The global wind industry installed a record 117GW of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy, finds this year’s Global Wind Report from the Global Wind Energy Council. The report finds the wind industry is entering a new era of accelerated growth driven …
Of all the developed nations, few have pushed harder than Germany to find a solution to global warming. And towering symbols of that drive are appearing in the middle of the North Sea. They are wind turbines, standing as far as 60 miles from the mainland, stretching as high as …
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has been carrying out a Wind Resource Assessment (WRA) Programme in the country through the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai in association with State Nodal Agencies. The Ministry has initiated a new scheme on implementation of Wind Resource Assessment in …
Annual bill for consumers to subsidise renewable technologies has soared to more than £2.5bn as more plants are built and the cost for each unit of electricity rises The cost of generating green electricity has hit a record high as subsidies are handed to expensive offshore wind farms and household …
Campaigners say they will continue to fight against a planned wind farm in Dorset despite proposals being scaled back. Broadview Energy said the project on farmland off Slyer's Lane, near Charminster, would now consist of six instead of seven turbines. It said their height had also reduced from 125m (410ft) …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Dr. Aloys Wobben & Others Vs Yogesh Mehra & Others regarding intellectual property licence agreements on the manufacture of wind turbines.
The Scottish Government has this week given the go-ahead for a 22-turbine wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, but Ministers have rejected plans for a similar-sized scheme on the Scottish borders. Consent has been granted for the £65m ScottishPower Renewables project in Ewe Hill; which will have the generating capacity …
Wind energy is a widely available, affordable, reliable, non-emitting, readily quantifiable and verifiable, and rapidly deployable electric generation method for significantly reducing air pollution, including emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and sulfur dioxide (SO2). Indeed, the current fleet of wind turbines in the U.S. is already reducing …
GWEC's Global Wind Report - Annual Market Update on the status of the global wind industry is the authoritative source of information on wind power markets around the world. This year’s edition includes insights of the most important wind power markets worldwide, future trends with market projections for 2014-2018, an …
Smog in Chinese cities is providing unexpected momentum for a global deal on trade in environmental goods because China urgently needs access to cheaper, cleaner energy, Denmark's trade minister said on Thursday following a visit to Beijing. China last month joined a campaign by major trading powers, including the United …
Billions of dollars in U.S. damage from mega-storms Katrina and Sandy might have been avoided with a perhaps surprising device — wind turbines. That's the finding of a ground-breaking study today that says mammoth offshore wind farms can tame hurricanes rather than be destroyed by them. It says a phalanx …
There is no reliable or consistent evidence that wind farms directly cause human health problems, a major draft review by Australia's leading medical research body has found. The hotly anticipated study by the National Health and Medical Research Council, has also called for further research into the issue after it …
The two turbines at Michelin's Dundee factory (pictured) generated more than seven million units (kWh) of electricity last year Wind turbines at Michelin's Dundee factory are now producing 50 million units (kWh) of electricity since being installed in 2006, enough electricity to power more than 1,500 homes. The two turbines, …
Concerns that giant wind farms aimed at easing climate change in fact aggravate the problem are misplaced, a scientific study said today. In the past four years, several investigations have suggested that -- on a local scale -- a wind farm can slightly raise temperatures and boost rainfall through the …
REpower Systems SE, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Suzlon Group – the world’s fifth-largest manufacturer of wind turbines, has concluded with GDF-SUEZ Futures Energies two contracts, totalling 40 MW, for the supply of twenty wind turbines MM92 and MM82 types with a nominal output of 2.05 megawatts (MW) each. …
A two-megawatt floating offshore wind turbine in southwestern Japan began generating power, a group led by Toda Corp. (1860) said today. The turbine was set up near Nagasaki prefecture in a pilot project for the Ministry of the Environment, the group said today in a statement. The group installed a …
Wind power could generate up to 18% of the world's electricity by 2050, compared with 2.6% today, according to new IEA research. The Technology Roadmap: Wind Energy — 2013 Edition finds that nearly 300 gigawatts of current wind power worldwide must increase eight- to ten-fold to achieve the roadmap's vision, …
As per this IEA Wind Power Technology Roadmap 2013 Edition, the land-based wind is projected to reach an installed capacity exceeding 500 GW by 2018. China will likely have the largest cumulative capacity with a total of 185 GW, followed by the United States (92 GW), Germany (44 GW) and …
Guidance aims to help local authorities weigh up renewable energy projects against other environmental concerns The renewable energy industry has welcomed new planning guidance designed to help local authorities weigh up the need for renewable energy projects against other environmental concerns. The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) today …
Wind Power as an energy source is a non-polluting, environment-friendly, reasonably priced energy with shorter project gestation period. State of Gujarat recognizing the need for long term energy security in current scenario of volatile fossil fuel costs, global warming & climate change has been promoting wind power generation in the …
The world's largest offshore wind farm, which can generate enough electricity for half a million homes, was officially opened off Britain's south-east coast on Thursday. Prime Minister David Cameron opened the 630-megawatt London Array project, which was developed by E.ON, DONG Energy and Abu Dhabi's Masdar and produced its first …
