Wind Energy Fight Escalates, As Europe Imposes Tariffs On Chinese Steel Turbine Towers Updated On Tue, Dec 21st, 2021 by Saurenergy Europe’s focus on protecting its lead in Wind Energy sector, especially offshore wind in recent times, has just escalated with the European Commission imposing tariffs of upto 19.2% on China-origin steel wind turbine towers. According to the EU statement, it found that Chinese firms had dumped about 300 million euros ($337 million) a year worth […] Read more
Global Installed Wind Power Capacity to Grow at 9% Annually till 2030 Updated On Wed, Dec 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy Global wind power capacity is expected to grow at a cumulative annualised growth rate (CAGR) of 9% between 2021 and 2030, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business. By the end of the decade, cumulative global wind power capacity is projected to hit over 1,756 gigawatts (GW). Wood Mackenzie’s Q4 forecast […] Read more
Europe & US Boost Their Domestic Wind Energy Industries Updated On Tue, Dec 7th, 2021 by Saurenergy Announcements of new projects and partnerships — Vineyard Wind 1, Valmont SM’s new wind turbine tower factory at Port of Esbjerg, and the Nigg Offshore Wind factory, to name a few — indicate that Europe and the US are ramping up their wind manufacturing capacity to gain a strong foothold in the much anticipated renewable energy-powered […] Read more
New JV to Make Floating Wind Turbine for Integration with H2 Gen Plant Updated On Tue, Nov 30th, 2021 by Saurenergy Lhyfe, a French pure hydrogen player, and DORIS, an integrated engineering and project management group that is experienced in offshore wind technology, are partnering to launch the “first floating wind turbine for integration with a hydrogen production system and identify larger-scale opportunities for their solutions.” The announcement was made following a 12-month-long joint R&D programme […] Read more
Denmark Plans Island To Mainland Strategy For Power Transmission, Using Wind Energy Updated On Thu, Nov 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy Even as we wrote about the top 3 transcontinental transmission lines to carry solar power across continents, we track news from Europe about major wind generation plans using artificial and natural islands, in the North Sea and Baltic Sea respectively. At the centre of both these plans is Denmark, the wind energy leader, which hopes […] Read more
Mechanical Design Engineer – DT Transformers Renewables (Wind and Solar) Updated On Wed, Nov 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Responsibilities:- Developing state-of-the-art design concepts as well as technical standards and/or cookbooks for the mechanical design of Wind or Solar units. When need arises preparation of General Arrangement Drawing, Bill of materials and submission to customer as per project schedule. Responsible for development of various application transformers designs in coordination with global Hitachi Energy factory […] Read more
Japanese Wind Turbine Can Harness Typhoon Energy Updated On Mon, Nov 15th, 2021 by Saurenergy As governments and companies globally rush to install as much renewable energy capacity as possible to cut carbon emissions, areas often not suitable for solar arrays or wind farms are opening up for development with advances in technology. In Japan, a start-up called Challenergy has designed a wind turbine that works in cyclonic conditions, which typically […] Read more
French Court Verdict On Health Damage From Wind Turbines Updated On Thu, Nov 11th, 2021 by Saurenergy A French court has awarded damages to a Belgian couple claiming a wind turbine near their house negatively impacted their health. Christel and Luc Fockaert were awarded €110,000 after complaining of health problems that they claim were caused by a windfarm. The decision is likely to cause disquite among operators across Europe, as both North […] Read more
Jack-up Vessel Drops Turbine Parts into Sea at Vattenfall’s Wind Farm Updated On Wed, Oct 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy MPI Offshore, an offshore installation service firm owned by Van Oord, last week accidentally dropped three wind turbine blades into the sea, while conducting scheduled maintenance at Swedish energy company Vattenfall’s Ormonde wind farm in the Irish Sea, off the UK. A crewmember caught the incident on video and it has been widely shared on […] Read more
