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Siemens funds for UK wind turbine factory doubled
Siemens, the German engineering corporation, declared it had doubled the funds it intends to spend in constructing an offshore wind turbine factory and installation facility to 160 million pounds (190 million euro).
read more... 25/03/2014
A2SEA to build Germany’s largest offshore wind farm
A2SEA, the world leader in offshore wind installation, has won a contract from DONG Energy to install 97 Siemens turbines of 6MW each, at a total capacity of 582MW. Once finished, Gode Wind 1 and 2 will be the major adjacent offshore wind farm in Germany.
read more... 18/02/2014
Germany to install only 2.8 GW of new PV capacity this year
According to a new report by EuPD Research this year Germany will install about 2.8GW of new PV capacity, with small PV installations under 10kWp becoming even more important for the German PV market, despite the government’s intention to cut considerably renewable energy incentives.
read more... 10/02/2014
China expected to install record 12 000 MW of solar PV in 2014
Over the course of 2014, China is expected to install a record of 12,000 MW of solar panels, according to a report released by the Chinese Bureau of Energy. This includes the installation of 8, 000 MW of solar PV panels on roofs and other 4,000 MW in the ground-mount segment.
read more... 07/02/2014
Wind power capacity increased worldwide in 2013
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has recently released its 2013 market statistics according to which installed wind capacity increased to more than 318 gigawatts in 2013, up from nearly 283 GW a year before. Global wind energy capacity has tripled over the past five years to reach a total of 318,137 MW. At the same time as wind capacity increased 12.4% last year, wind installations slowed, reaching about 35.5 GW, almost 10 GW less in comparison to a year earlier, mostly due to a drop in the United States.
read more... 06/02/2014