Asia has taken the lead as the wind power capital of the world as a surge in installation activity in China has led a recovery in the global wind energy sector. In its half yearly report for 2014, the World Wind Energy Association (WWEA) said the overall volume of global added capacity came in at 17613 megawatts (MW) in the six months to June – up from 13,978 and 16,376 in the first half of 2013 and 2012 re ...

GE has announced it will provide PGE Energia Natury PEW with 16 of its 2.5-100 wind turbines to power the 40 MW Karwice wind farm, located 15 km from Darlowo, Poland. "The 16 turbines that we will be providing for the Karwice project will add to our current Poland installed base of 155 units and increase the total output power capabilities of our wind turbines in Poland to 372 MW," notes Cliff Harris, gener ...

China's top economic planning agency has proposed a 3-8 per cent cut in subsidies to wind-power generators, but the plan faces opposition from the country's big state-owned power companies, newspaper China Business News (CBN) said on Monday. China has become the world's biggest wind power generator over the past few years, helped by a government feed-in tariff system offering generators between 0.51 and 0.6 ...

Germany to grant 4.7 mln USD for Vietnam's wind power development Vietnam's prime minister has approved the project to develop the country's wind power worth 3.7 million euros (4.8 million U.S. dollars), of which Germany will grant 3.6 million euros (4.7 million U.S. dollars) as non- refundable aid, local Saigon Times daily reported Friday. Specifically, the project, to be implemented during 2014-2018, will ...

The Indian solar energy sector will see investments worth US$ 41.73 billion by 2022. Indian wind energy sector on the other hand will see investments worth USD 30.31 billion by 2022. Indian renewable energy sector is expected to reach 72.40 GW installed capacity by 2022 which will result in an investment of $ 81.44 billion in the Indian renewable energy sector. Wind energy and solar energy sectors are going ...

  Alstom moves 150 tons of equipment to its new offshore wind turbine facilities in Saint-Nazaire Alstom moved during the summer 150 tons of equipment and partly-assembled machines to the new plants located at the port of Saint-Nazaire. Special logistics therefore had to be set up for this operation in order to move that equipment designed by Alstom that exists nowhere else in the world. Currently unde ...

German engineering giant Siemens said on Thursday (Aug 21) it has won a contract worth €650 million (S$1.07 billion, US$862 million) to supply wind turbines to Norwegian power groups Statoil and Statkraft. "Siemens Energy has received an order from the Norwegian energy utilities Statoil and Statkraft for the 'Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm' in Britain," the German group said in a statement. Under the terms of t ...

Nickel Asia Corp is all set to diversify into the power business through the acquisition of a controlling stake in a local renewable energy firm. In a statement, Nickel Asia said that it has opted to provide a $12.6 million loan directly to Emerging Power Inc (EPI) instead of the latter's project company developing the Montelago geothermal power project in Occidental Mindoro. Under the terms of the loan agr ...

In an era characterized by high-energy costs, depleting natural resources and environmental pollution, wind power is garnering considerable attention as an irresistible eco-friendly method of generating electrical power. Developments in wind technology have made wind energy the most affordable form of renewable energy. With several advantages stacked in its favor, wind power is all set to ease the pressure ...

Mongolia is “a renewable energy paradise,” according to asia.nikkei.com. In fact, Mongolia has winds capable of producing 946 terawatts of energy per hour (one terawatt equals 10 trillion watts). However, 95 percent of all energy in Mongolia comes from coal. “By 2025, it is necessary to produce a minimum of 1,545 megawatts of energy to meet domestic demand,” said Chief of the Regulatory Authority for Policy ...