Renewable Energy World

JULY 29, 2021

In 2020, renewables generated a record 834 billion kWh of electricity, or about 21% of all the electricity generated in the U.S., Renewable energy sources include wind, hydroelectric, solar, biomass and geothermal energy. This outcome in 2020 was due mostly to significantly less coal use in U.S. In 2020, U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

For investors keen to tap into this growth, mostly driven by solar and wind, the question is where to look. To find out, GTM asked a range of industry experts and insiders for their recommendations on wind and solar markets to watch in 2020. ” Brazil: Wind. Chile: Solar and wind. New Zealand: Wind.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 11, 2021

According to recent analysis by BloombergNEF, in last year’s record-setting year, the wind market commissioned nearly 100 gigawatts (GW) of new build in 2020. GW of wind turbines globally in 2020, compared with 60.7 Vestas, which placed first for the past four years, fell to third place in the 2020 ranking.

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Renewable Energy World

JANUARY 27, 2021

GW of clean energy in 2020, up from 20.1GW in 2019 and 13.6GW in 2018, according to new research published by BloombergNEF (BNEF). in 2020, down from 14.1 GW in 2020. Amazon was the leading buyer of clean energy in 2020, announcing 35 separate clean energy PPAs in 2020, totalling 5.1 Companies announced 11.9

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GreenTechMedia

JANUARY 25, 2021

The German company SkySails Power last month announced that its energy kite concept would be taking to the skies this year in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius. But the petrochemical giant, perhaps affected by the impact of the 2020 oil pricing war and coronavirus pandemic on its core business, abandoned Makani too.

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Envirotec Magazine

MARCH 30, 2020

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) has published the 15th edition of The Global Wind Report , described as the wind industry’s flagship publication which provides a comprehensive, global view of the sector through the latest market data, country profiles, trends and analysis.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 26, 2021

American multinational technology company Apple has announced that its 2020 green bonds will support the installation of 1.2 In 2020, Apple has funded the development of 350MW of new energy generation capacity in Nevada, Illinois, Virginia, and Denmark in 2020 from its green bonds. GW of renewable energy capacity.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2020

But few sectors can lay as strong a claim for playing a central and strategic role in any recovery, as the renewables industry in general and the wind power sector in particular. Furthermore, 1GW of offshore wind power avoids 3.5 Significantly, investors have got the message.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 31, 2020

’ in 2020. Concerns over the lithium-ion battery supply chain did not disappear in 2020. Vortex Bladeless: wind power without blades. Vortex Bladeless was founded in 2014 but 2020 saw it achieving a couple of notable milestones, according to the company’s blog.

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Business Green

MARCH 25, 2020

But Global Wind Energy Council forced to revise its forecasts for 2020 and beyond as coronavirus fallout continues. Meanwhile, the growing number of wind farms around the world continues to be largely driven by financing via market based policy mechanisms, such as the UK's Contracts for Difference scheme, it seems.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 3, 2021

42% of all energy used across the country through 2020 came from wind, solar, tidal and hydro. Consistent reports from last year demonstrated that 2020 was going to be an incredible year for energy/environmental figures. The post 2020 tipped the balance for British renewable energy appeared first on Renewable Energy World.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 6, 2021

Renewables’ rising share of the total is partly attributable to net decommissioning of fossil fuel power generation in Europe, North America and for the first time across Eurasia (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation and Turkey). Total fossil fuel additions fell to 60 GW in 2020 from 64 GW the previous year.

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 23, 2021

In its report “Accelerating Decarbonisation in Shipping: A No Regrets Approach Using Wind Power”, the Institution calls for the Government to support the development of a demonstration ship using retro-fitted sails to help ship owners and users understand the business case for how wind could be used as primary propulsion for cargo vessels.

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Renewable Energy World

MARCH 1, 2021

Global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, according to new research released last month. Global investment for offshore wind also set new highs last year as investment reached USD 30 billion, surpassing the previous high of USD 22 billion set in 2018.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

million customers by 2025, adding nearly 700 megawatts of wind power, plus more solar and battery storage systems to boost rural reliability. Missouri's lagging wind market. Unlike most utility grid modernization plans, however, Ameren Missouri’s plan also includes $1 billion for wind power.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 19, 2019

“Senvion’s plight is largely due to the collapse of its domestic German onshore wind power market after a countrywide shift to competitive power contract auctions in 2018,” commented Navigant Research senior research analyst Jesse Broehl in a December blog post.

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Business Green

JANUARY 19, 2021

Wind farms delivered their highest ever contribution to Europe's power mix as conventional coal and gas energy fell to a record low in Britain, according to new analysis from EnnAppSys. EnAppSys' annual European electricity market summary for 2020 shows that a record 429TWh of output came from wind farms.

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R-Squared Energy

AUGUST 26, 2021

Remained The World’s Top Oil Producer In 2020. Renewable energy was the one category that bucked the global trend of declining energy consumption in 2020. In 2020, that had tripled to 31.7 The “Renewables” category above consists of wind power, solar power, biofuels, geothermal energy, and power produced from biomass.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 18, 2019

From offshore wind, to solar, to the ballooning corporate renewables market, utilities, oil majors and developers are heading across the Atlantic for a piece of that gigantic American power pie. Here are seven we'll be keeping a close eye on in 2020. The Danish offshore wind giant laid bare the scale of its U.S.

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Charged

AUGUST 29, 2019

The route between Germany and Denmark is almost perpendicular to the prevailing wind, which gives Scandlines favorable conditions for using Rotor Sails on the ferry crossing. Scandlines will begin preparations for the retrofit in November 2019 and has scheduled the installation for Q2 2020.

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GreenBiz

JULY 20, 2020

Mon, 07/20/2020 - 02:11. Clean ocean energy: catalyzing large-scale deployment of offshore wind power; ensuring the protection of critical offshore habitats; creating robust programs to assess additional renewable ocean energy systems such as wave, current, tidal and thermal. Joel Makower. They called it the Blue New Deal.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Other key findings of the study include: The US has nearly tripled its wind power capacity since 2011, enough to energise more than 31 million homes. In 2020, wind accounted for 8.4% Texas, Oklahoma, and Iowa installed more wind energy capacity than any other states in the US. of the nation’s electricity.

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Business Green

JANUARY 31, 2022

More than 50 per cent of Britain's power produced by zero carbon wind generation on Saturday as gale force winds hit parts of Scotland and England. Wind speeds of up to 100 miles an hour in Scotland over the weekend enabled the UK to set a new record for wind power generation, according to data published by National Grid ESO.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Since 2005, Evergy has reduced the share of coal-fired power in its 6.2-gigawatt At the same time, it increased its share of renewables from less than 1 percent to roughly 27 percent, almost entirely wind power, with nearly 3.9 gigawatts of nameplate capacity as of 2020. Similarly, Xcel Energy, which serves about 3.3

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

It’s also one of the few projects on this list that’s actively being built today, with hopes of completion by the end of 2020 — although the project still awaits state and local permits to reach the finish line. Gateway West benefits from powerful backers with important local ties. TransWest Express.

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Renewable Energy World

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

clean energy sectors showed strong resilience in 2020, continuing a decade-long growth trend, BloombergNEF (BNEF) and the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) find in their annual joint report. power consumed generated no CO2 emissions,” said Ethan Zindler, BloombergNEF’s head of Americas. power in 2020.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 28, 2020

It comes as the Prime Minister Boris Johnson gears up to unveil a 10-point green recovery plan next month, of which he has already announced offshore wind will be a major pillar , with a new, ramped up target to deliver 40GW of capacity by 2030 in bid to position the UK as "the Saudia Arabia of wind power".

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 8, 2021

Research firm Wood Mackenzie says it anticipates the global wind power industry will install 1 TW of new capacity between 2021 and 2030. This means for as long as there is enough financial support from governments, wind energy developers are able to move at a faster pace, a development that would result in more capacity being deployed.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Proportion of power derived from gas and coal in Britain fell to record low in 2020, official statistics confirm. Low demand for electricity during successive lockdowns saw renewables displace fossil fuels as the dominant source of power on Britain's grid for the first time ever in 2020, government data has confirmed.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 30, 2021

gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2020, while project costs declined and performance improved, according to the Dept. The 2021 Land-based Wind Market Report , prepared by the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, found that wind increased its share of the U.S. Follow @EngelsAngle.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas retained its title as the largest global supplier in the space last year, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, with Siemens Gamesa coming in a close second in a bumper year for the wind power industry. The 2020 tally could reach as high as 75 gigawatts. gigawatts, BNEF said.

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Renewable Energy World

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Washington DC — Driven by strong solar and wind power growth, electrical generation by renewable energy sources (i.e., electrical generation (wind – 8.50%, solar – 4.09%). Moreover, wind and solar combined now provide more than three-fifths (61.55%) of the generation by renewable sources. ” .

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Business Green

APRIL 14, 2021

UK leads the way as Europe's onshore and offshore wind sector sees investment grow 70 per cent, despite Covid-19 disruption. Governments need to simplify their permitting and ensure there are people to process the permit applications. Otherwise there's no point having a higher renewables target.".

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GreenBiz

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Fri, 09/04/2020 - 01:00. Outages of dispatchable fossil generation paired with reduced output from renewables, such as the 1,000 MW reduction in available wind power Aug. Clean energy and markets are the solution (not scapegoat) for California’s blackouts. Bryn Baker.

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Envirotec Magazine

JUNE 15, 2021

Countries around the world need to urgently scale up deployment of wind power in order to address the climate emergency, insists the Global Wind Coalition for COP26, which officially launches today (15 June) on Global Wind Day. We need them to get serious about wind”, commented Rebecca Williams, Director of COP26 at GWEC.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 13, 2020

Thu, 08/13/2020 - 02:15. In the 2000s, when wind and solar weren’t yet cost-competitive, market players pioneered ways to sell renewable energy indirectly. The credits let a business in, say, Pittsburgh buy wind power generated in California, even before renewables were yet available on Pennsylvania’s grid. . Adam Aston.

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Business Green

JANUARY 29, 2021

The government is to auction 1,500MW annually between 2021 and 2025 under a wind-only pot and given this week's auction was delayed from 2020 a second auction is expected later this year. Overall, Tesla earned $721m in 2020 and chalked up its sixth straight quarterly net profit following years of losses.

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