Until a few years ago, the country at the southern tip of the continent was regarded as Africa's engine of the energy transition. But President Jacob Zuma delayed the expansion from 2015 onwards and preferred to invest in nuclear power plants instead. Following his resignation in February this year, first activities have now started again.

The expansion of renewable energies in South Africa continues. At the beginning of the month, 27 power purchase agreements for solar energy and wind farms were finally signed that had long been held back by former President Jacob Zuma.

This is a first victory for the new President, Cyril ...

The test results confirmed the enormous potential of this foundation concept for reliable and cost-effective deployment in offshore wind farms.

The test results confirmed the ...

By the end of 2017, there were 33 fully operational offshore wind farms (1,762 turbines) in UK waters, with a further 8 windfarms under construction, setting the sector on track to grow its contribution to the UK’s ...

According to a new report by the Australian Wind Alliance (AWA), wind farm construction brings almost $4 billion to regional Australia

The report details the direct and indirect financial and social benefits to ...

Pakistan needs to increase the use of renwable energy in order to tighten its energy security, improve energy access, and spur social and economic development with renewable energy.

The report presents options to strengthen ...

Ithaca College's electricity is now purchased from national wind farms.

Since February 2018, 100 percent of the college’s electricity has been purchased from Green-e certified national wind farms. The move ...

Have Martha's Vineyard residents ever imagined it? For years, they used all legal means to fight a planned offshore wind farm off their island until the developer gave up. Now, instead, a large industrial park for the offshore wind industry will be built in their port.

About 15,000 inhabitants live on the island of Martha's Vineyard/Ma. And if things had been like project developer Cape Wind had planned it, today the first US offshore wind farm would supply clean energy off the island. But things turned out differently. Some of ...

The companies Hottinger Baldwin Messtechnik GmbH (HBM) and Brüel & Kjær Sound and Vibration A/S (BKSV) will merge their businesses in the course of 2018.

Both BKSV and HBM are global market leaders in their respective disciplines. ...

Wind jobs are especially growing in farm and factory towns across America

Wind power, the largest source of U.S. renewable electricity generating capacity, now supplies more than 30 percent of the electricity in four states, ...

German policymakers should show leadership on clean energy and the energy transition in Europe

Dickson was speaking at the EUFORES (European Forum for Renewable Energy) workshop in the Bundestag entitled: ‘EU Clean ...

The company has been asked to build special containers to travel through eleven countries by train

Normally speaking the containers which are built by ELA Container Offshore GmbH are intended for the offshore market, but in this ...

The focus of their fair presence is on the reliable, efficient supply of C-parts in the ‘Integrated Industry’ age.

The focus of this fair presence is on the reliable, efficient supply of C-parts in the ‘Integrated ...

These wind sensors are predestined for use in areas at risk of lightning, because of their with improved protection against electrostatic discharge.

The design is aerodynamically optimised, the housing and ...

New GEN2tB portable data recorder can be used flexibly for various applications

With the portable data acquisition system GEN2tB, HBM Test and Measurement (HBM) introduces a high-performance starter device for ...

Borealis and Borouge present an entire range of innovations and global investments

Borealis and Borouge, leading providers of innovative, value-creating polyolefin solutions for the global wire and cable industry, will be on ...

The company has opened an office in Taiwan.

More than 100 guests were invited to the opening ceremony, including representatives from important suppliers, logistics partners and the regional fastener ...

Polish System Operator PSE says 4 GW of offshore wind could be installed in the Baltic Sea by 2026/27 and up to 8 GW in the longer term.

PSE President Eryk Klosowski said that 4 GW of offshore wind could be installed ...

Located in Cameron County, near the San Roman wind farm that ACCIONA started up in December 2016, the new facility will produce around 524 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean energy per year - it's the ninth wind farm for Acciona in Texas....