World’s Largest Floating Wind Turbine Launching Soon In Portugal

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 02:25:10 +0000

Credit: Artist Dock90 Photo Courtesy of Principle Power20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, is about to be the new home to the largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine. This is continental Europe’s first large-scale floating wind farm. A belief is that this renewable installation is ushering in the Golden Era of wind, especially offshore wind

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GE Signs 715 Megawatt Wind Deal In China, Puts World’s Most Powerful Wind Turbine Into Service

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:17:18 +0000

GE onshore wind turbinesGeneral Electric Renewable Energy this week signed the largest onshore wind deal ever in China for a foreign manufacturer and began tests of its enormous Haliade X 12 MW offshore wind turbine in Rotterdam.

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Taiwanese 376 Megawatt Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm Takes Step Closer To Construction

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 15:56:46 +0000

Offshore wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy announced this week that it had received a firm order for 47 of its 8 megawatt (MW) offshore wind turbines for the 376 MW Formosa 2 Offshore Wind Farm project off the coast of Taiwan. 

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China × Cleantech — September 2019

Credit to Author: Tim Dixon| Date: Sun, 27 Oct 2019 03:43:31 +0000

Welcome to the next issue of China x Cleantech, our September 2019 edition. For our full China × Cleantech history, stroll over to the “Future Trends” section of our website

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Get Ready For A Rural America Wind Power Renaissance

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 16:22:00 +0000

wind power rural AmericaUS President* Donald Trump will leave office, one way or another, with a strong wind power legacy for rural America, whether he likes it or not

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First Turbine For WindFloat Atlantic Offshore Wind Project Moved Into Position

Credit to Author: Joshua S Hill| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:17:42 +0000

The largest and most powerful wind turbine to be used for a floating offshore wind project has been moved into position atop its semi-submersible foundation off the coast of Portugal, the first of three 8.4 megawatt (MW) turbines which will make up the 25 MW WindFloat Atlantic offshore wind project. 

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Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:33:55 +0000

The post Uptake of GE’s Biggest Wind Turbines Gain Traction appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Renewable Energy has made major gains in orders for its 5.3-MW Cypress onshore wind turbine and the 12-MW Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. Prototypes of both are still being tested in the Netherlands. Key Contracts for Innovative 5-MW Onshore Machine  The GE business division introduced the first turbine in the Cypress platform, a 4.8-MW machine, […]

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Tesla Battery Life … Tesla Commercial Solar … Tesla Model S On Nürburgring — CleanTechnica Top 20

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2019 23:21:22 +0000

A 7 year old Tesla Model S with nearly 100% original battery capacity, $1.01/watt commercial solar pricing from Tesla, a quick-as-hell Tesla Model S on the Nürburgring, the coming Tesla Model Y, and more — check out the most popular CleanTechnica stories of the past week in case you missed any of them! And be sure to share all 20 stories on all 107 social media networks. Or else

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Leading US Businesses Sow Distributed Wind Energy, Reap Control (#CleanTechnica Exclusive Interview)

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2019 17:05:58 +0000

Everything old is new again as leading US power users deploy distributed wind energy to regain control over their electrical destiny

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China Is Doing A Lot Better On Climate Action Than Most People Realize

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 20:15:51 +0000

While a lot of fingers are being pointed at China by people committed to both inaction and action in North America, the actual climate story in China is much different than most people realize

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