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New York state governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, wants to get out of the fossil energy production as quickly and comprehensively as possible. He had already announced that he didn't intend to follow President Trump's path of reactivating fossil energy...

The Swedish energy company Vattenfall has announced that it has placed a bid in the tender for the Dutch offshore wind project "Hollandse Kust Zuid".

The project has a tendered capacity of 700 megawatts and is located 20 kilometers west of The Hague in the North Sea. Commissioning must take place by 2021 and is to be carried out without guaranteed feed-in tariffs at market conditions. It is the first time that the Netherlands has put such an auction out to tender.

“As an ...

Two more wind farms have started commercial operation in South Africa this month. With a total capacity of 280 megawatts, the two neighbouring wind farms of Loeriesfontein and Khobab together form the largest single area of wind power plants in the country.

South Africa is the only African country among the G20 states. Up to now, however, fossil fuels have been the primary energy source, but even in Africa the idea of the energy transition has gained ground. Three to four years ago, South Africa was considered a great insider's tip among the up-and-coming markets, ...

The company has invested five million euros to expand its headquarters in Sever do Vouga

The investment of five million euros includes the construction of a new factory building and the purchase of advanced machinery - including a machine that enables the rolling of steel up to 118 mm thick, which is necessary for the new towers. These investments will enable the company to produce steel towers for wind turbines up to 80 tons in unit weight with larger thicknesses and diameters. This ...

The company wins another contract for 80 MW in Australia due to its strong presence in the market.

Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, has signed a contract with Pacific Hydro to deliver the Crowlands Wind ...

After a lot of hurdles, wpd puts nearshore project Nordergründe into operation

This wind farm will in future provide 100,000 households with green power. In addition to wpd, the co-shareholders of the park John Laing ...

“We are grateful to our champions in Congress for their work to craft a pro-business tax reform bill that will continue the success story of American wind power,” said Tom Kiernan.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act near passage in ...

“The deal underlines our commitment to using more sustainable energy resources as it allows us to balance swings in supply of electricity, particuarly that generated by wind and solar ...

Financial close of 97 MW project was reached within a few weeks

Senvion, a leading global manufacturer of wind turbines, announced its contract for the supply and delivery of 27 Senvion 3.6M114 ...

Full service contract for six Siemens SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines managed by MEAG.

The term of the contract is fifteen years. Deutsche Windtechnik and MEAG have already worked together ...

The European Energy Council agreed on four key files of the EU Clean Energy Package, but failed to agree on ambitious targets.

There is some good news on the Renewable Energy Directive. The 28 Member States agreed to ...

On January 1st, BBB Umwelttechnik becomes Ramboll.

Together with Ramboll, we are close to 350 experts providing consultancy services on wind energy, and we can offer our clients a full range of services within this ...

The company will build three wind farm with a total capacity of 270 MW

GE Renewable Energy and GE Power recently announced agreements to provide 270 MW of wind energy capacity to Wind Energy Holding (a member of ...

In line with their plan to exit offshore wind, Statkraft sells its stakes in Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm is a 317MW operational wind farm located off the coast of Norfolk in ...

Around 350 students attended the event

The first edition was an immediate success – around 350 students visited the “Campus@Schunk” careers day held in Heuchelheim at ...

German maintenance provider Deutsche Windtechnik is establishing a new subsidiary in the USA

The independent maintenance provider Deutsche Windtechnik will be expanding its business activities to include the North ...

German turbine manufacturer secures order from new customer in Italy.

The Nordex Group has been awarded contracts for the installation of two wind farms in Apulia. A total of 13 N131 turbines with 84 meter steel towers are ...

GE Renewable Energy has announced the departure of the last set of nacelles to Merkur's Offshore Windfarm for this year

GE Renewable Energy announces the depart of the last set of nacelles to be shipped this year ...