The Commission has today published a call for evidence on designating renewables acceleration areas under the recently revised Renewable Energy Directive (EU/2023/2413). Citizens and stakeholders are invited to submit their feedback for 4 weeks until the call closes on 23 February 2024.The evidence collected through this call will help inform a guidance document for EU countries on designating renewables acceleration areas for wind and solar energy projects, given their relevance to achieve…
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Category: Wind
Danish CIP to invest $1.92bn in Philippines wind farm
CIP will begin work on the new offshore wind farm in the first quarter of 2024. Credit: CIP.
Denmark-based Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) will invest PHP108bn ($1.92bn) in a 650MW offshore wind power farm in the…
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Source: https://www.investmentmonitor.ai/news/cip-to-invest-1-92-billion-dollars-in-philippines-wind-farm/
China’s clean energy growth to accelerate global power source transformation: FM
This photo taken on June 16, 2022 shows a wind farm in Qiqihar City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. In recent years, the three northeastern provinces of Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang have sped up the development of clean energy generation such as wind power, photovoltaic power and biomass power generation. This is of great significance for ensuring safe and reliable power supply, accelerating clean energy transition and low-carbon development, and promoting the full…
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Nation’s energy investments in 2023 reach $391b
A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. [Photo by YAO FENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Investments in China’s energy sector surged last year on the back of the government’s commitment to fortify the country’s energy infrastructure and embrace diverse energy formats.
Total investment in key energy projects under construction or those newly initiated rose to 2.8 trillion yuan ($391 billion) last year, the National Energy…
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Source: http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202401/26/WS65b30da7a3105f21a507e78a.html
AI needs so much power that old coal plants are sticking around
A Dominion representative says this is inaccurate. The pause on new data center connections lasted just a few months, affected only a small area of Loudoun County and had no impact on customers outside of “data center alley,” spokesperson Aaron Ruby said in an email. “After accelerating several new transmission projects, we were able to fully resume service connections and have since connected 27 new data centers in eastern Loudoun.”Dominion says it expects demand in its service…
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Nation’s energy investments in 2023 reach $391b
A wind farm generates power for grids in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province. [Photo by YAO FENG/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Investments in China”s energy sector surged last year on the back of the government’s commitment to fortify the country’s energy infrastructure and embrace diverse energy formats.
Total investment in key energy projects under construction or those newly initiated rose to 2.8 trillion yuan ($391 billion) last year, the National Energy Administration said…
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Source: https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202401/26/WS65b30da7a3105f21a507e78a.html
Orsted, Eversource submit revised proposal for Sunrise Wind in NY auction By Reuters
© Reuters. A view of the turbines at Orsted’s offshore wind farm near Nysted, Denmark, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Little/File Photo
(Reuters) – Denmark’s Orsted (CSE:) said on Thursday it had submitted a new proposal with Eversource for Sunrise Wind in response to New York’s latest offshore wind solicitation. Sunrise Wind is a 924 MW offshore wind farm which would deliver power to New York and is expected to be completed by 2026, Orsted said. Under the updated proposal, Orsted…
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Sembcorp gets 450MW wind-solar | PFI
Singapore-based Sembcorp has won a 450MW power purchase agreement from Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI) for solar-wind hybrid power. Sembcorp said it will fund the project with equity and debt and it should be commissioned within two years.The project brings Sembcorp’s gross portfolio of renewables in India to 4.2GW. On January 19 SECI awarded 300MW capacity to NTPC Renewable Energy at a tariff of Rs3.15 per kWh. Sembcorp’s Green Infra Wind Energy won 450MW at a tariff of Rs3.21/kWh and…
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Japanese Order First Mid-Sized Ammonia-Fueled Ammonia Carrier
A Japanese consortium of companies working on a project sponsored by the government to develop ammonia shipping reports it has reached the point where it can now begin to build one of the first ammonia-fueled ammonia carriers in the world. The group, which includes NYK, Japan Engine, IHI Power Systems, and Nihon Shipyard, reports it signed construction contacts last month for a vessel which they expect to complete by November 2026.
The new vessel is being reported as “the…
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Source: https://maritime-executive.com/article/japanese-order-first-mid-sized-ammonia-fueled-ammonia-carrier
Kite-based wind power company gets €2m
“Together with smaller investors and a tax relief grant, the combined package will cover the majority of planned activity for 2024,” according to the company.
The company’s technology generates power using a tethered glider, which initially launches itself using a small motor-driven propeller.
When aloft, the glider pulls against its tether, pulling it from a drum, whose rotation generates electrical power. Once at its furthest extent, the…
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Source: https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/novel-wind-power-company-kitemill-gets-e2m-2024-01/