PPC Renewables picks Terna to build 50 MW solar park in Megalopolis
PPC Renewables awarded the contract for a solar system in the Peloponnese to Terna. The firm is progressing in vast solar power and storage projects
World’s new wind power installations hit record 93 GW in 2020
The global wind power industry reached an all-time high in 2020 in the size of facilities that came online, but investments must at least triple by 2030 to meet climate targets, GWEC has found. Developers finished wind parks with a total capacity of 93 GW last year, compared to the previous record of 63.8 GW […]
Milestone bill expected to make Poland top offshore wind player in the Baltics
Poland has adopted its first ever law regulating offshore wind development in what is expected to help the country transition away from fossil fuels and eventually become the biggest player in offshore wind in the Baltic Sea. Poland currently has no offshore wind capacity, while over 70% of its electricity is produced from coal and […]
EU rolls out strategy to boost offshore wind to 300 GW by mid-century
The EU Strategy on Offshore Renewable Energy envisages wind turbine capacity of 300 GW in 2050 and 40 GW more in other ocean energy tech.
Global investment in offshore wind power rises fourfold in first half of 2020
The allocation of funds for renewable energy from January to June outperformed data from most economic reports in the world, which can largely be attributed to offshore wind power. The sum of investment decisions in the subsector jumped 319% to USD 35 billion on an annual basis, topping the result from entire last year. The […]
Hidroelectrica plans to install first offshore wind park in Black Sea
Romania’s biggest power producer laid out an ambitious long-term plan to its shareholders, leaning to a large extent on funds it expects from the European Green Deal. Hidroelectrica proposed to develop capacities in hydropower, biomass, photovoltaics, chargers for electric vehicles, hydrogen and wind turbines including an offshore wind park in the Black Sea of as […]
Hidroelectrica should look into Black Sea offshore wind potential, minister says
Romania’s acting economy and energy minister Virgil Popescu has said the country’s state-owned hydropower producer Hidroelectrica should consider tapping the Black Sea offshore wind potential, local media have reported. No studies of he Black Sea offshore wind potential have been done so far, and the idea has not been publicly debated, although there is potential, […]