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Siemens awarded five onshore wind projects in its native country
Siemens was awarded five new contracts in its native country Germany to supply 23 of its direct-drive turbines.
read more... 26/10/2016
Ireland's largest onshore wind farm received its first turbine installation.
SSE, Scottish Energy Company, announced on Monday that Ireland's largest onshore wind farm received its first turbine installation. Galway Wind Park will consist of 69 wind turbines through four wind farms, eight at Lettercraffroe, 22 at Cloosh, 23 at Seecon, and 16 at Uggool, and it is expected to be completed in 2017.
read more... 01/09/2016
Nova Innovation has marked a new era in tidal energy
The Edinburgh-based company Nova Innovation has announced it has installed the first offshore tidal turbines in the world which are already delivering electricity to the grid. The company has installed the fully operational array of tidal power turbines in the Bluemull Sound in the north of Shetland, where the North Sea encounters the Atlantic. This project marks a big step forward in using tidal energy as a reliable source of renewable power. Once finished it will supply enough electricity for about 300 households.
read more... 31/08/2016
Britain gives the consent for world’s largest wind firm Hornsea Two
British government gave the go ahead for plans to expand an offshore wind farm project off the Yorkshire coast which could ultimately have more than 600 turbines spread across an area of the North Sea more than twice the size of London.
read more... 17/08/2016
Scotland and wind turbines reached an important milestone
For the first time on record, wind turbines alone in Scotland provided 39.5 GW of electricity to the National Grid, the equivalent of the country’s total electricity needs. The electricity consumption of the country was 37.2 GW, revealing that wind turbines have generated more electricity than was used in the whole of Scotland on a single day.
read more... 15/08/2016