REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world
WEBSeptember 24, 2024 reve. Approval of the update of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan 2023-2030. Achievable objectives for wind power in Spain Following the approval of the PNIEC, the installation objectives for wind power for 2030 of 62 GW are maintained, which include 3 GW of offshore wind power, already reflected in the draft ...
Ocean Winds takes full ownership of SouthCoast Wind project
WEBMar 21, 2024 — Ocean Winds (OW), the international company dedicated to offshore wind energy and created as a 50-50 joint venture by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, acquired yesterday full ownership of the SouthCoast Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts in the United States. SouthCoast Wind was previously a 50/50 joint venture between Ocean Winds and Shell New Energies. Grzegorz Gorski, Chief Operating ...
Statkraft acquires Spanish based renewables business Enerfin from ...
WEBNov 19, 2023 — The acquisition of Enerfin adds 1.5 GW of operational wind power, wind and solar capacity currently under construction plus a sizeable pipeline of projects in development to Statkraft’s portfolio. This reinforces the Norwegian company’s position as a major international renewable energy player, and significantly strengthens its position in Spain and Brazil.
Photovoltaic and wind power in the fourth week of August
WEBAug 27, 2024 — In the fourth week of August, prices declined in most European markets, supported by increased wind energy production coupled with decreases in demand and average temperatures. The exception was the Iberian market, where prices remained above €90/MWh for most of the week, with lower solar energy production in Spain and Portugal, and wind energy in the case of Portugal. TTF gas futures prices ...
China leads global wind turbine manufacturers’ market share in 2023
WEBMay 1, 2024 — Note: Wood Mackenzie bases its analysis on grid connected capacity in all wind markets, apart from China and Vietnam. Envision closely followed with 14.1 GW, the company’s best year yet, and at third place, Vestas connected 11.5 GW, the only western OEM in the global top five. At fourth and fifth places, Windey and MingYang installed 10.1 GW and 9.9 GW, respectively. Overall, the market ...
Low electricity prices pose a threat to photovoltaics
WEBMar 4, 2024 — We begin with an article by Pilar Sánchez Molina in PV-Magazine about the current state of electricity prices in Spain. A couple of weeks ago, photovoltaic generation reached historic levels in Spain, Portugal, and Italy for the month of February. At first glance, these are good news to celebrate, but as renewable generation increases, electricity demand decreases. Bad news. Compared to last ...
Wind curtailment: An opportunity for battery energy storage?
WEBJan 11, 2024 — The UK continues to scale up its renewable generation capacity, with the technology hitting various key milestones of late. For instance, the end of 2023 saw wind generation achieve a new national record with 21.8GW generated between 8:00 and 8:30 on the 21 December. As such, wind energy managed to secure a 56% stake in GB’s energy mix. Indeed, one could assume GB is beginning to get used to ...
The regulation for offshore wind power in Spain, published
WEBFeb 27, 2024 — The Spanish Government launches the long-awaited regulation for offshore wind Last week we were talking about how the legislation on offshore wind in Spain was taking longer than desired. And also that it was expected to be published in the coming weeks. Well, it seems that the Ministry must have heard our prayers because yesterday the royal decree was finally released for public information ...
Italy is installing a large floating hybrid photovoltaic and wind …
WEBMar 2, 2024 — A 540 megawatt (MW) hybrid floating wind and photovoltaic floating wind farm will be developed off the southern coast of Italy in the Ionian Sea.
The EU investigates Chinese wind turbines while Scotland …
WEBApr 12, 2024 — X1 Wind used one of the turbines from Vestas’ multi-rotor I found this comment on LinkedIn by Santiago Canedo, Mechanical Engineering Manager at X1 Wind, very interesting. It turns out that the floating prototype X30 from X1 Wind is equipped with one of the turbines that were used in Vestas’ multi-rotor prototype. This Vestas prototype is already a part of wind energy history due to the ...
Skip to content