EU Adds 17 GW New Wind Energy In 2023, Fails To Meet 30 GW Target Updated On Mon, Jan 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy A latest data by WindEurope found that European Union (EU) built 17 GW of new wind farms in 2023. The report also said that the EU installed 14 GW of onshore and 3 GW of offshore wind energy. The EU report stated, “These numbers are slightly up on 2022 and are the most the EU has ever built […] Read more
GE Vernova Gets 2.4 GW Turbine Order For Biggest Mexican Wind Project Updated On Wed, Jan 10th, 2024 by Saurenergy GE Vernova has signed a new equipment and long-term services deal with Pattern Energy to supply 674 units of 3.6-154 wind turbines. The order is enough to generate more than 2.4 GW of power at the SunZia Wind project in New Mexico. SunZia Wind, which is expected to be the largest wind project in the […] Read more
Aker Plans First Subsea Power System For Floating Offshore Wind Power Updated On Mon, Jan 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy Aker Solutions has signed a front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract with the Marine Energy Test Centre (METCentre) in Norway to pilot new subsea power system technology which has the potential to significantly reduce costs and complexity of offshore wind farms. The project will see Aker Solutions provide new power transmission technology, Subsea Collector, for […] Read more
Airloom Promises To Slash Wind Power Costs, Attracts Investment From Bill Gates Updated On Thu, Jan 4th, 2024 by Saurenergy Bill Gates has backed Airloom Energy, a Wyoming-based wind energy startup, which claims to have created a technology which claims to slash wind turbine costs by nearly 70%. Founded by Robert Lumley, Airloom is led by Neal Rickner, who has also spent time (nearly a decade) at Google and Google[x] leading teams, most notably serving […] Read more
Vestas Nets 1.38 GW Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Wind Project Updated On Wed, Dec 27th, 2023 by Saurenergy Vattenfall, the Swedish renewable energy company, has chosen Vestas, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, as the preferred supplier for the Norfolk Vanguard West project in UK, which boasts a capacity of 1.38 gigawatts (GW). As part of the preferred supplier agreement for the Norfolk Vanguard West project, Vestas will provide 92 V236-15 MW offshore wind […] Read more
US Grid Gets First Injection of Offshore Wind Electricity Updated On Mon, Dec 11th, 2023 by Saurenergy In a significant yet unheralded milestone, an offshore wind energy turbine has become the first to send power to the US grid. marking the beginning of what many hope will be a critical source of clean power for the country. Danish wind energy developer Ørsted and the utility Eversource announced on Dec 7 that the […] Read more
US Energy Firm Puget Sound Energy Announces Utility-Scale Wind Farm At Montana Updated On Fri, Dec 8th, 2023 by Saurenergy United States (US)-based energy company Puget Sound Energy (PSE) announced today it is developing the Beaver Creek wind farm, a utility-scale wind project that will be located on the high plains in Stillwater County, Montana, in the US. The Beaver Creek wind farm is the latest addition in a growing list of renewable energy resources […] Read more
Wind Energy Takes Centre Stage at COP28 Updated On Tue, Dec 5th, 2023 by Saurenergy COP28, being held in Dubai, has served as an ideal platform seeing major wind firms and countries join hands on noteworthy agreements on the setting up of wind farms. These agreements run into several gigawatts. 1 GW TotalEnergies AoI On the COP28 platform, French firm, TotalEnergies has entered into an agreement on investment (AoI) with […] Read more
O2 Power Awards 97 MW Wind Turbine Order to GE Vernova Updated On Fri, Dec 1st, 2023 by Saurenergy Independent Power Producer O2 Power has awarded a 97 MW turbine project to Massachusetts-headquartered GE Vernova. The wind project is located in Maharashtra. The wind project encompasses the supply, installation and commissioning of 36 units of GE’s workhorse 2.7-132 wind turbines. The agreement will pave the path for the supply of renewable energy to several […] Read more
