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Baltic Eagle Complete: Germany Reaches 2024 Expansion Target For Offshore Wind Energy Ahead of Schedule
17 Oct 2024 10:47 | Muenster, Germany - The expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany is fully on schedule for 2024. In addition to the Gode Wind 3 offshore wind farm (253 MW), the commissioning of the Baltic Eagle wind farm (476 MW) is planned for the current year. According to Iberdrola, all 50 wind turbines of the Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm have now been installed. read more...
China: Dongfang Electric Presents The World's Largest Offshore Wind Turbine With a Capacity of 26 MW
14 Oct 2024 19:15 | Chengdu, China - China is once again raising the bar in the competition for the most powerful wind turbines. Most recently, Chinese wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Smart Energy ushered in the era of the 20 MW power class with a 20 MW turbine at the beginning of September 2024. The new offshore wind turbine from the Chinese state-owned Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) with an output of 26 MW per turbine, on the other hand, is entering completely new performance dimensions. read more...
600 MW Combined-Cycle Solar Project: Ørsted Completes Four-Hour Battery Storage in The USA
11 Oct 2024 14:44 | Frederica, Denmark - Danish energy company Ørsted has announced the official commissioning of the Eleven Mile Solar Center in Pinal County near Phoenix, Arizona. read more...
Scottish Wind Market: PNE Group Sells Wind Farm in Sallachy, Scotland
11 Oct 2024 14:32 | Münster, Germany - In addition to offshore wind energy, the development of onshore wind energy is a central pillar in the expansion of renewable energies in Scotland. The renewable project developer PNE, which has been active on the Scottish wind market for many years, is also benefiting from this. read more...
Arbitration Proceedings Ended: Vestas And Fortum Reach Agreement In Legal Dispute Over Russian Wind Energy Projects
11 Oct 2024 12:30 | Aarhus, Denmark - Vestas and the majority state-owned Finnish energy company Fortum have settled their legal dispute in connection with wind energy projects in Russia. read more...
Stable Sales Prices: Nordex Already Increases Order Intake to 5.1 GW in 2024
09 Oct 2024 16:24 | Hamburg, Germany - Business is booming at the Nordex Group, with the company winning orders for 5,083 MW in the first nine months of 2024. This is an increase of 4 percent compared to the previous year (9M/2023: 4,892 MW) and also represents a new record in the last seven years (since 2018). read more...
RWE And Total Energies Jointly Realize 4,000 MW of Offshore Wind Farm Capacity Off The German Coast
09 Oct 2024 08:19 | Essen, Germany - The expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany will continue to gain momentum in the near future. By 2030 alone, the German government plans to expand the capacity to 30,000 MW. One of the key players is the energy group RWE, which will realize two of the planned offshore projects with Total Energies as an additional partner. read more...
Hydrogen Economy: Project to Decarbonize Industrial Processes With Nordex Electrolyser Launched
08 Oct 2024 16:32 | Cáseda, Spain - A project has been launched in the Spanish region of Navarra to help decarbonize the processes of industrial companies in the region with the help of green hydrogen. read more...
Canada: Nordex Receives Major Orders For 500 MW of Wind Power Capacity
08 Oct 2024 08:31 | Hamburg, Germany - At the end of September, the Nordex Group received orders from Canada for 74 N163 turbines with a total wind power capacity of 500 MW. The orders also include Premium Service for the maintenance of the turbines for between 15 and 30 years, Nordex announced. read more...
Over 100 Billion kWh of Wind Power in 2024: Wind Energy Expands its Leading Position in Germany - Coal-fired Power Collapses
08 Oct 2024 06:57 | Muenster, Germany - Wind energy is by far the most important source of energy in the electricity sector in Germany. Today, on October 7, 2024, the mark of 100 billion kWh of wind power was exceeded in the current year 2024, earlier than ever before in one year. In the previous year 2023, this mark was only reached on 19.10.2023. read more...
Saudi Arabia Releases Next Round of Tenders For Wind And Solar Projects
06 Oct 2024 12:16 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The public perception of the desert state of Saudi Arabia has so far been that of an oil nation. However, the Saudi government has set itself ambitious targets for the expansion of renewable energies by 2030. The sixth round of tenders has now been released as part of the National Renewable Energy Program (NREP). read more...
Siemens Gamesa Manufactures First Rotor Blade For Giant British Offshore Wind Farm Sofia
05 Oct 2024 17:18 | Swindon, UK - With the closure of the UK's last coal-fired power station earlier this week and the end of UK coal-fired power generation, the expansion of offshore wind energy in the UK continues to gain momentum. An important milestone has now been reached at RWE's Sofia offshore wind farm with the manufacture of the first British-made rotor blade. read more...
Hydrogen Instead of Nuclear Power: RWE Receives Authorisation to Demolish The Emsland Nuclear Power Plant
03 Oct 2024 19:13 | Lingen, Germany - The energy company RWE has received the nuclear licence from the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection to decommission and dismantle the former Emsland nuclear power plant (KKE). read more...
Plug Power Implements Hydrogen Ecosystem: Plug Power Partners With Spanish Logistics Specialist
02 Oct 2024 15:21 | Slingerlands, USA - The US hydrogen company Plug Power has launched an initiative with the Spanish company Carreras Grupo Logístico to establish the first hydrogen-powered logistics site in Spain. read more...
RWE Secures Capacities: RWE Signs Framework Agreement For Monopile Foundations With Steelwind
02 Oct 2024 13:50 | Essen, Germany - RWE has signed a framework agreement with Steelwind Nordenham, a company of the Dillinger Group, for the production of up to 300 monopile foundations for RWE offshore wind projects. With this contract, the energy group secures production capacities in a market characterized by scarce resources in the supply chain. read more...