Wind Power
Africa: New Plan to Accelerate Clean Energy Access for Millions Globally
Amid the global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency, the United Nations and partners on Wednesday launched two new initiatives to accelerate action towards achieving clean, affordable energy for all, and the ambitious goal of net-zero carbon emissions. The...
Niger gears up for nation’s first-ever wind farm, eventually one of Africa’s largest
Savannah Energy PLC and the Ministry of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies of the Republic of Niger have signed an agreement for the construction and operation of the country’s first wind farm, which is expected to be one of the largest wind farms in Africa. The...
Ghana to leverage on revenues from oil and gas to develop cleaner energy – NAPO
Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh says Ghana will leverage on revenues from her indigenous oil and gas resources to develop the renewable or cleaner energy the world advocates. This according to Dr. Prempeh will ensure that the country is not confronted with...
It’s time for Ghana to go green – Energy strategist
The Lead Technical Consultant to the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Dr Yusif Sulemana, has suggested that this is the best time for Ghana to invest in green energy. According to him, especially at a time when the price of oil is hovering around $60 per...
Global corporate clean energy purchasing up 18% in 2020
Corporations purchased a record of 23.7 GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The increase came despite a year devastated by the Covid-19 pandemic, a global recession and...
IES: Electricity From Wind & Solar More Economical Than Nuclear
Research Analysts: Fritz Moses, Elizabeth Sam, & Abisola Ganiyu Institute for Energy Security’s (IES’) review of data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and financial advisory and asset management firm Lazard, have revealed that generating...
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...
