wind power

What are Some of the Localized Projects of Offshore Wind Power as Technology is Preserved in Taiwan Through Various Stages?

published 2020 年 06 月 04 日 4:00
The Taiwanese government plans to establish 5.5GW of offshore wind power by 2025, and hopes to preserve the relevant technology in Taiwan while promoting the industry. Thus, it has been gradually elevating the ratio of localization through the offshore wind power selection since 2018, which establishes industry chains of underwater foundation, towers, as well as wind turbine components and parts in Taiwan in the long term. ...  more

Southern Power acquires Beech Ridge II Wind Facility

published 2020 年 05 月 28 日 4:00
Southern Power, a leading U.S. wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, today announced the acquisition of its 13th wind project — the 56-megawatt (MW) Beech Ridge II Wind Facility — from Invenergy, a leading ...  more

UL's DEWI-OCC Now a One-Stop Shop for Wind Power Certification

published 2020 年 05 月 22 日 10:30
UL, a leading global safety science company, announced today that the DEWI Offshore and Certification Centre GmbH (DEWI-OCC), an independent certification body within UL, has achieved reaccreditation from Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH (DAkkS). ...  more

Japan’s First Commercial Offshore Wind Project with a Capacity of 140MW Is Set to Enter Operation in 2022

published 2020 年 05 月 11 日 21:30
Like Taiwan, Japan is an island country where the terrain is mostly rugged and most of the population is densely settled along the coastlines. Since around 70% of Japan is mountainous, developing renewable energies there can be very challenging due to the lack of flat and unoccupied land for large-scale wind and solar projects. Indeed, local project developers tend to have little choice but to select sites in the mountains or the seas. ...  more

Concatenating Drones and Wind Energy, When Will Airborne Wind Turbine Take Off?

published 2020 年 05 月 07 日 18:30
Can drones become equipment of wind power as well? European energy company E.ON plans to initiate the airborne wind energy system (AWES) Ampyx Power in 2020, and claims that its power generation efficiency precedes to that of existing large wind turbines. So how far along has it been developed? ...  more

A Retrospect of Offshore Wind Power in Taiwan before the Imminent Announcement of the Regulations for the Third Phase

published 2020 年 04 月 14 日 18:30
Offshore wind power and solar power are the core drives in energy transformation of Taiwan, and among them, the imminent reveal of the regulations for “Block Development”, the third phase in offshore wind power development, is bound to further stimulate a comprehensive industrialization for the local supply chain, and equip the country for its marching into the Asia-Pacific market. ...  more

Ventus Engineering Wins Blade Sensor Technology Challenge

published 2020 年 03 月 30 日 21:00
VIENNA, March 23, 2020  Ventus Engineering GmbH, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, was announced as the winner of the Wind Turbine Sensors Innovation Challenge, initiated by the UK's Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult in pa...  more