Lockdowns are putting pressure on wind power analytics to improve performance and logistics, highlighting data gaps, experts said. COVID-19 lockdowns and supply chain disruptions have put unexpected pressure on newly-implemented wind power analytics and remote technologies. Prior to the outbreak, a growing number of operators were installing predictive maintenance solutions…...

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has continued its winning streak in Poland following the award of three projects totaling 184 MW at the country’s last auction round held in December 2019. The company will supply 63 wind turbines to several customers including independent private investors to national and international utility companies.…

HOUSTON – April 14, 2020— Wood, the global engineering and consulting company, has secured a number of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) onshore wind contracts in the United States worth a combined $100m. The largest of the recently awarded contracts is the next phase in American Electric Power (AEP) Renewables’…

The solar and wind power funds of Commerz Real generated 2,512 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity in 2019. This is about 3.5 times as much as in the previous year (704 GWh) and corresponds to the average annual consumption of some 807,000 private German households, based on the figures from…

Siemens Gamesa continues to push the boundaries of onshore wind power following the first order for industry leading 170-meter rotor wind turbine. The company will deliver eight units of the SG 5.8-170 to Danish developer and wind turbine operator Eurowind Energy A/S for the Knöstad project (46 MW) located near…

Slower growth likely as attention shifts and pandemic adds uncertainty. On Wednesday, the Global Wind Energy Council, an industry trade organization, released its review of the market in 2019. During the past year, wind power saw its second-largest amount of new installed capacity ever, with over 60GW going in. But the news…...

23rd March 2020: Aquila European Renewables Income Fund (“AERIF” or “the Company”), the London-listed investment company advised by Aquila Capital Investmentgesellschaft mbh, has today announced that it intends to increase its existing investment in Svindbaek Vindkraft HoldCo ApS (“Svindbaek”) by acquiring three additional wind turbines (“Svindbaek II”) for a total consideration…

Dublin, London, 23 March 2020: Greencoat Renewables PLC, (“Greencoat Renewables” or the “Company”), the renewable infrastructure company invested in euro-dominated assets, is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire a portfolio of operating wind assets in France from John Laing Group for a total consideration of €30.3 million. The portfolio…

Following the UK Government announcement of details of the next round of the Contracts for Difference scheme, Andrew Hedges, climate change and clean energy partner, and Rob Marsh, partner and co-chair of the renewable energy practice in the London office of Norton Rose Fulbright, comment:  Andrew Hedges comments: “If backed…

Onshore wind farms will be eligible for subsidies for the first time since 2016 from next year. This was announced with details on the next stage of the Contracts for Differences scheme which launches next year. However, the government has stressed new projects in England will only go ahead with…