A majority in the Danish Parliament (Folketing) on November, 18th that it will approve Danish Near Shore (DNS) wind farms. This means that Vattenfall can proceed with plans to develop the 350 MW project off Denmark's west coast.
At the China Wind Power (CWP) in Beijing LM Wind Power announced a strategic collaboration with the Chinese wind turbine manufacturer CSIC HZ Windpower. LM Wind, owned by GE, agrees to deliver blades for CSIC HZ Windpower’s newly launched H151-5 MW platform.
Senvion has recently concluded contracts totaling 56.1 MW for the Antilope wind power project in the Hauts de France region with developer Eurowatt. Senvion will equip the Champ de la Grand-Mère, Terres Noires and Croix Noire 1 and 2 wind farms with a total of 24 wind turbines from its 2 and 3 megawatt portfolio that will produce enough electricity to power more than 18,600 households in France.
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.
The interactive infographic map is showing the cumulative installed wind power capacity per country and continent from 1981 to 2013.
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