According to data from EirGrid, Ireland’s wind farms hit a new record power output level of 1250 megawatts, enough to power over 800,000 homes around Ireland. “We have seen records in 2010 broken where there were times when we delivered over half of the electricity in Ireland from wind generators,” comments Michael Walsh, chief executive … Read more
Energia, a member of the Viridian Group, has achieved financial close for its Eur72 million investment in 51 megawatts of electricity capacity in new wind farms at Crigshane and Church Hill in County Tyrone. The development forms part of Energia’s all-island renewable energy plans. Energia has completed Eur65 million in non-recourse project financing with Nord/LB … Read more
The wind energy industry in the UK has reached a momentous milestone with 5GW of installed wind energy capacity or the equivalent of enough power to supply close to 3 million homes. The 5GW barrier has been achieved by the commissioning of two major wind farm developments – the expansion of Fred.Olsen Renewables’ Crystal Rig … Read more
Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric has raised $18m (Eur13.4m) from European private equity sources to fund part of its operations in the US. Gaelectric has used the money to book transmission capacity of 960 megawatts on networks in western US which will be used to deliver electricity from wind farms the company is developing in … Read more
Continuing to expand its capabilities to serve the growing and diverse needs of the global wind industry, GE is introducing new members to its family of 2.5-megawatt wind turbines. All of the new models are designed to increase annual energy production (AEP) over the existing 2.5-megawatt wind turbine. The new machines include: * GE’s 2.75-100 … Read more
Production of electricity from wind reached a historical record on the 6th of September this year, with around 10% of all electricity delivered to consumers generated by the UK’s wind farms, according to data from the National Grid. At the peak time of 8.30 pm on Monday 6th September, 1860MW was being generated – largely … Read more
Obelisk Energy, a leading supplier of high quality renewable energy solutions and maintenance services, and Heirda, an international specialist in met masts and wind measurement, have come together to form Wind Measurement International (WMI). The strategic partnership is designed to establish a global centre of excellence in the field of met masts and anemometry with … Read more
Energy giant E.ON, which operates wind farms in Northern Ireland and Britain, has become the latest investor to back the Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), a pioneering industry initiative to slash the costs of offshore wind power. EON is teaming up with five founding members that include offshore wind developers: DONG Energy; RWE Innogy; … Read more
Belfast shipyard Harland and Wolf has won the contract to construct a tidal turbine for Scotrenewables, the Orkney-based marine power company. Producing 250kw of energy, the SR250 tidal turbine will weigh around 80 tonnes and will measure 30m in length with twin 8m diameter rotors, giving the system a very competitive power to weight ratio. … Read more
Dublin’s new unmetered energy efficient electricity supply has been switched on. The energy efficient electricity supply will be used in 768 sets of Dublin city’s traffic lights and 42,500 public lights and will benefit Dublin City Council with major cost savings of up to Eur300,000 annually. This green initiative is one of several improvements included … Read more