wind power

Swancor Submits Proposal for a 4.4GW Offshore Wind Project off the Coast of Miaoli County

published 2020 年 09 月 29 日 18:30
Swancor Renewable Energy announced on September 22 that it intends to develop a 4.4GW offshore wind project off the coast of Taiwan’s Miaoli County. This project, which is named Formosa 4, represents the latest and most ambitious undertaking by the Taiwan-based firm. Once completed, Formosa 4 will supply enough electricity to meet the demand of 4.5 million households. Swancor told local media that it already submitted its proposal to the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) in the week of the announcement. ...  more

Masdar and EDF Renewables Agree to Partner in Eight Renewable Energy Projects in United States

published 2020 年 08 月 18 日 18:30
EDF Renewables North America and Masdar, one of the world’s leading clean energy developers and a subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, today announced Masdar’s second strategic investment in the United States (US) in a deal with EDF Renewables North America that will see it acquire a 50 percent stake in a 1.6-gigawatt (GW) clean-energy portfolio. ...  more

Germany Wind Power Market Report 2020-2025: COVID-19 Implications

published 2020 年 08 月 04 日 10:00
In 2019, around 60.4 GW of new wind power capacity was added globally, making it the second-largest year in history and close to the largest year in 2015 (63.8 GW), bringing global cumulative wind power capacity up to 651 GW. The massive wind turbine installation was primarily the result of a strong year in both China and the US: the world's two largest markets ahead of the expiry of Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for onshore in the first country and the PTC (extended until the end of 2020 in Dec 2019) in the second. ...  more

Reading Wind Facility in Kansas is Operational

published 2020 年 06 月 24 日 10:00
Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced that the 200-megawatt (MW) Reading Wind Facility in Osage and Lyon Counties, Kansas, is now operational. Image by Free-Ph...  more

The “Wooden” Future of Wind Energy

published 2020 年 06 月 07 日 10:00
Wind turbine towers are for the most part made of steel, which means the larger the wind turbine, the more steel used in the construction of turbine tower, and the larger the tower needed to support the turbine. ...  more

What are Some of the Localized Projects of Offshore Wind Power as Technology is Preserved in Taiwan Through Various Stages?

published 2020 年 06 月 04 日 4:00
The Taiwanese government plans to establish 5.5GW of offshore wind power by 2025, and hopes to preserve the relevant technology in Taiwan while promoting the industry. Thus, it has been gradually elevating the ratio of localization through the offshore wind power selection since 2018, which establishes industry chains of underwater foundation, towers, as well as wind turbine components and parts in Taiwan in the long term. ...  more