Concerns regarding golden eagles have prompted the modification of a Scottish wind farm.

Plans for an onshore wind farm in Scotland have been changed in response to a number of concerns, including those about how the project would endanger golden eagles. If developed, the Scoop Hill Community Wind Farm will contain 60 turbines less than the 75 originally envisioned. The tip height of...

IBERDROLA SEEKS EU FUNDS TO BUILD LARGE-SCALE FLOATING WIND ENERGY FARM IN SPAIN

Highlights:

• The company Iberdrola has been planning to spend more than 1 billion euros on the large-scale floating wind power farm
• The company from Spain also has not confirmed that, where it is going to build the floating wind farm

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JAPAN PM ANNOUNCES TO BOOST INVESTMENT IN TECHNOLOGIES TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE

Highlights –

• Japan PM announces to boost investment in technologies to tackle climate change.
• A government panel suggested offshore wind farms as a primary renewable energy source.
• The plan calls to build an infrastructure for 30 giga...

AUCHAN RETAIL FRANCE AND BORALEX SIGN WIND PPA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Auchan Retail France has signed a three-year contract Boralex Inc.
• The nature of contract is PPA.

Auchan Retail France will be buying wind power from Boralex Inc. under a new three-year contract. Under the terms of this co...

GREENER ELECTRICITY GRID TO BE POWERED BY BATTERY STORAGE BOOST

HIGHLIGHTS

• British Government is planning to relax a planning legislation to ease the construction of large batteries that can store renewable energy from solar and wind farms across the UK.
• Government intends to maximize UK’s renewable energy s...

RENEWABLE ENERGY WILL PLAY VITAL ROLE IN RECOVERING EUROPEAN ECONOMY

Highlights

• Over 13 billion euros are invested in onshore wind farms

• Poland made fifth largest number of acquisitions after investing over 900 million euros in offshore wind projects

From the economic point of view, 2019 was not good year in terms of ren...

JAPAN TO GET ITS FIRST OFFSHORE WIND FARM

Highlights:

• Loan has been acquired for the construction to proceed
• The wind energy plant’s construction work is expected to be completed by 2022

Japan has been criticized time and again for its heavy dependence on fossil fuels ...

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...

Sweden Wind farm chooses GE turbines

GE has declared that it'll provide 33 of its 5.3 MW Cypress wind turbines, its largest onshore model, for the 175 MW Björkvattnet power plant in Sweden.
The power plant is or so 470km north of national capital and can generate enough renewable energy to power the equivalent of 175...

Wind Farm Secures Offtake Deal With Google in Sweden

Google can purchase the bulk of electricity created by the Björkvattnet onshore wind energy facility as a part of its major renewable energy spree.

The Swedish deal was negotiated with GE Renewable Energy, which backed the project’s developers and provided turbines for the 17...