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Content Iss. 2020-06-18

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 EDITORIAL
Iberdrola Shaking Up Energy Market
 HIGHLIGHTS
Report: Corporate Customers Love Wind Energy
List_awea_20200616U.S. companies have puchased a record amount of wind power last year.

Commercial and industrial companies bought 4,447 megawatts (MW) of U.S. wind capacity last year, setting a new record for annual procurements and bringing ...

Wind power Drives Australian Energy Transition
List_cec_20200616There are currently 28 large-scale wind farms either under construction or financially committed with a total capacity of 5 GW in Australia

Wind power remains the cheapest source of large-scale renewable energy, and Clean ...

Report: Irish Government Should Cut Power Prices
List_windpark_20Decisions made by the next Government could nearly halve the price of renewable electricity in Ireland or increase it by as much as a third, says IWEA.

Over the last 20 years the price of onshore wind energy has been falling ...

Report: Over One million Green Jobs in the UK Possible
List_wind_bau_5The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a new report, saying nearly 700,000 direct jobs could be created in England’s low-carbon and renewable energy economy by 2030

The LGA is urging the Government to ...

 WINDFAIR EDITORS
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy: Markus Tacke no longer CEO
Shetland Islands Get Giant Wind Farm
Detail_sse_20200617British energy utility SSE Renewables has approved a final investment decision for the Viking onshore wind farm with 103 turbines and a capacity of 443 MW. With this, the company wants to drive forward the environmentally friendly economic recovery after the coronavirus lockdown.

The Viking wind farm will be built on the Shetland Islands, where the company intends to take advantage of the excellent wind conditions, which result in an estimated utilisation rate of approximately 48%. Once constructed, it will be the largest onshore wind farm in the UK, measured ...

ewz and Ostwind To Develop Wind Farms in France
SwifterwinT Signs PPA with Eneco
Detail_windpark_17Eneco and SwifterwinT have signed a 15-year contract for the purchase of the power supplied by SwifterwinT’s 37 onshore wind turbines in the Netherlands.

The turbines of SwifterwinT belong to the Windplanblauw Wind Farm in the municipalities of Dronten and Lelystad, located in the northwest corner of the province of Flevoland, Netherlands. The wind farm is undergoing repowering at the moment, replacing the currently 74 wind turbines by 61 bigger turbines with more capacity. Of these 61 turbines, 37 are located onshore. The PPA only includes the onshore part of ...

 MEMBER NEWS
New Functionality in LID-3300IP Type 2 Ice Detector
List_labkotec_20200618LID-3300IP Ice Detector system, Type 2, is the latest version of the product, which fulfils now the requirements of PLd according to recent ISO 13849-1:2015 standard scheme.

The ...

GE to Hire Workers for Wind Turbine Blade Factory in France
List_ge_20200618GE Renewable Energy is hiring 250 people to work in Cherbourgh on the world's longest wind turbine blades

GE Renewable Energy announced today its plan to recruit 250 employees at its LM Wind ...

wpd Signs Enercon for French Wind Farm
List_wind_berge_3Enercon will supply turbines for the Auzay project which developer wpd is working on at the moment.

The Auzay project is located in the municipality of Auchay sur Vendée, Département Vendée, ...

Wind Turbine Tower with 3D-Printed Concrete Base
List_ge_20200617Printing the base directly on-site with 3D-printed concrete technology will enable the creation of larger bases and cost-effective taller hybrid towers, reaching up to 200 meters

GE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim ...

Nexans to Supply Power Export Cables for Seagreen OWF
List_nexans_20200612Nexans subsea and land cables will provide power for up to 1 million Scottish homes helping the UK achieve its clean energy targets

Nexans has been awarded a major contract by SSE Renewables to design, manufacture and ...

GE Renewable Energy Wins Contract in China
List_ge_20171012"We’re delighted to see our first onshore wind partnership with PowerChina," says turbine manufacturer GE Renewable Energy.

GE Renewable Energy continues to grow its onshore wind energy business in China with the first contract ...

Naturgy Choses GE Renewable Energy for 5-Year FSA
List_ge_20181010The agreement covers the maintenance for 13 Eco-80 turbines

GE Renewable Energy today announced that it has been selected by Naturgy to provide a 5-year full-service agreement (FSA) for the La Rabia Wind Farm in Spain. The ...

Altamont Winds Selects SCADA's OneView®
List_scada_20200611SCADA International has been selected by Altamont Winds to provide the renewable asset management solution, OneView® SCADA, for the Summit Winds Project.

SCADA International announces that OneView® ...

 INDUSTRY NEWS
China's First 8 MW Wind Turbine Up and Running
Saitec Installs Floating Turbine in Spain
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