The Global Wind Energy Council published its inaugural Global Offshore Wind Report this week, which shows that not only has offshore wind grown at an average of 21% each year since 2013, but that the sector could install an additional 200 gigawatts (GW) of capacity by 2030.
The Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has announced a policy to set up a solar-wind hybrid power policy. As per the policy, the state intends to set up 5 gigawatts of hybrid capacity over the next five years.
German wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has capped off a big August of announcements with a wind turbine supply and commissioning agreement worth 275 megawatts (MW) for the TG East Wind Project in Texas.
Annual wind capacity additions in the Asia Pacific region (excluding China) are expected to reach 12.1 gigawatts (GW) by 2022 according to new research from MAKE Consulting, more than double the capacity added by the end of 2017 of 5.5 GW.
Siemens Gamesa announced on Thursday that it had received its largest ever wind turbine order in India with the sealing of a 300 megawatt (MW) supply contract to Sembcorp Energy India Limited for a wind farm in the state of Gujarat.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy this week announced that it had passed 5,000 megawatts (MW) worth of wind energy connected to the Indian grid, becoming the second largest manufacturer in India.
Spanish wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has successfully secured 26 separate orders from various customers in India worth a total of 326 megawatts.
The monsoon season in India brings with it very high wind speeds, especially in the southern part of country. This year it has enabled record wind power generation in at least one of the states.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), responsible for conducting wind energy auctions in India, has seen a tremendous response to the latest 1 gigawatt tender.
More than 72 GW of new wind capacity is expected to be added over the next ten years in the Asia Pacific (excluding China), pushing cumulative capacity up to 111 GW and making it one of the largest wind sub-regions in the world.
