Renewables and Efficiency

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) published a report showing that China broke the world record for most wind power capacity installed in a single year in 2020, with 52 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity — doubling the country’s annual installations compared to the previous year. “The incredible and rapid …

China installed 52 gigawatts (GW) of wind power capacity last year, breaking the world record for most wind capacity installed in a single year by any country in history as it doubled its annual installations compared to 2019, the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said in a new report this …

The U.S. solar industry installed a record 19.2 GWdc of photovoltaic (PV) capacity in 2020, a 43% increase from 2019, according to a report released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. The numbers are particularly impressive considering the world was dealing with unique challenges as a …

Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is taking the lead in China’s renewable energy push, with new energy installed capacity reaching a record high of 35.83 million kWh of electricity, supporting the country’s carbon neutrality goal. The total sum of solar and wind capacity has climbed by 135 percent from …

Kazakhstan took another step toward strengthening its energy security this week after Eni, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, launched the construction of a new solar farm in Otrar, Turkestan, Kazakhstan’s southern region. The project to construct the 50 MW photovoltaic plant is being implemented by a joint Italian-Kazakh …

Wind power production increased sharply in 2020 due to more wind than usual and more completed wind farms. In total, Norway produced 9.9 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2020. That is 4.4 terawatt-hours more than in 2019, according to figures from the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate. A total of 15 …

The institutional framework for offshore wind farms and energy storage will be ready by June 2021, Environment and Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas told the Blue Economy Forum, titled “The Way to a Green Recovery,” on Tuesday. He said it would include issues of licensing, installations and connections to the power …

US-based engineers have joined forces to develop high-voltage reference batteries for behind-the-meter energy storage applications, based on a bipolar technology that uses silicon wafers in traditional lead batteries. The wafers are similar to those in photovoltaic cells and the idea is that the development becomes a ‘plug and play’ solar-powered …

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has been awarded a firm order from the EDF Renewables/Enbridge/wpd consortium for the 448MW Courseulles-sur-Mer offshore wind power project. Located 10km off the Bessin coast, the project brings the total capacity awarded to Siemens Gamesa by the consortium in France to approximaely 1GW. Both the wind …

China recently unveiled the performance of its wind power industry in 2020, which attracted wide attention. The newly installed capacity of wind power increased by 71.67 million kilowatts last year, hitting a record high. The total generating capacity by wind turbines across the country grew around 15 percent to 466.5 …