Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:17 +0000
I worked in the Chinchilla/Dulacca area of Queensland’s Darling Downs in the early ’80s. It was a sea of undulating green fields — wheat and sorghum. Then came the coal mines, the gas fracking, and the polarization with the “Lock the Gate” and “Coal for Breakfast” campaigns. Now the area has turned to renewable energy […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:54:35 +0000
General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business. A report from NASDAQ this week said the cuts are part of a plan to restructure and resize the onshore wind division, as the group “is grappling with weak demand and rising […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:00:29 +0000
The local news outlet TV2 Østjylland reports that at the Vestas headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, the country’s largest grid battery has been deployed, and it’s about time. Denmark is known in the world for being a first mover in renewable energy, and every day for more than 10 years I have passed the wind turbine […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2022 21:11:16 +0000
Swedish-based renewable energy developer OX2 has taken another step toward construction of its Aurora offshore wind farm, a 5.5-GW project sited between the islands of Gotland and Oland in the Baltic Sea. OX2 on June 27 announced it had submitted a permit application to build the wind farm under the auspices of Sweden’s Exclusive Economic […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 17:05:29 +0000
Modvion is building wooden towers for wind turbines, and the leading forest products firm Stora Enso is among those lending a hand.
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 02 May 2022 04:17:00 +0000
A drumbeat of floating offshore wind–related developments this year suggests the pipeline for the long-nascent wind technology sub-sector may be finally beginning to grow. While floating wind’s current
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2022 15:06:44 +0000
Vestas occupies the top spot when it comes to market share among global wind turbine manufacturers, according to a new analysis, but the Danish business is not immune to the challenges facing several of the leading companies in the wind power sector. Supply chain issues are buffeting wind energy, as they have other industries. Though […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:33:10 +0000
A rather large contingent of key offshore wind energy fans from the US is heading all the way over to Scotland to eyeball new floating wind technology
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 22:35:33 +0000
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An energy and finance research group on Feb. 18 said Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s (SGRE’s) offshore wind installations make it far and away the market leader in that category, while Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas continues to lead the onshore and overall wind turbine market. The report published Tuesday from BloombergNEF (BNEF) said Vestas took […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Mon, 06 Jan 2020 01:29:00 +0000
2019 was a record year for renewable electricity generation in Denmark. The national media outlet dr.dk reports that, for the first time ever, half of Denmark’s electricity consumption originated from renewable generation