31/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Iberdrola commissions 350MW Wikinger Spanish giant Iberdrola has completed commissioning of its 350MW Wikinger offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.
Wikinger is located off the northeast coast of German island Rugen, and is made up of 70 5MW Siemens Gamesa turbines. Iberdrola has invested around €1.4bn in the project, which marks its entry into the German electricity market. Wikinger is ...
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29/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Pakistani minister urges to approve 4GW of wind Pakistani energy minister has urged the country's government to unlock permission to wind farms in the Sindh region totalling 4GW.
Energy minister Imtiaz Ahmed Shaikh said last week that at least 35 wind projects totalling up to 4GW have stalled because of "unfavourable policies", established by local authorities to favour fossil fuels. He has now ...
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29/10/2018
Wind Watch
Ilaria Valtimora
Climate change and global warming are often used interchangeably, but in fact they have very distinct meanings.
Climate change describes a set of changes to the climate that can happen at either a local or a global level, while global warming refers to the rise of temperature in the Earth’s climate system. However, climate change is one cause of global warming.
These definitions are going ...
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26/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Innergex closes C$620m deal for 589.5MW Innergex has finalised the acquisition of a 62% stake of a 589.5MW portfolio in Quebec from gas firm TransCanada for C$620m ($474m).
The Cartier portfolio includes the 211.5MW Gros-Morne, 109.5MW Baie-des-Sables, 109.5MW Carleton, 100.5MW L’Anse-à-Valleau and 58.5MW Montagne Sèche wind farms in Quebec's Gaspé peninsula. The deal also includes 50% stake ...
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26/10/2018
Wind Watch
Alice Jones
Vestas Asia Pacific made headlines last week with a deal to construct a 100MW wind farm in Sri Lanka. The project, which is due to come online by the end of 2021, is on Mannar Island to the northwest of Sri Lanka, just across the water from India.
The scheme will be supported by a $200m loan from the Asian Development Bank, while the owner Ceylon Electricity Board will provide $56.7m towards pr ...
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24/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Ørsted places 900MW Siemens Gamesa order Danish giant Ørsted has picked Siemens Gamesa as preferred supplier for its 900MW Greater Changhua offshore wind farm in Taiwan.
Siemens Gamesa has agreed to supply 112 of the Asia-Pacific variant of its 8MW offshore turbine. This has been tailored for the challenging conditions of the Taiwanese Strait, which include typhoons and seismic activity. Constr ...
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22/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Ørsted walks away from 396MW Canada project Ørsted has ended its partnership with Naikun on the development of a 396MW offshore scheme off Canada so it can focus on the US.
The Danish utility signed a deal for exclusive rights to co-develop the 396MW Haida Energy Field wind farm off the coast of British Columbia in September 2017. However, Ørsted and Naikun have now agreed to end the joint dev ...
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22/10/2018
Wind Watch
Ilaria Valtimora
Last week, public hearings into South Africa’s proposed energy plan by 2030 kicked off last week and some grey areas of this long-awaited programme have emerged.
Energy minister Jeff Radebe published the new draft of the country’s energy plan, calledIntegrated Resources Plan, in August. This axes previous plans for nuclear expansion and aims to increase the share of renewables in South Africa’ ...
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19/10/2018
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Ilaria Valtimora
Vestas-led group closes on 353MW in Sweden A group led by Vestas has hit financial close on a 353MW complex in Sweden that has a power purchase agreement with Norsk Hydro.
EKF and Rabobank have arranged funding for the 50-turbine Blakliden and 34-turbine Fäbodberget projects. The pair are owned by Vestas (40%), pension fund PKA (30%), and Vattenfall (30%). Vestas is set to supply 84 of its 4.2M ...
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19/10/2018
Wind Watch
Alice Jones
The impact of Brexit on wind energy deals is set to be a key talking point at our Financing Wind Europe conference in London on 1st November – and for good reason.
As the exit day of 29th March 2019 approaches, and with little clarity on what Britain’s exit from the European Union will look like, businesses in every industry – including wind – are facing uncertain times. Will Britain stay ...
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