globally in 91 countries, with continued growth predicted. Advances in wind energy has made turbines bigger and more efficient.
Envirotec Magazine
JUNE 15, 2023
To mark Global Wind Day 2023 on June 15, ABB – which describes itself as the largest supplier of electrical components to the wind industry around the world – discusses the measures needed to achieve the UK’s goals in relation to offshore wind power. This load factor = 0.402.
Envirotec Magazine
JANUARY 25, 2024
The battery, said to be strategically placed to harness Scotland’s abundant wind generation from offshore wind farms, was the first of Zenobē’s portfolio of projects in Scotland to go live and the first to connect directly onto the Scottish transmission network.
altenergymag
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
ENGIE supplies renewable energy to INEOS from the Norther offshore windfarm in the North Sea from 1st January 2021 • Gerd Franken Chairman INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe said: “This significant deal, will reduce our carbon footprint in Belgium by more than one million tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of taking 100,000 cars off the road each year.
Business Green
APRIL 27, 2020
The 125GWh deal, which comes into effect from 1 May, will cover half of the food and beverage giant's power consumption in the UK and should ensure that, once combined with other deals, all the firm's electricity consumption is covered by wind power generation, backed by certificates.
The Guardian: Energy
OCTOBER 27, 2023
Rising construction and financing costs are likely to require fresh policies from the UK and US One of the world’s biggest wind turbine makers has reignited concerns over the headwinds facing the industry after losing billions in market value this week.
Business Green
FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Shell, Gasunie, and Groningen Seaports launch ambitious plans to build green hydrogen hub for northern Europe. A new consortium has this week unveiled ambitious plans to build Europe's largest green hydrogen production 'mega-facility', which would source offshore wind power to produce zero emission hydrogen at a new site on the Dutch coast.
Business Green
OCTOBER 18, 2020
The study is part of an ongoing £2.75m research programme attached to the offshore wind project that is exploring the impacts of offshore wind power installations on local economic ecosystems and communities. It estimates every wind turbine in Europe generates on average of €10m of economic activity.
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.
AutoGrid
OCTOBER 27, 2022
Hey, Europe: You Can’t Get to 100% Renewables Without Demand Side Flexibility. Europe has inspired the world with its ambitious renewables integration, smart energy trading, and grid balancing. An important new study from Smart Energy Europe (SmartEn) makes the case for increased DSF in Europe to meet aggressive climate action targets.
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. WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson said last year's investment sums showed wind energy remained an attractive investment despite the pandemic, with plenty of capital available to finance new capacity.
GreenTechMedia
JANUARY 26, 2021
Coal power slumped by 20 percent year-on-year while solar and wind power grew 15 percent and 9 percent, respectively. SolarPower Europe tracked 18.2 European Union countries generated more electricity from renewables than from coal and gas for the first time ever in 2020, according to a report released Monday.
Envirotec Magazine
NOVEMBER 22, 2023
By Jan Patrick Schulz, CEO of Landbell and initiator of Europe’s largest Circular Economy Prize, the Green Alley Award. Europe has long been a welcoming home to sustainable minded companies. As one of the early homes of solar energy and wind power, circular economy was also an idea that found early adoption in the continent.
Mr. Sustainability
AUGUST 26, 2020
Summary - Europe and China double-down on renewables, investing hundreds of billions into electric vehicles, solar, wind and hydrogen. Germany recently unveiled a $145-billion (130 billion euro) recovery plan for Europe’s largest and strongest economy. Big time investments in Hydrogen Europe is also betting big on hydrogen.
GreenTechMedia
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
In both cases, the long-term anchor source of energy will be offshore wind power. The term "hybrid" offshore wind projects in Europe is also used to describe projects that double as interconnectors between two countries. All in all, the U.K.
The Guardian: Energy
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Increase the rate of growth of solar and wind power from its current high of 14% a year to 24% a year. Cut meat consumption from ruminants such as cows and sheep to about two servings a week in the US, Europe and other high-consuming countries by 2030. Continue reading.
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.
PV Tech
JANUARY 23, 2024
Italy generated record-breaking volumes of both solar PV and wind power in 2023, producing 30.6TWh and 23.4TWh of electricity, respectively.
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.
Global Renewable News
DECEMBER 17, 2023
Highlights EIB unveils dedicated package of counter-guarantees to improve access to finance for wind power sector Board of Directors also approves financing for energy, transport, business and.
Business Green
APRIL 5, 2022
The global wind industry has shown impressive resilience through the COVID-19 pandemic, but growth rates still need to quadruple by 2030 if the sector is to play a full role in keeping the Paris Agreement's 1.5C per cent less than the year-over-year wind energy growth rate in 2020. temperature goal "alive".
GreenTechMedia
MARCH 31, 2020
“If you look at the western part of Denmark, where we have a lot of wind power, people make the observation that when we have a lot of wind all these wind turbines are not running," Bach told GTM. An analysis by Danish energy consultant Paul-Frederik Bach shows 1.2 They ask: ‘How is that?’
Business Green
JANUARY 29, 2021
Spain has delivered the lowest prices ever seen for onshore wind in Europe," said Giles Dickson, CEO at trade body WindEurope, highlighting bids from onshore wind developers that ranged from €20/MWh to €28.89/MWh. The European wind industry continues to reduce costs through innovation, scale and learning effects. "We
Global Renewable News
AUGUST 31, 2023
Statkraft, Europe's largest generator of renewable energy, has acquired a wind power portfolio from Breeze Two Energy in Germany and France, growing its repowering portfolio with 337 MW and 39 win.
Business Green
NOVEMBER 24, 2022
Engie said the deal will see it provide Google with more than 5TWh of green power from the Moray West, the 900MW capacity project that is being developed by Ocean Winds, a 50/50 joint venture which is owned by EDP Renewables and Engie, and is set to begin generating from 2025.
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 14, 2021
Geocycle offers co-processing solutions for wind blades in Germany and will evaluate the possibility of extending this solution to other parts of Europe. We are delighted to work with LafargeHolcim on these critical projects, which will help to improve the sustainability of wind power now and well into the future.”.
Renewable Energy World
JUNE 23, 2021
“The economic incentive to deploy large amounts of solar power just got stronger in India, China and most of Europe. In Europe, the levelized cost of new-build solar ranges from $33/MWh in Spain and $41/MWh in France, to $50/MWh in Germany.
The Environmental Blog
JANUARY 26, 2021
Solar power is predicted to dominate the global market, with key stakeholders including SunPower (US), Canadian Solar (Canada), Jinko Solar (China), and Tina Solar (China). Solar and wind power is set to lead the renewables market, but with a reinvigorated drive towards greater efficiency in production, innovation and storage.
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