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In 2021, Irish Wind Farms Gave €4.3mn To Local Communities

According to Wind Energy Ireland's annual Building Communities report, local projects in the area received more than €4.3 million in funding from wind farms last year through community benefit funds. This represents a rise of more than €300,000 from...

Nine New Countries Sign Up for Global Offshore Wind Alliance at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh

COP27 has seen nine new countries including Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, the US join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), pledging to a rapid ramp up of offshore wind in order to tackle...

ABO Wind connects first wind farm in Poland

For the first time, ABO Wind has connected a wind farm in Poland to the grid. The nine Siemens Gamesa SG114 wind turbines have a total output of 20 MW and supply as much green electricity as approximately 15...

Europe’s latest wind offshore auction mainly using non-price criteria is a success

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) published the results of “Site VII” of the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) tender. It is the latest big auction using non-price criteria. Oranje Wind Power II, a subsidiary of RWE, won the auction. They...

9 Nations Agree To Grow Offshore Wind To 380 GW By 2030

At the UN-Conference of Parties (UN-COP27) climate summit, nine additional nations joined a global coalition and pledged to rapidly expand offshore wind power in order to address the climate and energy security issues. In September 2022, the International Renewable Energy...

UAE, Egypt Partner To Build One of The Largest Wind Farms

On November 8, during the COP27 climate meeting in Sharm El-Sheikh, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt reached an agreement to build one of the largest onshore wind farms in the world in Egypt. The agreement was signed in...

Offshore Wind Goals Can Only Be Met By 3 Nations- Report

According to a recent report, only three of the 15 countries that have set offshore wind targets for 2030 are expected to achieve them. The paper states that obstacles, including sluggish project approvals, are endangering net-zero ambitions. The Renewables Consulting...

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