Terna hires Tesla, Schneider Electric for its green energy island project
Terna Energy wins at bidding for a 1 MW hybrid energy system at Ai Stratis and Tesla is apparently supplying the batteries
Greece hits 3 GW wind energy milestone
Greece’s cumulative wind energy capacity has exceeded 3 GW, according to the latest data from the Greek Wind Energy Association (ELETAEN). Greece hit the 3 GW milestone on May 20, with an Enercon E-70 E4 2300kW wind turbine installed at the Trikorfo wind farm, ELETAEN said in a press release, noting that the achievement was […]
Turkey touts ambitious renewable energy plans as it awards 1 GW of wind capacity
Turkey aims to increase the share of the domestic and renewable energy sources in the country’s electricity production to two-thirds by 2023, said Turkey’s Energy and Natural Resources Minister Fatih Donmez said at a recently held G20 ministerial meeting in Japan. “Last month another wind auction for 1 gigawatt capacity was also successfully completed,” Donmez […]
Greece sees 191.6 MW in new wind capacity connected to grid in 2018
The Greek Wind Energy Association’s (ELETAEN) latest data shows that 191.6 MW in new wind energy capacity was connected to the grid last year. This was an increase of 7.2% compared to 2017, ELETAEN’s data shows. A total of 103 new wind turbines with a combined capacity of 191.6 MW were connected to the grid […]
Six big wind turbine manufacturers interested in NERO project in Romania
Six European wind turbine manufacturers – Vestas, Siemens Gamesa, Enercon, Senvion, Nordex and Lagerwe – responded to a tender call for 360 wind turbines in Romania. NERO Renewables company which recently called tender, announced that it will make its decision who to work with by the end of the first quarter in 2018. Earlier in […]
Eight bids for installation of 1 GW wind power capacity in Turkey
Eight consortia, composed of international and Turkish companies, have submitted their bids in the tender for 1 GW wind energy project, which was organized by Turkey under the Renewable Energy Resources Area (YEKA) scheme. Invitation for bids for the installation and operation of wind power capacity of 1 GW was placed in April, 2017. The […]
Soma wind farm adds third section, grows to 240 MW
EDF Énergies nouvelles announced the commissioning of the third section of the Soma wind farm in Turkey via its local subsidiary Polat Enerji, 45% owned by the group. The 100 MW extension increases the total capacity of the wind farm to 240 MW. Polat Energy is a joint venture company with Canada’s PSP Investments and […]