Wind Energy

Moves to unlock the full potential of Japan’s offshore wind industry are underway with the announcement of a task force set up to accelerate the sector’s development. Ambitions are to see the country’s renewables share increase from 16 percent to 24 percent by 2030 through a mixture of methods – …

UK pension fund RPMI Railpen and GreenPower International to share stake of Carraig Gheal Wind Farm.

The installed capacity of 496MW will generate enough clean energy to satisfy the needs of around 835,000 consumers.

The new wind park is expected to supply approximately 75,000 households with clean energy.

Vestas dominated global onshore sales with a total of almost 18GW of orders in 2019.

The new facility is expected to help the country achieve its 2022 clean energy goal.

The Letteragh Wind Farm consists of eight turbines and has been operational since December 2019.

WindEurope says this is still not enough to reach the EU’s goal for wind to provide half of Europe’s electricity by 2050.

The two companies are combining their offshore wind assets and project pipeline. starting with 1.5GW under construction and 3.7GW under development.

In addition. 44GW of wind power projects. representing more than $62bn in investment. are either under construction or in advanced development.