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Huge offshore wind park launches in North Sea after $3 billion support
One of the world’s biggest offshore wind farms is officially launched. The Gemini Offshore Wind Park, which is located 85 kilometers off the coast of the Netherlands and has a capacity of 600 megawatt (MW), covers 68 square kilometers and has 150 Siemens wind turbines. Around 2.8 billion euros ($3.05 billion) was invested in the project.
read more... 10/05/2017
EU offshore attracted a record investment of €18 billion in 2016
A record of €18.2 billion in new offshore wind farms in Europe was invested last year, out of total wind farm investments of €43 billion, according to data published by WindEurope.
read more... 09/05/2017
Australia on its way to meet renewables target by 2020
Australia is more likely to reach its 2020 renewable energy target, due to unprecedented investment in wind and solar power, according to the Clean Energy Regulator.
read more... 04/05/2017
World wind power close to 500GW milestone
The report from Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) stated that the end of 2016 marked the turning point for the wind energy. It is reaching almost 487GW and is being close to 800GW by the end of 2021.
read more... 27/04/2017
EDF EN gets into German market through Futuren wind park takeover
EDF EN is planning a 320 million euro ($350 million) purchase of Futuren, a French wind developer, from a group of investment funds in order to repower old wind parks and get into the German market, as stated on Tuesday by Antoine Cahuzac, the chief of EDF Energies Nouvelles (EN).
read more... 26/04/2017