Wind Energy

South American Onshore Wind Surges Due To Free Market Growth

Over the upcoming decade in South America, the expansion of the free market will play a pivotal role in propelling the growth of onshore wind energy. A recent insight revealed that the cumulative capacity of onshore wind projects will...

Texas Faces Record-High Electricity Demand Amid A Heatwave

Switzerland recently installed six wind turbines in Sainte-Croix, near the French border, to fulfill the town's energy needs using renewable sources. Swiss utility Romande Energie will operate these turbines, supplied by Germany's Enercon. However, local opposition to wind turbines...

UK Offshore Wind Expansion To Benefit Millions of Houses

To reach the UK government's target of increasing offshore wind power capacity from 13.7 GW to 50 GW by 2030 (a 265% increase), one of a global technology firm estimates that 24 additional wind farms with an average capacity...

Danish Government Rejects Offshore Wind Park Applications

Denmark will no longer allocate new areas for commercial projects under the open-door scheme, one of the country's two procedures for offshore wind development. Additionally, applications without designated areas will be rejected. As a result, the government is rejecting...

Airborne Wind Energy developer Kitemill attracts Voss Energi as lead investor

Airborne Wind Energy (AWE) developer Kitemill has attracted Norwegian utility firm Voss Energi as the lead investor for its latest crowdfunding campaign. As part of its continued clean energy expansion, Voss has pledged NOK 3 million in equity and significant...

BOEM Accomplishes Environmental Findings In Gulf of Mexico

An environmental finding of no significant impact has been issued by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). This will thereby bring the offshore wind energy resources development across the Gulf of Mexico much closer to reality. It is well...

Statkraft secures 500 MW in Ireland’s first offshore wind auction

Statkraft and its offshore partners Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have welcomed today’s provisional results from Ireland’s first offshore wind auction in which they secured 500 MW. The partnership participated in the Irish government’s ORESS-1 (the first Offshore Renewable Electricity Support...

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