The numbers are in, and China seems to have shattered the world record for new wind energy installation in 2020. That’s based on analysis by the Brussels-based Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), which estimates the country’s total new installed wind capacity at 52 GW – the most ever installed in a single year anywhere on Earth, and twice what it installed in 2019. Feng Zhao, the head of market intelligence ...

Technical due diligence insights for BayWa’s acquisition of 50 MW Scottish wind farm provides the execution certainty to conclude purchase Guildford, Surrey, UK (18 March 2021) BayWa’s acquisition of High Constellation Wind Farm, from Blue Energy, signals another technical due diligence success for Black & Veatch’s wind energy team in Europe. Global renewable energy developer BayWa r.e. has ad ...

-  The 176 MW order includes the supply of 41 units of Siemens Gamesa 4.3-MW onshore turbines, one of the most powerful turbine models available in New Zealand-  Long-term service agreement up to 30 years signed to optimize wind farm performance-  The contract adds to the 267 MW Siemens Gamesa has already installed for customerMeridian EnergySiemens Gamesa will supply 41 of its wind turbines for New Zealand ...

Governments in the Asia Pacific are increasingly looking into floating offshore wind energy to expand their portfolios of renewable energy capacity and ensure energy security whilst chasing net-zero targets. A new study released by research firm Wood Mackenzie, states that floating offshore could be the next frontier in wind power development in Asia Pacific. Although the market is still nascent, it is expe ...

 CWind, a leading provider of project services, CTVs and GWO-accredited training courses to the offshore wind industry, and part of the Global Marine Group, delivers the world’s first hybrid powered Surface Effect Ship (SES), the CWind Pioneer. Named the CWind Pioneer to demonstrate its position at the forefront of crew transfer vessel innovation, the vessel was developed in response to an industry-wid ...

Developer to start reconnaissance surveys across 2,000 km2 allocated for Vietnamese Thang Long Offshore Wind project, informing further geophysical surveying and optimum development locations. Enterprize Energy, a pioneering offshore wind developer, has today announced the commencement of initial marine surveys off the coast of Binh Thuan province for its 3.4GW Thang Long Offshore Wind project, the lar ...

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Ocean Renewable Energy Joint Stock Company to supply a total of 15 of GE’s 4 MW-137 wind turbines to support construction of the Cau Dat Wind Farm, the first wind farm in Lâm Ðông province in Vietnam. The contract also provides a 10-year full service operation and maintenance agreement for the wind farm. The GE 4.0-137 is a 4 MW power ...

Global financial investment for offshore wind capacity set records in 2020, according to research from The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG). According to RCG’s Global Renewable Infrastructure Projects (GRIP) database, the total capacity financed for offshore wind last year reached 8,370 MW across the European, Americas and Asia Pacific (excluding China) regions, eclipsing the previous total of 6,438 MW ins ...

Vestas has appointed Purvin Patel as its new president of Asia Pacific. Patel joins Vestas from a position as CEO of facilities management company ISS UK & Ireland. He has more than 25 years of commercial and operational leadership experience, and has previously served in leadership positions at US retail chain Walmart, UK home improvement firm Kingfisher Group and Indian supply chain solutions company ...

Siemens Gamesa will supply 29 wind turbines of its Siemens Gamesa 4.X platform in the 145 meters rotor diameter variant to new local independent power producer Hanbaram Wind Power. The 117 MW project reinforces Siemens Gamesa as a frontrunner in Vietnam’s fast-growing renewable energy market. The wind farm will generate enough electricity for close to a quarter of a million people in the Ninh Thuan province ...