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Content Iss. 2023-04-06

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 EDITORIAL
Egypt drives African energy transition
Detail_pyramids-3753769_1280Egypt's wind energy potential is huge. Financial close has now been reached for a further 500 MW wind project. In the coming years, construction activity in the country on the Nile will increase significantly.

A recent study published by GWEC attests to Egypt's great potential for wind power: Accelerated expansion would result in 45 percent more wind turbines, which would equate to an additional 1.15 GW, 164,000 additional full-time jobs and potentially more than $2 billion for the economy. And it appears that the country is gratefully accepting the lead role in Africa.

Egypt aims to be the continent's largest renewable energy producer by ...

 HIGHLIGHTS
Research project tests supercomputer modeling at wind farm site
List_wind_17A collaboration between the University of Wyoming and a wind energy company compared sophisticated computer simulations of wind flow with data recorded at site.

A team led by Michael ...

Canada announces 2023 Federal Budget including refundable investment tax credits for renewables industry
List_canreaCanREA welcomes the announcement which is partly a response to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act.

Recognizing the need for a Canadian response to ...

Report: UK needs planning system overhaul for hydrogen projects
List_wasser_8The report by RenewableUK warns that the current planning regime is too slow, complex and difficult to navigate for developers to build projects at the scale and speed which is needed. ...
OWC encourages Polish offshore wind developers to use HVDC transmission systems
List_offshore_wind_9Compared to HVAC, HVDC is able to export much larger capacities with fewer cables and has lower transmission losses over long distances.

Poland has a rapidly developing ...

 WINDFAIR EDITORS
Ørsted and Google sign first PPA in US
Finnish offshore wind project moves forward
Detail_offshore_wind_17Ilmatar Offshore was granted a seabed survey permit for the 1.2 GW offshore wind project area Vågskär in the Finnish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and contracted Ramboll to start with the environmental impact assessment.

Ilmatar Offshore identified a new 367 km2 offshore wind area in the Finnish exclusive economic zone, the company said. The project area called Vågskär is located in the ...

Baltic renewable energy producer Enefit Green acquires Estonian offshore wind project
Detail_enefit_20230331Enefit Green acquired the Liivi offshore wind farm project from Eesti Energia and will continue development work to start large-scale renewable electricity production before 2030.

Liivi Offshore Wind farm in the Gulf of Riga is planned to have a capacity of 1 GW and is expected to produce around 4 TWh per year. The area of development is situated between the coasts of Kihnu and Häädemeeste. At present, the surveys required to evaluate the wind farm's environmental impact and the preliminary technical analysis of the ...

 NEWS of the WEEK
API at CONTROL 2023
List_fig_1_radian_laser_tracker_complex_geometries_hrAutomated Precision Europe GmbH (API) will present its current portfolio at the CONTROL 2023 trade show in Stuttgart, Germany.

The seamless integration of portable metrology into automated production enables efficient manufacturing ...

TenneT awards GE Grid Solutions consortiums HVDC orders
GE Settlement with SGRE
List_ge_20220203Resolves Previously Reported Wind Turbine Patent Disputes in their Entirety

GE today issued the following statement regarding its previously reported wind turbine technology patent ...

Energiequelle GmbH announced as Top Company 2023 on kununu
List_kununu-siegelWith a score of 4.0, Energiequelle clearly stands out from the average in the energy sector on kununu

Energiequelle GmbH was awarded the kununu Top Company seal 2023 at the end of last year, ...

Statkraft and Fortescue Future Industries sign PPA for green hydrogen and ammonia
List_wasser_3The conditional agreement signed in Oslo today, will see Statkraft supply renewable power to support FFI’s operational plans for a 300 megawatt green hydrogen and green ...
Leading Light Wind releases potential offshore wind hub image
List_leading_light_wind_20230405Leading Light Wind released the first rendering of its proposed offshore wind O&M facility at Dry Dock 4 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York.

Today, Leading Light Wind, the only ...

24 wind turbines in Arcadis Ost 1 OWF up and running
List_parkwind_20230404Parkwind annouces the successful installation of 24 wind turbines in the German offshore wind farm Arcadis Ost 1. Three turbines will be installed in autumn to finish the construction process of the whole wind farm.

The ...

Vestas secures 63 MW order from JUWI for German wind projects
List_vestas_20211218Vestas will supply turbines for five projects by developer JUWI.

The order consists of the Windpark Olsberg Mannstein in North Rhine-Westphalia with seven V126-3.45 MW turbines, the Windpark ...

Ørsted takes final investment decision for Greater Changhua 2b and 4 Largest UK offshore wind farm commences determination
List_sse_20230403Berwick Bank off the East Lothian coast of Scotland is set to generate up to 4.1GW of power.

Berwick Bank, located roughly 38 kilometers off the East Lothian coast of Scotland, is set to generate up to 4.1GW of power, ...

Nordex enters hydrogen market
List_wasser_2The joint venture with Acciona, Nordex H2 S.L, will develop green hydrogen projects in areas with abundant onshore wind resources.

The Group has recently entered into two strategic joint ventures: one for the ...

UK: Wind power sets new annual production record
List_uk_4Nearly a quarter of the UK's electricity last year came from wind farms.

The figures, published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, reveal that wind generated nearly a quarter of our electricity last year ...

Turning the North Sea into an energy hub
List_tennet_20230331_2TenneT awards on- and offshore converter stations and HVDC technology with a total capacity of 22 gigawatts.

With 40 gigawatts, Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT will account for almost two-thirds of the ...

Iberdrola and Mercedes Benz sign PPA in Germany
List_iberdrola_offshore-windpark_1_Iberdrola Deutschland has signed a PPA with Mercedes-Benz and will deliver sustainable electricity from its new German offshore wind farm Windanker in the Baltic Sea from 2027.

Iberdrola Deutschland has signed a PPA with ...

 EVENTS
2023-04-16 Abuja: Nigeria International ENergy Summit (NIES) 2023
2023-04-17 Hannover: Hannover Messe 2023
2023-04-17 Halifax: Smart Energy 2023
2023-04-18 Lisbon: Green Hydrogen Summit 2023
2023-04-18 Singapore: Asia CLimate Forum
2023-04-18 Washington, D.C.: Clean Power on The Hill
2023-04-19 Santiago: 6th Latin America Energy Summit 2023
2023-04-19 Aurora: IEEE Green Tech Conference
2023-04-25 Copenhagen: WindEurope Annual Event
2023-04-25 Paris-Villepinte: JEC World 2023
2023-04-25 Berlin: Seminar Condition Monitoring
2023-04-25 Johannesburg: the Future Energy Show Africa 2023
2023-04-26 Warsaw: Energy Tech Summit
2023-04-26 Seoul: Electric Power Tech Korea
2023-04-26 New Delhi: MERCOM India Renewables Summit 2023
2023-04-27 Kigali: 3rd Power & Energy Africa 2023
2023-04-27 Berlin: Seminar Peakanalyzer
2023-04-28 Hyderabad: RenewX
2023-05-03 Sydney: Smart Energy Council
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