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Content Iss. 2019-01-24

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 EDITORIAL
Ireland and Offshore Wind
Detail_irlandThanks to its island location, Ireland has a coastline of 1,448 kilometres and almost ten times as much sea area as land mass. Nevertheless, the country so far paid little attention to the use of offshore wind energy. But now the go-ahead has been given.

Ireland is not using its potential! All experts agreed that the island has a pipeline of up to 1 gigawatt in offshore wind until 2020. Further three gigawatts would be possible by 2030. In the past though not much happened.

But last year the time had come: the Irish government

 HIGHLIGHTS
U.S. Government Organization: Renewables Will Be Fastest Growing Source of Electricity Generation PowerFacts Europe 2019 Report Published
List_windeurope_20190123ENTSO-E (the association of European Transmission System Operators) has published a new report providing data and analysis in order to guide clear decision-making in Europe’s energy transition, supporting the further electrification of Europe’s energy...
Rocky Shores: Good for Energy Storage?
List_kueste_4Engineers and geoscientists from the Universities of Edinburgh and Strathclyde say North Sea rocks could act as energy stores.

Rocks in the seabed off the UK coast could provide long-term storage locations for ...

UK: New Onshore Wind Installations Fell by nearly 80% in 2018
 WINDFAIR EDITORS
Mobile Manufacturing: Production According to Home Quality Criteria Also Possible Abroad
China Plans Even More Wind Complexes
Detail_windpark_wasserThe Chinese government has approved several wind projects, including the construction of 24 offshore wind farms off the coast of Jiangsu Province and a 6 gigawatt wind complex to power the 2022 Winter Olympics.

The bigger, the better - this is the motto the Chinese government is currently using when it comes to wind energy. China already ranking first among the countries with the highest expansion figures, will continue to invest massively in wind energy. Various projects have now again been approved for this purpose, ...

Innovative Garment to Save Lives of Offshore Workers
Detail_iron_ocean_20190122A garment prototype that could save the lives of offshore workers in case of an accident was unveiled last week.

Scottish company Iron Ocean has worked closely with the Oil & Gas Innovation Centre (OGIC) and Heriot-Watt University from Edinburgh to develop an offshore survival system called Centurion 3. The system comprises of a three-layer upper body garment that produces heat when immersed in cold water and is designed to be worn under the traditional offshore survival suit.

The three-layers are tear ...

 MEMBER NEWS
New Roxtec Fire Laboratory Starts Working
List_roxtec_20190123Roxtec has built a new fire lab in Karlskrona, Sweden, which will play an important role in the development and precertification process of the company’s standard and customized safety products

“Our new ...

AWEA Reacts to New York's Offshore Wind Announcement
List_awea_20161107The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) issued a statement reacting to Gov. Cuomo’s announcement to more than triple the state of New York’s offshore wind development target.

New York's Governor Andrew Cuomo has ...

Statkraft Signs PPA to Provide 3 TWh for Industrial Customers in Spain
List_statkraft_20180123Statkraft and Fortia have signed a PPA providing large industrial companies in steel, cement, metallurgy, chemical, paper and industrial gas sectors with clean electricity

For a ...

First Sucess for Partnership between innogy and Nordex
List_nordex_20190122The two German companies celebrate the success of their strategic partnership with the construction of a wind farm in the U.S. and in Poland

In October 2018 innogy and the Nordex Group agreed on a strategic partnership ...

PNE AG with Positive Outcome of 2018
List_pne_windpark_1International markets become more and more important

The project developer PNE AG can draw a positive balance of its operating activities in 2018. Wind farm projects with 142.5 MW were put into operation or the ...

It's Cold in Spitsbergen
ACCIONA Finishes Repowering Project in Spain
List_nordex_2019011890 old wind turbines installed 23 years ago were replaced with 12 of modern technology, increasing energy production by 16%

Replacing 90 obsolete wind turbines installed 23 years ago with 12 of modern technology, while ...

 EVENTS
2019-01-24 Tokyo: 5th Asia Offshore Wind Day
2019-01-29 Mississauga: CanWEA Operations and Maintenance Summit 2019
2019-01-30 Berlin: Future electricity grids for renewable energy
2019-02-04 Umeå : Winterwind 2019
2019-02-05 Essen: E-world 2019
2019-02-05 Aberdeen: Subsea Expo 2019
2019-02-12 Bad Pyrmont: 3. Windenergie Technologiekongress
2019-02-12 Hamburg: Wölfel-Dialog „Monitoring von Windenergieanlagen“
2019-02-13 Gdansk: WINDFORCE Baltic Sea 2019
2019-02-13 Madrid: Jornada de la Eólica y el Mercado 2019
2019-02-14 Berlin: Kostenfreie Kanzleiveranstaltung LUTHER NIERER
2019-02-19 Rostock: 5. Offshore-Symposium
More Events on WindEvents.Com
 INDUSTRY NEWS
Vestas Introduces the EnVentus Wind Turbine Platform
Saudi Arabia to Build Its First Wind Farm
British Carbon Reduction Plans in Jeopardy
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