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Airloom Promises To Slash Wind Power Costs, Attracts Investment From Bill Gates

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 […]

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Vestas Nets 1.38 GW Norfolk Vanguard West Offshore Wind Project

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 […]

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US Grid Gets First Injection of Offshore Wind Electricity

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 […]

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US Energy Firm Puget Sound Energy Announces Utility-Scale Wind Farm At Montana

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 […]

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Wind Energy Takes Centre Stage at COP28

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 […]

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O2 Power Awards 97 MW Wind Turbine Order to GE Vernova

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 […]

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Sembcorp Eyes Wind Assets of 428 MW in India & China

Singapore-based renewables player Sembcorp Industries Ltd has announced the signing of two agreements for the acquisition of 428 MW of operational wind farms in China and India. In China, the wholly-owned arm of the Sembcorp Group, Sembcorp Energy (Shanghai) Holding Co Ltd has entered into an agreement worth (USD 97.3m/EUR 88.8m) with Envision Energy Co […]

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BP Completes Repowering Wind Farm of 300 MW Capacity

BP has completed repowering its wind farm in Indiana for 300 MW capacity. The Fowler Ridge 1 project, established in central Indiana, entailed the upgradation of 40 of the 162 turbines. This encompassed the installation of 120 individual blades and 40 new nacelles. These boast power generation equipment and transformers on top of the wind towers. […]

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UK, German Moves To Support Offshore Wind Point To Challenges Ahead

Ørsted’s Travails World’s biggest  offshore wind energy developer- Danish firm Ørsted on November 1 this year announced ceasing developing two of its proposed offshore wind projects in the United States (US) at the cost of around £3bn in penalties. These projects were slated to come up at New Jersey off the US coast. They had […]

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