Swedish energy company Vattenfall has presented plans for the construction of a new wind farm on the south west of Scotland. The South Kyle Wind Farm would have about 50 turbines and a capacity of more than 170 MW, which should be enough to meet the annual electricity power demand of more than 90,000 households. It is expected that it will cost more than £190 million to build the wind farm.
read more... 29/08/2013
Norway has an excellent wind power potential. Norway has an official goal of triple its capacity to more than 2 GW and to have 67.5 % of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. The potential for wind power in Norway is however much greater than this and totally there is applied for 66 TWh with wind power in Norway.
read more... 27/08/2013
The German energy provide E. ON unveiled it started the construction of its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm in the North Sea.
read more... 21/08/2013
The Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) has announced recently it has added to its portfolio three new wind farms, two in France for a total of 20 MW, and another one in southern Italy, in Puglia, for a total of more than 40 wind farms.
read more... 14/08/2013
Irish company BNRG Renewables has announced that in September it will start the construction of the biggest solar farm in the UK after securing a 25-year planning permission for a site outside London.
read more... 12/08/2013