Polish Powerhouse To Spark Offshore Wind Rush In Baltic Sea

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 16:32:00 +0000

Poland is among the Baltic Sea nations to nail down a foothold in the offshore wind industry, despite security concerns over Russia.

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Vestas Will Supply 15-MW Turbines for South Korean Offshore Wind Project

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2023 16:43:10 +0000

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Vestas will supply 33 of the company’s wind turbines for a major floating offshore wind project in South Korea. The Ulsan Gray Whale 3 installation, which was announced in March […]

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Amazon, AES Partner on First Utility-Scale Wind Farm in Mississippi

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2023 18:14:11 +0000

Amazon, the online retailer with a goal of powering its operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025, on July 7 announced a project that would be the first utility-scale wind […]

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Ukraine Group Completes First Phase of Wind Farm Despite Ongoing War

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 19:07:24 +0000

Ukrainian energy company DTEK Group said it has finished construction of the first 114 MW of a planned 500-MW wind farm in the country, as DTEK continues to work on energy projects despite the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. The company on March 10 said it is seeking international help to complete the Tyligulska wind […]

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Vestas Has A Solution For Recycling Old Wind Turbine Blades Into New Ones

Credit to Author: Derek Markham| Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2023 19:46:10 +0000

Vestas V236-15 MW wind turbineThe world’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Vestas, has just announced a novel process for turning old wind turbine blades into new ones, and considering the amount of ink spilled pointing out that blades which reach their end of life (25 years or so) are “piling up” in landfills, this could be a game-changer for wind […]

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Vestas’ Year-End Deals Include Wind Projects in U.S., Brazil, Ireland

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:13:21 +0000

Major wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced several deals as the company ends 2022, including what the Danish company calls the largest wind project in Latin America, along with a U.S. onshore wind repowering project. The announcements come as the wind power industry continues to be challenged by several factors, including equipment supply chain along […]

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Vestas’ Year-End Deals Include Wind Projects in U.S., Brazil, Ireland

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 21:13:21 +0000

Major wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has announced several deals as the company ends 2022, including what the Danish company calls the largest wind project in Latin America, along with a U.S. onshore wind repowering project. The announcements come as the wind power industry continues to be challenged by several factors, including equipment supply chain along […]

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Fields of Green Returning to Columboola

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 10:00:17 +0000

I worked in the Chinchilla/Dulacca area of Queensland’s Darling Downs in the early ’80s. It was a sea of undulating green fields — wheat and sorghum. Then came the coal mines, the gas fracking, and the polarization with the “Lock the Gate” and “Coal for Breakfast” campaigns. Now the area has turned to renewable energy […]

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GE Will Cut 20% of U.S. Onshore Wind Workforce

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2022 16:54:35 +0000

General Electric (GE) has notified staff that it plans to lay off about 20% of the workforce in its U.S. onshore wind business. A report from NASDAQ this week said the cuts are part of a plan to restructure and resize the onshore wind division, as the group “is grappling with weak demand and rising […]

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First Serious Grid-Scale Battery Connected In Denmark At Vestas Headquarters

Credit to Author: Jesper Berggreen| Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:00:29 +0000

The local news outlet TV2 Østjylland reports that at the Vestas headquarters in Aarhus, Denmark, the country’s largest grid battery has been deployed, and it’s about time. Denmark is known in the world for being a first mover in renewable energy, and every day for more than 10 years I have passed the wind turbine […]

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