Tag Archives: Wind Energy

CIP to invest $1.92 billion in offshore wind energy in the Philippines

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Now.Solar

CIP’s wind farm will stretch along the northern coast of Northern Samar province and is expected to begin operations in late 2025.Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will invest PHP 108 billion ($1.92 billion) in a 650 MW offshore wind energy park … Continue reading →

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Solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind energy in the fourth week of January

Posted on March 7, 2024 by Now.Solar

European electricity market prices continued to fall due to less cold temperatures. In the fourth week of January, European electricity market prices continued the downward trend that started in the previous week. Less cold temperatures drove down demand while gas … Continue reading →

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Dark money tied to fossil fuels helped stop offshore wind energy in the US Great Lakes

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Now.Solar

Dark money, that is, financial contributions from undisclosed sources, has been found to play a major role in obstructing the development of offshore wind energy projects in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The influence of fossil fuel-backed … Continue reading →

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CIP and Ignitis Renewables wins Estonia’s first offshore wind energy tender

Posted on February 15, 2024 by Now.Solar

CIP and Ignitis Renewables wins Estonia’s first offshore wind energy tenderInternational green energy company Ignitis Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) through its Growth Markets Fund II are the winners of the auction-based competitive tender for development of an offshore … Continue reading →

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GE and Forestalia sign collaborative agreement to install up to 693 MW of wind energy in Spain

Posted on February 8, 2024 by Now.Solar

Framework agreement between GE and Forestalia includes 110 onshore wind turbines across 16 project sites in Aragon, Spain. First phase of 33 wind turbines already underway. All projects will feature GE’s 6.1-158 workhorse wind turbines. GE Vernova announced today that … Continue reading →

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Biden delays development of wind energy in the Atlantic

Posted on February 3, 2024 by Now.Solar

The Biden administration’s recent decision to reduce its leasing proposal for offshore wind projects in the Atlantic has raised questions and criticism. The move has sparked concern among environmental advocates and industry experts, who fear it could hinder progress in … Continue reading →

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Increase in the contribution of Spanish wind energy in the main indicators

Posted on February 2, 2024 by Now.Solar

The wind sector accounts for 0.50% of the GDP in Spain (0.49% previous year), generates more than 39,000 jobs (32,000 previous year, a 14% increase), exports more than 2,500 million euros and saves 6,492 million of euros in the import … Continue reading →

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Wind energy and solar power break records and generate more than half of all electricity in Spain in 2023

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Now.Solar

Renewable energies could close the year representing more than 50% of the national mix, a historical maximum and almost nine percentage points higher than the 2022 quota. Wind and solar photovoltaics complete an exceptional year, with respective records for production … Continue reading →

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Positioning of the spanish wind energy sector regarding the measures approved in RDL 8/2023

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Now.Solar

In the last Council of Ministers of the year (DEC 27) various measures have been approved that facilitate the development of renewable projects in the pipeline and support the wind industry. The wind sector sees the approved measures as correct … Continue reading →

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The Benefits of Offshore Wind Energy for Coastal Communities

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Now.Solar

The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $2.5 million grant to a team of researchers led by Oregon State University. The funding will be used to conduct a study on how coastal communities perceive and benefit from the potential … Continue reading →

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AEE, EOI and Navantia Seanergies join forces to promote training in the offshore wind energy sector in Spain

Posted on December 10, 2023 by Now.Solar

The Wind Energy Association (AEE), the School of Industrial Organization (EOI) and Navantia Seanergies will join forces to develop the first training program taught by a business school in our country specialized in Offshore Wind Energy. The three organizations have … Continue reading →

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Solar and wind energy are on the rise in the United States

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Now.Solar

Clean energy is booming in the United States.  According to “Renewables on the Rise 2023,” the seventh edition of our annual report on the state of clean energy in America, the United States now generates nearly 12 times as much … Continue reading →

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Countries That Produce the Most Wind Energy

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Now.Solar

Thanks to increases in economies of scale and advances in technology, wind energy costs have become substantially more competitive. According to market research firm Lazard, the levelized cost of energy of unsubsidized wind has declined 72% from 2009 to 2021, … Continue reading →

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Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2021

Posted on September 21, 2022 by Now.Solar

RENEWABLE ENERGY JOBS: MAIN FINDINGS The renewable energy sector employed 12 million people, directly and indirectly, in 2020.1 The number has continued to grow worldwide over the past decade. The solar photovoltaic (PV), bioenergy, hydropower and wind power industries have … Continue reading →

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URBAN ENERGY TRANSITION FOR THE GREATER METROPOLITAN AREA OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY OF COSTA RICA

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Now.Solar

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYAs with other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica is highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, even though it contributed less than 0.05% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. The country has developed … Continue reading →

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Wind energy: A gender perspective

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Now.Solar

The expansion of renewable energy promises a broad array of benefits. That renewables aregood for energy security, air quality and health, and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is well known. What many do not realise, however, is that the … Continue reading →

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Government aims to add 10,000 MW per year to lift wind energy sector

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh: Another ill conceived move to pacify wind industry lobbyists which will impact the growth of Solar in the country for a poor source of energy. The government plans to rapidly accelerate wind energy generation, adding an ambitious 10,000 MW every year, or … Continue reading →

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Where Is The Real Innovation In Wind Energy?

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

Wind energy is a tremendous success story world wide, with staggering amounts of innovation. It isn’t given sufficient credit for that and is even unfairly attacked by those opposed to it as old technology. Every aspect of construction, operation, and … Continue reading →

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Study shows onshore wind turbines may have shorter life than expected

Posted on January 2, 2014 by Ritesh Pothan

A recent report based on wind farm performance data in the United Kingdom and Denmark stated that the economic life of onshore wind turbines could be much shorter than the industry has predicted. The Courier reported the study, commissioned by the Renewable Energy … Continue reading →

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Biomass, the forgotten option

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

It needs the support that solar and wind energy receive. India is a biomass-rich country. It is said that availability of agro residues is to the tune of around 600-700 million tonnes. Traditionally, a lot of biomass is used in … Continue reading →

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Green energy red-flagged

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh: While we agree to some of the points here, this article doesn’t take into account the negative effects of a similar quantity of fossil fuel generation. There is a lack of actual knowledge and is an alarmist view point … Continue reading →

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IRENA publishes the most comprehensive Global Atlas for Solar and Wind incorporating all the information from multiple data platforms

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

The Global Atlas is the comprehensive information platform on the potential of renewable energy. It provides resource maps from leading technical institutes worldwide and tools for evaluating the technical potential of renewable energies. It can function as a catalyst for … Continue reading →

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Renewable energy certificate market crashes as state distribution utilities fail to meet norms

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Prices of these renewable energy certificates have dropped 45% in the past year because of paucity of buyers and as sellers keep off awaiting better prices   A fledgling market in clean energy certificates has crashed as state distribution utilities have failed to honour … Continue reading →

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Is the answer to India’s energy future blowing in the Wind? – by Ritesh Pothan

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Ritesh Pothan offer us an in-depth analysis of the wind industry present and future in India. “Wind is still considered an area of growth by the MNRE however the situation on the ground is a different story,” says Ritesh. “There … Continue reading →

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TANGEDCO to verify captive wind power units’ compliance with norms – Has Wind caused the downfall of the TN DISCOM

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Tangedco calculates that on the 6,000-odd million units of electricity generated by captive wind producers, it sustains a loss of close to Rs 500 crore. The Tamilnadu Generation and Distribution Company (Tangedco) has asked its Chief Engineers to verify whether … Continue reading →

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We’re not responsible for your losses, TN wind industry tells Tangedco

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Wind power producers in Tamil Nadu have strongly denied that the state-owned power utility, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Company, is losing around Rs 1,200 crore because of the wind power sector in the State. In its response to Tangedco’s … Continue reading →

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Tamil Nadu government offers interest-free loan to promote wind power units

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

Seeking to attract more private players in wind power generation, the Tamil Nadu state government has said that it would provide interest-free loans for five years to new entrants. “The government is keen on more private companies producing electricity from … Continue reading →

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Wind Independent Power Producers welcome scrapping of Accelerated Depreciation

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Ritesh Pothan

The wind industry is divided over abolition of ‘accelerated depreciation‘ benefit (which allowed higher depreciation for calculating taxable profits in the first year of buying a wind turbine.) While the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers’ Association (IWTMA) has expressed dismay over … Continue reading →

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