France-based energy company Total has signed an agreement with wind project developer wpd to acquire a 23% interest in Yunlin Holding. Yunlin Holding is the owner of the 640MW Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan. For the acquisition, Total has agreed to pay a consideration to wpd based on its share of past costs. wpd […]
Masdar breaks ground on wind farm project in Uzbekistan
Masdar signed an agreement with Uzbekistan govt to extend the capacity of its utility-scale wind farm project to 1.5GW Masdar has signed an Implementation Agreement with the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan to extend the capacity of its utility-scale wind farm project – the first such project in Uzbekistan – to up to 1.5 […]
Orsted plans offshore wind farm, hydrogen plant at North Sea Port
The wind farm would have capacity to produce 2 gigawatts of electricity and would power the 1-gigawatt hydrogen plant. The hydrogen facility would be able to produce about 116,000 tonnes a year by 2030 for use as energy. COPENHAGEN : Denmark’s Orsted plans to develop an offshore wind farm and adjacent hydrogen plant at the […]
World’s Biggest Wind Farm May Be Answer to Korea’s Net-Zero Dream
The fishing grounds where Jung Kuenbae and his forbears have caught shrimp, butterfish and croakers for three generations are going to be turned into the world’s largest offshore wind farm. He’s OK with that. “I initially opposed the idea when the plan was proposed because it will destroy our livelihood,” said Jung, who leads a […]
ReNew Power, India’s Leading Renewable Energy Company, Announces Commissioning of 300 MW Wind Farm
GURGAON, India : ReNew Power (“ReNew” or “the Company”), India’s leading renewable energy company, today announced that it has commissioned a 300 megawatt (MW) wind power generation facility in the Indian state of Gujarat. The project was previously awarded to ReNew’s operating subsidiary ReNew Wind Energy (AP2) Private Limited in a competitive E-reverse auction conducted […]
Lake Turkana Wind Power partners with Clir Renewables to optimize Africa’s largest wind farm
Vancouver : Clir Renewables, the leading provider of performance assessment software for renewable energy, has today announced a partnership agreement with Lake Turkana Wind Power (LTWP), leaders in African renewable energy generation. Clir will enhance LTWP’s wind farm performance tracking and support its Kenya-based team in realizing potential opportunities for optimization. Kenya has committed to […]
CONTROVERSY REGARDING WIND FARM TAKES PLACE ALONG FAMILIAR LINES
ANGER FROM fishermen has broken out after plans by German energy company EnerVest to develop wind farms near the islets of Huaping, Mianhua, and Pengjia. Controversy regarding the issue follows a familiar dynamic in Taiwan. In particular, fishermen claim that developing the wind farms will affect their livelihoods, affecting fish stocks in the seas near […]
CGN starts wind farm with hybrid wind turbines
The 401.5 megawatt Yangjiang Nanpeng Island offshore wind farm, featuring hybrid-drive wind turbines supplied by Mingyang Smart Energy, was fully commissioned on Dec 16, said its operator China General Nuclear Power Corp, one of the country’s largest nuclear power companies. The project saw its first turbine installed at the site off Guangdong province in July […]
Shell-EDF venture seeks to build offshore New Jersey wind farm
New Jersey is one of several U.S. states seeking to acquire 100% of its energy from clean sources by 2050. To help achieve that goal, the state is looking for between 1,200 MW and 2,400 MW of offshore wind energy projects. Wind farm developer Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind said on Thursday it had submitted a […]
China lifts renewable power subsidy for 2021 by nearly 5 per cent
The subsidy will go to wind farms, biomass power generators and distributed solar power operators, as well as solar power projects for poverty alleviation purposes China’s Ministry of Finance said on Friday it had set the country’s renewable power subsidy for 2021 at 5.95 billion yuan ($905.7 million), up 4.9% from this year, thanks to […]