EU sets Course for Zero Emissions by 2050
Five of the eight pathways outline different strategies to cut emissions by 80% compared to 1990 levels, which the EU executive assumes would equate to an 85% net reduction when the potential for land use and forestry as a carbon sink is factored in. All require large...
Global Capacity Could Total 980GW By 2027
Falling costs and developers’ and investors’ increasing tolerance of risk in the wind power sector should enable capacity growth to occur over a broad geographical base in this period. More than 60 markets will add at least 100MW each in the coming decade, according...
European Parliament Passes Clean Energy Deals
A plenary session of the Parliament voted in Strasbourg in favour of deals reached by negotiators from the three EU institutions in June on a new Energy Efficiency Directive, Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), and new energy governance regulations. Once approved by...
Turkey launches 1GW Onshore Tender
TURKEY: The energy minister has called a tender for 1GW in new onshore wind capacity next March, but no announcement has been made following a 1.2GW offshore auction scheduled for last month. The onshore tender will be broken down into four lots of 250MW each, with...
GE Acquisitions Bear Fruit as it Pushes Past 5MW
GE Renewable Energy has announced details of a new 5.3MW onshore turbine joining a previously unveiled 4.8MW model, with the same 158-metre rotor diameter, on its "Cypress" platform. This latest iteration will offer a 50% increase in annual energy production over GE’s...
Vestas to build 4.2MW Nacelles in Brazil
BRAZIL: Vestas has signed a framework agreement to produce nacelles for its V150-4.2MW turbines in the state of Ceará. Vestas stated that it may choose to remain in Aquiraz, where it has assembled nacelles for the V110-2.0MW in the past, or it may go elsewhere in...
Vestas to supply Enel in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Vestas will provide Enel Green Power with 70 V136-4.2MW turbines at two projects won in the country's fourth tender round. The Karusa and Soetwater projects are both 147MW and located in the Western Cape. They will each feature 35 turbines with hub...
Wind ‘could hit 900GW by 2023’
WORLDWIDE: Faster commissioning of Chinese transmission lines and larger auction volumes could help boost capacity growth by nearly a quarter over the next five years, according to a new report. The International Energy Agency (IEA) forecasts an extra 324GW of...
Siemens Gamesa wins First Russian Order
RUSSIA: Siemens Gamesa will supply 26 turbines to Enel's Russian subsidiary for a 90MW project -- the manufacturer's first order in the country. It will provide Enel Russia with its SG 3.4-132 turbines for the 90MW Azovskaya wind farm in south-western Russia. The...
Denmark begins Offshore Zone Search
DENMARK: The Danish energy ministry has launched an investigation into potential areas for the next three offshore wind projects by 2030, but the country's wind association has called for an expedited screening process. The move to begin the search for appropriate...