Some appalling figures have reached us from politics in recent days. Hardly any country in Europe will achieve its climate protection goals for 2020, while there are more and more refugees elsewhere. Nevertheless, something is changing - albeit from an unexpected direction.

Only few people - including the U.S. President - nowadays deny that the climate is changing. Looking around the U.S. tangible effects are easy to detect: Temperatures are rising, and in California deadly bush fires are multiplying. Meanwhile, ice in Alaska is melting and sea levels are rising. East coast storms are becoming increasingly extreme, with strong snow and rain dominating the ...

Battery boom will enable the world to get half of their electricity from renewables by 2050

Wind and solar are set to surge to almost “50 by 50” – 50% of world generation by 2050 – on ...

RenewableUK has released a new report on the global numbers for offshore wind / Taiwan made a remarkable jump to third rank

The portfolio of global offshore wind projects in operation, under construction or in development ...

The report shows that no single EU country is performing sufficiently in both showing ambition and making progress in reducing carbon emissions.

Too few of them are advocating for ambitious ...

The World Wind Energy Association, with the support of Heinrich Böll Stiftung (hbs), Pakistan has conducted a study titled “Impact of...

Spanish reasearchers have designed a new control system for wind turbines in offshore wind farms to allow simpler power transmission to the coast

This innovation, which the UC3M ...

Vestas has received an order for the 228 MW Lal Lal Wind Farm, located in Victoria, Australia. The 60 V136-3.6 MW turbines will be equipped with Australia’s first radar-activated aviation lights.

A consortium comprising InfraRed Capital Partners, Macquarie Capital and Northleaf Capital has awarded Vestas the order to equip the 228 MW Lal Lal Wind Farm, located in Victoria, Australia, with wind turbines. It is the first project Vestas has worked on with the project partners in Australia and includes a 30-year service ...

German utility EnBW has announced to expand to France with one of Europe's still growing renewable energy markets.

EnBW is convinced that the country offers great potential for wind and solar. Philippe Vignal was won as CEO for the French subsidiary. He's looking forward to his new professional challenge: "EnBW's expertise and clout are the best prerequisites for the development of our French wind power business. We are already acquiring and have set ourselves ambitious goals."

 

The German-Dutch transmission system operator has brought big names on board. TenneT is now collaborating with innogy and Vattenfall in two studies to further investigate the possibilities of optimal international networking for the distribution of electricity in offshore wind projects.

Future Project North Sea

The North Sea is the future of Northern Europe's electricity supply. Not only TenneT is convinced of thAT. “Given WindEurope’s forecasts  of the planned deployment of up to 70 GW offshore wind by 2030, new approaches must be ...

Germany is currently facing harsh criticism from all sides. The reason: The country‘s climate protection policy is failing – in a spetacular way!

The former pioneer in climate protection has become a whipping boy. The German Government has published the current Climate Protection Report for 2017 yesterday and is now facing a huge shitstorm.

And rightly so, because the record is devastating. The country is failing to reach its climate protection targets for 2020 in a massive way. The targeted reduction in CO2 emissions ...

ENERCON rates RTS Wind as best ISP service provider in the maintenance area

On 6./7. June we were invited to ENERCON to attend the first official ISP day.(ISP = Independent Service Provider). The event took place at ENERCON ...

International utility orders 31 turbines to equip three wind farms.

The Nordex Group has won yet new orders from Spain. The company will supply a total of 31 turbines with a combined capacity of 95 megawatts. ...

VarioSense Bearing Wins the “Best of Industry” Award by industrial magazine “MM Maschinenmarkt"

At the beginning of June, Schaeffler’s VarioSense sensor bearing was named “Best ...

It's ACCIONA's first wind farm following the Energy Reform in Mexico

ACCIONA has begun the start-up of the 183-MW El Cortijo wind farm in Tamaulipas (Mexico), the first to enter service of those associated with the Energy ...

Prysmian Group will present its Power Link Cable Solutions, the new enhanced asset management service for critical power links, at the RenewableUK Global Offshore Wind 2018 Conference and Exhibition in Manchester, from 19 to 20 June (Manchester...

Rapid Progressd for Offshore Wind Industry

The offshore sector of the wind industry has made headlines in recent months. It has progressed rapidly, both in technical innovation and in ...

After yesterday's complaints about Germany, today France is getting criticized for not doing it's best.

The event takes place at a particularly important time both for Europe’s energy mix and for France. As EU ...

BayWa r.e. has won the technical and commercial asset management contract for four UK windfarms owned by Octopus Investments

Located across the UK, the wind farms have a combined installed capacity of 148.5 MW, which ...