The South Korean Government has announced plans to build a 6GW floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Ulsan by 2030. President Moon Jae-in said that the project would require a KRW36tn ($32.8bn) investment and would create 210,000 jobs in the region. The wind facility is planned for the …
Read More »Green Gas from Danish Offshore Wind could Help Meet German Hydrogen Demand
The study by Danish transmission system company Energinet and Gasunie Deutschland addressed the feasibility of a 350-450-km pipeline from Esbjerg or Holstebro in Denmark to Hamburg. Having completed the study, Energinet and Gasunie want to initiate market dialogue and unlock the potential for exporting green hydrogen from Denmark to demand …
Read More »Europe’s First Big Hydrogen Hub
Hydrogen, produced without carbon emissions, will find use in many sectors of a future ‘hydrogen economy.’ Its high energy intensity can make it the basis of fuels that reduce carbon emissions in the ‘hard to abate’ transportation and industrial sectors. Its unmatched capacity to store energy long term and seasonally …
Read More »Turkey Holds 75 Gigawatts of Offshore Wind Energy Potential
Turkey’s total offshore wind power potential stands at 75 gigawatts (GW), Offshore Wind Energy Association (DÜRED) Chairperson Murat Durak said Monday, noting that they have reached a certain stage in works at some ports in the Marmara and Aegean regions and that they can now carry out offshore wind power …
Read More »US Oil Major Chevron Enters Offshore Wind Market
U.S. oil major Chevron, together with Norwegian company Moreld Ocean Wind, is set to invest in offshore wind technology at Ocergy, a U.S. company developing a low-cost floating wind foundation and a multi-disciplinary environmental monitoring buoy. Ocergy secured the investments through its Series A equity fundraising round to accelerate the …
Read More »China Installed a Record-Breaking 52GW of Wind Power in 2020
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 …
Read More »Wind Power Production in Norway Increased Sharply Last Year
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 …
Read More »Greece Prepares for Offshore Wind Farm Investments
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 …
Read More »Siemens Gamesa Cements Its Position in French Offshore Wind Industry
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 …
Read More »Spain Boosts Wind Capacity by 1.7GW in 2020
Wind power produced 21.9% of the country’s electricity consumed last year.
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