In an extraordinary general meeting in Zamudio (Vizcaya, Spain), 99.75 % of Gamesa’s shareholders ratified the resolutions needed to close the merger with Siemens Wind Power. The payment of a special cash dividend of € 3.591 per share was also approved.
Wind energy keeps setting new records. In 2015 wind turbines supplied more new power generation globally than any other technology. Installed capacity worldwide grew 17 % compared to 2014. A total of 63 GW were added, reaching 433 GW on a global scale. Significant growth was recorded across countries and especially in emerging economies, a trend likely to continue in the next decade. This is what emerges from the latest report on the status of the industry published by the Global Wind Energy Council.
Wind could supply 20 % of global electricity by 2030, according to a report presented by the Global Wind Energy Council last week in China.
A new poll published today revealed that the vast majority of the British public (83%) supports solar farms and almost three-quarters (73 %) is in favour of onshore wind.
On October 11th the LM Group Holding announced that Doughty Hanson, the European private equity firm, has agreed to sell its stakes in the LM Wind Power Holding to GE for an enterprise value of € 1.5 billion.
At the end of June wind capacity worldwide reached 456,486 MW, which corresponds to 4.7 % of the global electricity demand. In the second half of 2016, an additional 40 GW are expected, bringing the total to 500 GW. The announcement was made by the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) in its half-year report.
An analysis presented at WindEnergy Hamburg last week shows that in Europe the cost of energy from offshore wind farms could be reduced by a third by 2030 thanks to a number of technological innovations.
Next year Siemens will start producing three new models of onshore wind turbines. They will maximize the output at low and medium wind speed, and reduce noise. The announcement was made this week at WindEnergy 2016, the trade show in Hamburg.
Gamesa has announced the installation of the prototypes of its newest turbine models G126-2.5 MW and G132-3.3 MW at the Alaiz R&D facility in Navarra, Spain.
Feeling the pressure from regions that have ramped up investment in renewable energy, the European wind industry has put forward proposals on ways to keep competitive.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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