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Vestas to Supply Giant 15MW Turbines for Offshore Wind Farms in NY

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has selected Vestas as its preferred supplier for wind turbine generators for both Empire Wind I and Empire Wind II, one of the largest offshore wind projects in the US. The preferred supplier agreement, one of the largest of its kind to be announced in […]

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Renewable Energy Jobs Reach 12 Million Globally: IRENA

Renewable energy employment worldwide reached 12 million last year, up from 11.5 million in 2019, according to the eighth edition of Renewable Energy and Jobs: Annual Review 2021. The report was released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in collaboration with the International Labour Organization (ILO) at a high-level opening of IRENA’s Collaborative Framework […]

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Evergy Issues RfP for 1000 MW Wind Projects in U.S.

US electric services company Evergy has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for 1 GW wind energy to supply the needs of its customers. The American investor-owned utility with publicly traded stock has its headquarters in Topeka, Kansas, and in Kansas City, Missouri. The company was formed from a merger of Westar Energy of Topeka […]

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Iberdrola to Invest £6 B in UK Offshore Wind Complex

Spanish electric utility Iberdrola, through its subsidiary Scottish Power, plans to invest £6 billion in developing an offshore wind complex – East Anglia Hub – in the UK, the company’s biggest investment anywhere in the world and one of the largest offshore wind projects worldwide. Iberdrola’s chairman, Ignacio Galán, announced this undertaking at the Global […]

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Biden’s 30 GW Offshore Wind Plans Face Many Headwinds

Plans to lease much of the U.S. coastline — from the Gulf of Mexico to the Northeast, California and Oregon — for offshore wind farms by 2025 are likely to face a steady barrage of resistance from various constituents, as renewable energy faces the biggest problem fossil fuels largely bypass. The NIMBY syndrome, or (Not […]

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Belgian Cabinet Agrees to Expand Key Offshore Wind Zone to 3.5 GW

The Belgian government has confirmed plans to expand the offshore wind capacity that will be made available in the Princess Elisabeth zone in the North Sea to up to 3.5 GW. The area was originally planned to host about 1.75 GW of offshore wind capacity. Covering an area of 281 sq km, Princess Elisabeth will […]

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CalWave Commissions Open-water Wave Energy Pilot in California

US firm CalWave has announced it has successfully commissioned its CalWave x1™ off the coast of San Diego, marking the beginning of California’s first at-sea, long-duration wave energy pilot operating fully submerged. The project is supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funding, with the goal to demonstrate CalWave’s scalable and patented xWave technology. […]

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TotalEnergies, Simply Blue Launch Floating Offshore Wind JV in U.S.

TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company, and Simply Blue Group, a floating offshore wind company, have launched a joint venture, TotalEnergies SBE US, to unlock the potential for floating offshore wind projects in the United States. Last month, TotalEnergies said that it expected a big rise in renewable-based electricity, solar and wind forms of energy, partly due […]

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At 2256MW, Gujarat adds Most Solar, Wind Capacity b/w July’20 & June’21

India added a total of 6,530 mega watt (MW) of solar and wind capacities between July 2020 and June 2021, according to a report released yesterday by Bridge to India, a renewable energy consultancy and knowledge services provider. Gujarat added 2,256 MW capacity, the highest capacity during the said period, followed by Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh […]

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