Three consortiums of mainly French groups are bidding to build the country’s first offshore wind parks in a massive project to reduce its reliance on nuclear power and establish it as a leading player in the booming market for wind energy.
Denmark-based wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S has announced 2335 job cuts in a bid to restore its profitability after rising costs hit its 2011 earnings.
ONE, Morocco’s state-run power utility, invited companies to submit expressions of interest in five wind farm projects with a combined power capacity of 850MW.
In the first nine months of the financial year, SSE has brought over 300MW of onshore wind capacity online, surpassing the 1GW capacity mark.
Spain-based wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa will deliver 100 of its G80-20MW wind turbines to the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for 200MW in wind projects on Egypt’s Red Sea Coast.
Up to 800MW wind and tidal power in offshore Northern Ireland are a step closer to realisation as the UK Crown Estate launches the bidding process.
Vestas Wind Systems A/S was awarded the wind turbine contract for the 168MW Musselroe Wind Farm, Tasmania, Australia by Hydro Tasmania.
As the UK’s big six energy suppliers invest in gas-powered capacity, renewables projects are set back.
Decreasing costs will see offshore wind expand rapidly as EU countries prepare to meet their 2020 carbon targets.
EverPower has awarded REpower Systems SE the contract for the delivery of 68 wind turbines to the Twin Ridges wind farm project in Pennsylvania, USA.
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