Japan's vice foreign minister resigns amid allegations of extortion

Masatoshi Akimoto, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party of Japan, resigned as vice foreign minister on Friday amid allegations that he received tens of millions of yen in bribes from a wind power company, according to sources close to the situation.

According to the sources, ...

19 OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES TO BE INSTALLED BY TOKYO GAS CO.

Highlights –

• 19 offshore wind turbines to be installed by Tokyo Gas Co.
• The wind turbines will be located near the coast of Ibaraki Prefecture.
• The wind turbines are expected to generate a maximum of 159.6 megawatts.
• Japan ...

TOSHIBA CORP. TO JOINTLY PRODUCE EQUIPMENT FOR WIND POWER GENERATION WITH GE

Highlights –

• Toshiba Corp. to jointly produce equipment for wind power generation with GE.
• The equipment houses a generator and other components of a wind turbine.
• Toshiba plans to expand its renewable energy business to $6.1 billion ...

LARGEST WIND TURBINE ROTOR TEST RIG BEING COMING TO NETHERLANDS TECHNOLOGY CENTER

HIGHLIGHTS

• Construction of most technologically advanced and largest wind turbine rotor test rig is in progress.
• Test rig is being constructed at LM Wind Power’s WMC Technology Center Netherlands in Wieringerwerf.
• GE’s wind busi...

ØRSTED SUPPORTING DANISH OFFSHORE WIND-POWERED HYDROGEN PROJECT

HIGHLIGHTS

• Ørsted is supporting some other Danish companies to bring a wind-powered hydrogen project to fruition.
• Ørsted is going to produce clean fuel for buses, planes, ships, and trucks.

Being the largest offshore wi...

BIDDING PROCESS FOR GOTO OFFSHORE WIND FARM OPENS IN JAPAN

HIGHLIGHTS

• The bidding process for the 21 megawatt (MW) Goto offshore wind power project has begun.
• The project is located in Nagasaki.
• This is the first auction in Japan under the new law governing the bidding process for government projec...

Winters force Vattenfall to close Wind farm site

Vattenfall’s construction of 353MW wind farms has halted for the winters. These wind farms are being built at Blakliden and Fabodberget, in the northern Vasterbotten region of Sweden.  The company has formally announced that snow, cold weather and reindeer herding will make it difficul...

The new study observes faster wind speed as a result of climate change

Amidst all the changes the earth is witnessing due to climate change, a new study reveals that climate change might increase the generation of electricity by wind energy. The finding came out when higher wind speed was observed for windfarms. 

The Research was published in the peer...