Wind Power
South Africa: Wind Farm Says Massive New Rival Could Cost It “Hundreds of Millions” in Lost Energy
Existing West Coast One wind farm wants recent approval for upwind Boulders project to be reviewed, because it will "reduce its access to the wind" An existing wind farm is crying foul after the government last month gave the conditional go-ahead for a massive new...
DEME installs foundations for offshore wind farm
DEME has successfully completed the installation of 58 monopile foundations and two offshore substation foundations at the SeaMade offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea. The last monopile foundation landed on the seabed on 2 January 2020. Installation works...
Eight times more wind and solar power needed by 2030 to help meet Paris climate target, DNV GL finds
The energy transition requires more than 10 times solar and five times wind power in combination with other technology measures to limit global warming to well below 2°C and meet the targets of the Paris Agreement, according to DNV GL’s latest Energy Transition...
Global wind turbine fleet to consume over 5.5Mt of copper by 2028 — report
Over 650 GW of new onshore and 130 GW of new offshore wind capacity will be installed between 2018 and 2028, which will consume in excess of 5.5Mt of copper, according to new analysis by Wood Mackenzie. “Wind technology is the most copper-intensive form of power...
LEKELA WELCOMES GHANAIAN GRID EXPERTS TO SOUTH AFRICA AS PREPARATIONS TO BUILD GHANA’S FIRST WIND FARM ACCELERATE
Lekela, the renewable power generation company that delivers utility-scale projects across Africa, recently welcomed a delegation of 15 energy experts from Ghana to its South African wind farms. The visit by 15 engineers and managers from Ghanaian grid operator,...
SWISS COMPANY NEK TO GO FOR MORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS IN GHANA
SWISS COMPANY NEK TO GO FOR MORE WIND ENERGY PROJECTS IN GHANA The Swiss engineering company NEK Umwelttechnik AG has not only completed the development of the 225MW Wind Farm Ayitepa in the Greater Accra region, for which construction will start soon, but has also...
China added 50% of all new global wind power capacity in 2015
China accounted for nearly half of all new global wind installations last year, installing a total of 30.5 GW, according to GlobalData. Research and consulting firm GlobalData has published a new report showing China was responsible for almost half of all new wind...
First wind power expected 2016
Global wind and solar company, Mainstream Renewable Power, has signed an agreement with Swiss wind farm developer, NEK Umwelttechnik to purchase the 225 megawatt (MW) Ayitepa Wind Farm, paving the way for the generation of Ghana’s first commercially-viable wind...
Gas Natural to restart Spanish development
Spain: Local utility Gas Natural Fenosa has broken Spain's long period of wind development doldrums with plans to develop 300MW by 2020 without subsidies The projects will all be in the northern region of Galicia, where building has just started on the first 14MW. Gas...
