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 EDITORIAL
Wind Turbine Manufacturers: Vestas Stays On Top
Detail_windpark_12New figures show a 22% increase in worldwide installations of wind turbines in 2019. Among manufacturers, Vestas remains the leader in onshore installations, while Siemens Gamesa is ahead in the offshore sector, as BloombergNEF's new report shows.

Last year, approximately 61 gigawatts of wind turbines were put into operation worldwide, as the annual statistics from BloombergNEF show. This is an increase of 22% over the previous year, when 50 GW were installed. A further increase to 75 GW is expected this year. 88% of the turbines were installed onshore, while the offshore share rose to 12%.

Four manufacturers alone are responsible for the lion's share ...

 HIGHLIGHTS
Load Factors Reach New Heights
List_windpark_17As a result of the elevated wind speeds in January onshore wind load factors averaged 42%, and older offshore sites (pre-2016) reached an average of 52%.

Newer (post-2016) windfarms fared much better with offshore wind ...

Report: Renewable Energy Is Now Mainstream
Rystad Energy: Use of Jackets Will Rise in 2020
List_rystad_20200214A total of 258 turbines to be installed this year will have a jacket foundation, according to data by Rystad Energy.

A total of 258 turbines to be installed this year will have a jacket foundation, the most ever in a single ...

Wind Energy Growth in Africa and Middle East Expected to Grow Significantly
List_gwec_20200213Wind energy capacity is expected to surge

The latest data released by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) shows Africa and the Middle East installed 894MW capacity of wind ...

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Discovery of the Day
Gigastack Project to Continue
Detail_orsted_20200219The Gigastack project, led by ITM Power, Ørsted, Phillips 66 Limited and Element Energy, will show how renewable hydrogen derived from offshore wind can support the UK's 2050 net-zero greenhouse gas emission target.

GBP 7.5 million funding has been awarded for the next phase of Gigastack, a new renewable hydrogen project, as part of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) Hydrogen Supply Competition. Gigastack wants to demonstrate how low-cost, zero-carbon hydrogen in the UK can be brought to industrial scale. The project consortium ...

MHI Vestas to Unveil Supplier News for Taiwan
Detail_mhi_20160613After being selected as preferred wind turbine supplier for the 300 MW Zhong Neng project in Taiwan, MHI Vestas readies for noteworthy industrial announcements.

MHI Vestas has reaffirmed its commitment to deliver the industry’s most comprehensive local supply chain for Taiwan.

“MHI Vestas has been an active and dedicated partner in the development of the ...

Vestas Introduces EnVentus V162-5.6 MW Turbine to Swedish Wind Market
Detail_vestas_denmark_2Stena Renewables AB has ordered large V162-5.6 MW turbines for their Riskebo wind farm in the Hedemora Municipality in Sweden.

Vestas has secured a 39 MW order and a 30-year service contract from long-term customer Stena Renewables. The wind farm will be the first in Sweden to leverage the EnVentus V162-5.6 MW turbine’s rotor size and high capacity factor to achieve industry-leading energy production. Commissioning of the project is planned for the fourth quarter of ...

Smart Energy Symposium & Windmesse Symposium 2020
 MEMBER NEWS
PNE Group: Energetic Start to 2020
List_pne_windpark_1The company has won some tenders and put another wind farm into operation

PNE Group, which is internationally active in the development of wind and photovoltaic projects, has had a buoyant start to the new year. The ...

OneView® Park Retrofit Supports Wind Farm Owners
List_scada_20200219SCADA International launches an all-in-one SCADA solution to secure long-term investments for minor park owners, the OneView® Park Retrofit.

SCADA International launches an all-in-one SCADA solution to secure long-term ...

GE Renewable Energy Names Heiner Markhoff Vice-President and CEO Grid Solutions
List_ge_20200219Markhoff will become the successor of Reinaldo Garcia who is retiring.

Jérôme Pécresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy, said: “Building ...

AkzoNobel: Protecting China's Offshore Wind Farms Against Corrosion
List_akzonobel_20200218_1Protecting offshore wind farms with advanced anti-corrosion coatings

Just off the coast of Rudong county in Jiangsu province, China, sits the largest operational offshore wind farm in ...

It's Still Not Enough!
List_windeurope_20190404_sWindEurope CEO Giles Dickson said: “Wind was 15% of Europe’s electricity. But Europe is not building enough new wind farms to deliver the EU’s goal that it should be half of Europe’s electricity by 2050.”

The United Kingdom ...

14th German-African Energy Forum
List_afrika_verein_20200212The must-attend event for your energy business — one of the fastest growing sectors in Africa?

The 14th German-African Energy Forum focuses innovative solutions for a carbon-neutral economic transformation of the ...

 EVENTS
2020-02-23 Hanoi: ICERE 2020)
2020-02-24 Addis Ababa: 3rd POWER & ENERGY AFRICA 2020
2020-02-24 Addis Ababa: Ethiopia Power & Energy Exhibition 2020 - Africa Trade Fair
2020-02-26 Coronado: AWEA Wind Project O&M and Safety Conference 2020
2020-02-26 Tokyo: WIND EXPO - Int'l Wind Energy Expo 2020
2020-02-26 Tokyo: INT'L SMART GRID EXPO
2020-03-03 Peterborough: Energy Now Expo 2020
2020-03-03 Kaohsiung: Wind Energy Asia 2020
2020-03-03 Düsseldorf: Cables 2020
2020-03-03 Paris: JEC World 2020
2020-03-03 Berlin: Zukunft Offshore
2020-03-04 Mexico City: Mexico WindPower – 2020
2020-03-05 Munich: Wind O&M Europe 2020 | O&M - Asset Management - Investment & Finance | Munich, Germany
2020-03-10 HANOI: Vietnam Wind Expo 2020
2020-03-10 Düsseldorf: Energy Storage Europe
2020-03-11 Gwang-ju: Sweet - Solar, Wind and Earth Energy Trade Fair
2020-03-17 Boltenhagen: Offshoretage 2020
2020-05-06 Hamburg: smart energy Symposium 2020
2020-05-07 Hamburg: 18. Windmesse Symposium 2020
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 INDUSTRY NEWS
No More Coal Plants for Poland?
TenneT Develops New Grid Connection Design for the Netherlands
German Africa Energy Forum 2020
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