The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) said that it welcomes the Vietnamese government’s recent decision to extend the feed-in-tariff (FIT) scheme for wind power, but considers the proposed FIT reduction too steep. The proposed rates of USD 0.0702 (EUR 0.0578) per kWh for onshore wind and USD 0.0847/kWh for intertidal/nearshore wind will start applying to projects commissioned between November 2021 and Decem ...

Equinor and SINTEF have agreed on a strategic collaboration in four key areas. The areas are offshore wind, marine systems, energy systems and modelling studies related to these areas. SINTEF is Equinor's biggest partner in the fields of research and technology development. Now, for the first time, the companies have entered into a strategic collaboration agreement. The purpose of the agreement is ...

Photo taken on Nov. 12, 2020 shows a wind turbine manufactured by Vestas Wind Technology (China) Co. Ltd. in north China's Tianjin Municipality. (Photo provided to Xinhua) TIANJIN, Giant wind turbine blades measuring more than 65 meters are laid out in the storage area of a sprawling wind turbine factory in north China's Tianjin Municipality, waiting to be transported to the nearby seaport and shipped to ot ...

ArcVera Renewables, a leading international provider of consulting and technical services for wind, solar and energy storage projects, was enlisted by a major Indian Independent Power Producer (IPP) to analyze wind resource variation cause and effect after an unexpected drop in wind farm energy production in the country. Although variable year-to-year, wind power production in India in Q2-Q3 2020 has b ...

Overseas companies have discovered that the Japanese renewable energy market is profitable and is narrowing down to enjoy these revenues. The European industries are penetrating this market with wind energy. On the other hand, China is expanding rapidly with the uptake and development of solar resources to obtain solar energy. This development comes as Japan strategizes to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas em ...

LOC Group subsidiary LOC Singapore has won a contract from PowerChina HuaDong Engineering to provide marine warranty survey services for the transportation and installation operations of the first phase of the Binh Dai offshore wind farm in Vietnam. Under the terms of agreement, LOC will provide services, including suitability surveys of the proposed support fleet. The team will also provide expertise in a ...

The Norwegian SN Power AS, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the 39.4 MW Dam Nai Wind Power Joint Stock Company in Vietnam from Mekong Wind Pte Ltd which is fully owned by the Singapore based Armstrong South East Asia Clean Energy Fund. Dam Nai Wind, is located in the “renewable energy capital” of Vietnam in the Ninh Thuan province approximately 350 km north of Ho Chi Minh City ...

Opportunities to invest in offshore wind energy developments are being created by government measures from Japan to India After their success in Europe and more recently in Taiwan, sponsors and international financiers are looking to other emerging markets in Asia to expand their offshore wind footprint. There are a number of key factors and trends that will influence how the offshore wind market will devel ...

GE Renewable Energy has been awarded a deal for what claims to be ‘one of the largest’ wind power projects in India. The company has been selected by the renewable energy corporation SB Energy to supply, install and commission 121 sets of onshore wind turbines, for a 327MW wind farm in Madhya Pradesh, in Central India. The project is forecast to produce enough energy for 250,000 households in India. Gilan S ...

Ea Nam wind farm will exceed 400 MW in capacity / With an order intake of currently more than 1 GW Vietnam is a fast growing core market for ENERCON In the course of the company’s new focus on international markets, ENERCON is intensifying its activities in Vietnam. By signing a contract for the supply of state of the art WEC technology for the Ea Nam wind farm, ENERCON continues the successful cooperation ...