Following the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, Japan has struggled as many of its nuclear power plants remain off the grid, forcing the country to turn to expensive foreign gas imports. A new…
Finland is planning to cut taxes on wind turbines as part of a plan to go carbon neutral by 2035.
The country's new left-leaning coalition government set the ambitious target as part of a broader…
The UK is quickly becoming the epicentre of the offshore wind industry. Point in case: On Monday, the first part of the world’s largest and furthest offshore wind farm came online.
Construction has begun on the 140MW Oyster Bay wind farm, in the Kouga Local Municipality, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. Antonio Cammisecra, Head of Enel Green Power (EGP) announced the…
As part of the Global Wind Day activities, WindEurope and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) have launched a global photo competition: “Future Wind.”
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Oyster Bay wind farm is located in the Eastern Cape province, and is expected to generate around 568 GWh annually once fully operational, due in the second quarter of 2021.
Some 4.51GW of wind and almost 15GW of solar given the green light by Chinese authorities.
Chinese authorities have approved renewable energy projects totalling almost 21GW under a new zero-subsidy…
Brazil Windpower is the biggest global initiative in the sector dedicated to business development and wind power generation projects in Brazil and Latin America. BWP 2019 is the ideal opportunity for…
China and the US have maintained the top two places, respectively, in the EY Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index, with France moving up two places into third on the back of developments in…
During the Super Bowl in February, a commercial showed a Budweiser beer wagon drawn by eight Clydesdale horses rambling down a dreamy country lane past the whirling blades of a wind farm. With Bob…
Solar and wind energy displace roughly 35 times as much carbon dioxide each year as carbon capture and storage (CCS) has sequestered in its entire history, DeSmog Blog reports, citing a new analysis …
Photovoltaic plants and wind farms are contributing to national electrical grids across the world, with negligible downsides.
The year 2020 is expected to mark a high point in the use of renewable…
We’re just over one month away from the second edition of GWEC’s Vietnam Wind Power 2019 which will take place in Hanoi from 11-12 June, in partnership with GIZ and the Danish Embassy Hanoi.
Why…
Russian hydropower company RusHydro has launched a wind power plant in Russia’s Arctic region. It’s far from a signal that fossil-fuel-hungry Russia is going green, but it’s a start.
Russian company…
Good year for wind energy with 51.3 GW new installations.
According to the 14th 'Global Wind Report' from the Global Wind Energy Council and as GWEC director of market intelligence Karin Ohlenforst…
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2 April 2019 – The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the…
Clean Chemistry
Ørsted, an energy company in Denmark, announced in March its new plans to convert electricity from its wind turbines into hydrogen fuel, joining the ranks of several other prominent…
Nevada’s grid would work smoothly and reliably while delivering 50 percent of the state’s electricity from clean, renewable energy sources like solar, geothermal, and wind according to an analysis…
We know our planet is in deep trouble — but that’s not what this particular Earth Day post is about. This is about what we can do to improve our state of affairs, and the technologies and initiatives…
ASIA’S LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND GATHERING
The Asia Wind Energy Association is organizing the 6th Asia Offshore Wind Day in Seoul on 9 May 2019.The event will bring together senior executives active in…