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Review of 2017 - part two

WORLDWIDE: The second half 2017 was difficult for many of the major OEMs with a drop off in the Indi...

Review of 2017 - part one

WORLDWIDE: The first six months of 2017 pick up where 2016 had left off with further activity in the...

Nordex wins 36MW in France for Zürich utility

FRANCE: Nordex will supply turbines for two wind farms, with the power generated being bought by Cit...

Cheaper and faster French offshore grid connections

FRANCE: The cost of grid connection for offshore wind power projects will no longer be at the charge...

Cheaper and faster French offshore grid connections

FRANCE: The cost of grid connection for offshore wind power projects will no longer be at the charge...

Calls for European corporate PPA support

EUROPE: Facilitating corporate renewable power purchase agreements (PPAs) can "play a decisive role ...

San Francisco trains to run on wind

UNITED STATES: The San Francisco Bay Area's public transport system has signed two 20-year power pur...

Egypt 'initials' 250MW power deal with Lekela

EGYPT: Renewable power generation joint venture Lekela has initialled key project documents with the...

Flexible storage solutions needed to push renewables penetration

WORLDWIDE: A mix of flexible storage solutions will be needed to stabilise grids and prevent outages...

Up to 3GW wind-storage sites possible in UK by 2021

UK: Approximately 12GW of battery storage could be deployed nationwide by the end of 2021, a quarter...

Siemens to upgrade France-UK link

FRANCE/UK: Transmission specialist Siemens will replace the transformers on the 2GW interconnector b...

Electricity industry backs carbon neutrality by 2050

EUROPE: Members of the electricity industry union, EurElectric, have committed to providing a carbon...

Google buys 536MW from US wind farms

UNITED STATES: Google has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) for 536MW of wind power from EDF Re...

World's largest lithium-ion battery launched

AUSTRALIA: Elon Musk's Tesla has completed installation of the world's largest lithium-ion battery a...

Nuclear switch

FRANCE: French utility EDF's next generation of nuclear reactors will work in cooperation with renew...

Clean Line to appeal against Grain Belt Express line decision

UNITED STATES: Clean Line Energy Partners has asked the Missouri supreme court to review state regul...

Siemens Gamesa to install wind-heat storage system

GERMANY: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is to begin construction of a new energy storage sys...

Australian hybrid plant to supply clean electricity to Indonesia

INDONESIA: Vestas is the wind power partner in an ambitious proposal to build a 6GW wind and solar p...

Batteries supplier at Hywind Scotland selected

UK: Statoil has commissioned energy storage specialist Younicos to deliver a 1MW/1.3MWh battery syst...

WindEurope 2017: Tennet proposes fix for North Sea growth

NETHERLANDS: The North Sea Power Hub announced a new member, and transmission system operator (TSO) ...