20 kilometers off the coast of Viana do Castello, Portugal, is about to be the new home to the largest floating wind turbine in the world, an 8.4-megawatt (MW) ABS-classed offshore wind turbine. This is continental Europe’s first large-scale floating wind farm. A belief is that this renewable installation is ushering in the Golden Era of wind, especially offshore wind.
Offshore wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas announced on Thursday that it has received its largest order in company history to supply 100 of its 9.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the 950 MW Moray East Offshore Wind Farm set to be built in Scotland’s Moray Firth.
The US Government has approved an additional five years for the Investment Tax Credit and Production Tax Credit, benefiting wind and solar developers. US Governments Returns Support to Wind and Solar After many long months of deliberations and lobbying, the US Congress has approved a five-year extension to the hugely … [continued]
The Madrid-based renewable energy giant EDP Renovaveis is currently in the early stages of developing a new 30 MW solar PV power plant project to be located in San Bernardino County in California. The project — which represents the Spanish engineering group’s most recent move into the American market — … [continued]
The world’s largest producer of solar panels, Suntech Power Holdings, has signed a contract with EDP Renovaveis to supply 39 megawatts of polycrystalline solar panels for new projects under construction in Romania. The Romanian solar projects will be connected late this year and early into 2013. “We are pleased to cooperate … [continued]
