A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) projects that all major renewable energy technologies will compete with fossil fuels on price by 2020.
The African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has achieved a 100 per cent investment in renewable energy in 2017, and recorded a total of 1400 MW of power generation projects from exclusively renewable sources in 2017.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received orders for two new onshore wind projects in southern Italy.
Data from BM Reports and Sheffield University shows that British wind farms generated more electricity than coal on over 75 per cent of days in 2017, while solar outperformed coal more than half of the time.
Taiwan is currently “99 per cent dependent upon energy imports”, according to energy ministry officials. However, a new energy policy promulgated by President Tsai Ing Wen’s government aims to sharply reduce this dependence on imported energy - in particular coal, oil, and natural gas - by 2025.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), the leading wind turbine OEM in Spain, where it has installed over 13 GW, has secured an order from Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables for the supply of 22 turbines to two wind turbines being developed in Spain, with a combined capacity of 64 MW.
The province of Alberta in Canada has selected Capital Power, EDP Renewables Canada, and Enel Green Power North America in the first round of the province’s Renewable Electricity Programme to provide around $1 billion of investment in green power generation.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has launched two new wind turbines, one for onshore and one for offshore applications.
Beijing has said that it should be feasible to scrap the subsidy support for China’s wind power development by 2022, given the expected decline in generation costs from lower turbine costs and higher production yields.
GE and Green Investment Group have partnered to deliver and operate 650 MW of onshore wind through the Markbygden ETT wind farm in Northern Sweden.