HAMBURG 2018: GE Renewable Energy has launched a new 5.3MW onshore turbine model with a 158-metre rotor. The new model joins the previously unveiled 4.8MW model, with the same rotor, on GE's "Cypress" platform. Its latest iteration will offer a 50% increase in annual...

CHINA: ORE Catapult and Chinese clean energy company TusEnergy will establish a £2 million (CNY 17.5 million) research centre to help develop innovative technologies for the offshore wind industry.   The research centre in Shandong province in the east of the...

FRENCH GUIANA: A satellite using laser technology capable of measuring winds around the globe has been launched into polar orbit on a rocket.   The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Vega rocket carrying the Earth Explorer 1.36-tonne Aeolus satellite lifted off from...

GERMANY: Nordex has completed installation of a 4.5MW N149 turbine, the first product from the Delta4000 platform announced in autumn 2017, at a site south-west of Hamburg. The N149, which features 73-metre blades for a rotor diameter of 149 metres, will be...

CHILE: Senvion has signed a contract to supply a 204.7MW project in the northern Atacama region, marking the launch of its 2.3M130 turbine. The manufacturer will provide 89 of its 2.3MW turbines with rotor diameters of 130 metres – the first model in its 2.XM platform...

FINLAND: Vestas will deploy its cable-supported turbine tower at the first merchant onshore wind project in Finland. Vestas has announced the first deal for its V150-4.2MW turbine also includes the use of its cable-supported tower concept, unveiled in March 2017. The...

Wind energy parks developed and operating on Evia, Greece’s second-largest island slightly northeast of Athens, have so far offered benefits worth over 82 million euros to the local economy, according to a study conducted by ELETAEN, the Greek Wind Energy Association....

ASIA-PACIFIC: Additional annual wind power capacity in Asia Pacific excluding China (APEC) could reach 12.1GW by 2022, according to a new report -- more than double the 5.5GW added in 2017. India’s shift to an auction system and the government’s ambition to tender...

ISRAEL: A consortium led by Enlight Renewable Energy has secured funding for a 96MW wind farm to be built in the Golan Heights, northeast Israel. It has agreed a conditional power purchase price for its 96MW Emek Habacha wind farm will be ILS 358.1/MWh ($98.70/MWh)...

Intense bidding competition pushed prices considerably lower at yesterday’s descending-price RES auctions held by RAE, the Regulatory Authority for Energy, offering prices for solar and wind-energy project output. Three auctions were staged for three sub-categories –...