Alerion Clean Power subsidiary Generai has signed a turbine supply contract with Goldwind for a wind farm in Italy. The Beijing-headquartered OEM will deliver seven GW155-4.2 units to the 29.4MW project located in the southern province of Foggia. A medium-term operations and maintenance contract has also been agreed between the [...]

Sainsbury’s has signed a 15-year wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Capital Dynamics for 100% of the electricity generated by the newly operational 34MW Pines Burn wind farm in Scotland. The 33.6MW site features seven turbines and the electricity produced by them will meet approximately 8% of the supermarket chain's [...]

Aquila Clean Energy, a European developer of solar, wind, and battery storage projects, has been given the green light for five new solar plants across Spain, Renewable Energy Magazine reported. Once operational, the new plants will produce a large combined energy capacity — enough to electrify 345,000 homes each year and slash [...]

UK renewables generation increased by 19% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2024 to 32.8 terawatt-hours, according to government figures. The performance was attributed largely to favourable weather conditions, with higher average wind speeds of around eight knots compared to 6.9 knots a year earlier. Renewable sources accounted for a [...]

Vestas has announced it has received three orders amounting to 113MW for the supply of turbines for schemes in Japan, Costa Rica and Italy. The first deal is with Tohoku Electric Power Co for its 34MW Shiroishi Kosugo wind farm in Japan. It covers the supply of eight V117-4.2MW units [...]

 SmartestEnergy has today launched Traceable Renewable Supply to enhance energy supply chain transparency for businesses, and enable a more accountable and continuous reporting process. At a time when there are growing consumer concerns about greenwashing and the sustainability data reported by organisations, Traceable Renewable Supply allows businesses to report on a [...]

1. New milestone for clean energy Zero-carbon sources made up over 40% of the electricity the world generated for the first time ever last year, according to new research. Two reports from BloombergNEF show that 14% of this power came from wind and solar, and almost 91% of global power capacity [...]

The UK Crown Estate has published two blueprints to support nature recovery, enable growth in critical marine sectors and potentially lease an additional 20-30GW offshore wind by 2030. Amid increasing demands on the seabed, the new Marine Delivery Routemap sets out a long-term and holistic view of how it can [...]

Wind generation in Ireland was the highest on record for the month of August, according to Wind Energy Ireland's (WEI) monthly wind energy report. The latest figures show that wind power generation in August 2024 totalled 1068GWh, an increase of 3% when compared to the previous record set during the [...]

Bidding farewell to one of the aerodrome’s two runways, the renewable energy proposals from the local authority would be capable of generating enough electricity to power 6,000 homes a year. Blackpool Council has submitted a screening opinion request for a 20.1-megawatt solar farm on 62 acres at Blackpool Airport. This [...]

The UK has today hit a historic milestone of 30GW of wind generation capacity as the opening of SSE Renewables’ Viking Wind Farm on the Shetland Islands boosted the country’s capacity by 443MW.   Total operational capacity of combined onshore and offshore wind in the UK now stands at 30,299MW, [...]

Paris, August 29, 2024 –TotalEnergies announces the launch of a pilot project consisting in a floating wind turbine to supply renewable power to Culzean offshore platform in the UK North Sea, thus pioneering an innovative decarbonization scheme. The 3 MW floating wind turbine will be located 2 km west of the [...]