Engie and Tokyo Gas have formed a joint venture that will develop wind and solar energy projects in Mexico with a combined capacity of over 898MW. The 50:50 JV, called Heolios EnTG, will develop, finance, construct, own, operate and maintain six renewable energy projects totalling 898.7MW. Two of the facilities…

• First full-scope multibrand service contract signed in Europe for two wind farms in Poland with a total of 29 Vestas turbines • Long-term service and maintenance contract secured for 58MW with Polenergia Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured its first full-scope contract for the service of turbines supplied…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $28.1 million in funding aimed at advancing wind energy nationwide across the land-based, offshore, and distributed wind sectors. While utility-scale wind energy in the United States has grown to 90 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in…

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2 April 2019 – The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 gigawatts (GW), according to new data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) today. The annual increase of 7.9 per cent was bolstered by…

Bilbao, 2 April: The Global Wind Energy Council has partnered with the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition (GWNET) to launch the Women in Wind Global Leadership Program. The program is designed to accelerate the careers of women in the wind industry, support their pathway to leadership positions and…

Peikko Group’s sales office in Norway, Peikko Norge AS, has received a substantial order to deliver rock foundation technology to Geitfjellet, Harbaksfjellet and Kvenndalsfjellet wind parks in the Sør-Trøndelag area, Central Norway. Peikko will deliver all steel components for the 100 foundations of the wind parks. The deliveries comprise FATBAR…

Wind energy is a well-established source of renewable energy, but what countries have the highest wind energy capacity in the world? Wind power has become an important source of energy generation around the world, with global capacity reaching over 600GW in 2018. The construction of new wind power varies year…

Washington DC – According to an analysis by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), new solar and wind generating capacity has taken the lead over natural gas and all other energy sources for the first month of  2019. FERC’s “Energy Infrastructure…

RWE steps up activity in Belgium: The Group’s trader RWE Supply & Trading GmbH, which specialises in renewable and conventional power plant optimisation, commodities trading and customer solutions, procures the full renewable electricity production from Parkwind’s Northwester 2 wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge. RWE and Parkwind recently signed…

Industry to invest £250 million including new Offshore Wind Growth Partnership to develop the UK supply chain as global exports are set to increase fivefold to £2.6 billion by 2030 a third of British electricity set to be produced by offshore wind power by 2030 part of the government’s ambition…