Wind power
Electrical power generation from wind
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| 2025 | Authored 'Plug In! The Electrification Handbook', providing a comprehensive guide to electrification through Black Inc. Books. |
| 2025 |
Wind power in Armenia
Expected completion of a wind power potential reassessment by the Asian Development Bank.
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| 2025 |
Wind power in Taiwan
640 MW Yunlin offshore wind farm completed.
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| 2025 |
Wind power in Estonia
Planned lifting of wind turbine height restrictions across most of mainland Estonia, enabling expanded wind energy development.
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| 2025 |
Wind power in Estonia
Estonia is expected to start production of Europe's first plant for producing rare earth permanent magnets, which are essential for electric vehicles and wind turbines.
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| January 2025 |
Wind power in the United States
Wind power generation starts the year with 43,630 units, indicating continued investment and development in wind energy infrastructure.
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| January 27 2025 | Dubai-based Esyasoft announced an agreement to purchase Good Energy for £99.4 million. |
| 2024 | ReNew reported a net profit of Rs. 414 crore (over $49 million) for the fiscal year. |
| 2024 | Wind power supplied over 2,494 TWh of electricity, representing 8.1% of world electricity generation. |
| 2024 | 30 countries reached a milestone of generating more than 10% of their electricity from wind power. |
| 2024 |
Wind power in India
India achieves an installed wind power capacity of 50,017 MW, representing significant growth from its initial 7,850 MW in 2006.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in India
India ranks fourth globally in wind power generation.
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| 2024 |
Renewable energy in Lithuania
Lithuania significantly expanded its solar power capacity to 2,567 MW, representing a massive growth in renewable energy infrastructure over 14 years.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in the United Kingdom
Labour government repealed the Conservative's restrictive onshore wind power policy.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in Finland
Wind power capacity in Finland further expanded to 8,357 MW, continuing the trend of rapid wind energy development.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in Denmark
Wind power increased to 59.3% of Denmark's total electricity generation, moving closer to the government's goal of 100% renewable power generation by 2030.
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| 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom
Dogger Bank A offshore wind farm expected to be operational, with 1,235 MW and 95 GE Haliade-X 13 MW turbines, operated by SSE, Equinor, and Eni.
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| 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom
Neart Na Gaoithe offshore wind farm expected to be operational, with 448 MW and 54 Siemens Gamesa 8 MW turbines, operated by EDF Renewables and ESB.
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| 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom
UK plans to complete the decommissioning of coal power stations, phasing them out entirely to support renewable energy transition.
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| 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United States
Production tax credit (PTC) for offshore wind development is extended through 2024, with manufacturing tax credits also introduced.
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| 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United States
Production tax credit (PTC) extension expires, marking the end of a key financial incentive for offshore wind development in the United States.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in Italy
Projected wind power nameplate capacity of 13,020 MW, with an anticipated 5.51% increase in capacity.
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| 2024 | Revenue further reduced to €80.1 billion, but net income significantly recovered to €4.5 billion. Employee count rose to 75,046 |
| 2024 | E.ON became the title sponsor of Veloce Racing, renaming the team to E.ON Veloce Racing. |
| 2024 |
Wind power in South Australia
Goyder South Wind Farm expected to be operational, located southeast of Burra.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in Taiwan
1 GW Hai Long offshore wind farm began construction.
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| 2024 |
Hybrid power
USA reaches a milestone of 288 solar+battery power plants, with a total storage capacity of 7.8 GW power and 24.2 GWh energy, demonstrating significant growth in hybrid power infrastructure.
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| 2024 |
Wind power in Estonia
Dramatic increase in wind power installed capacity to 694 MW, signaling a major expansion of renewable energy capabilities in Estonia.
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| 2024 |
Green Jade
Multinational company Wartsila entered into an operating agreement with the owners of Green Jade.
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| November 2024 |
Wind power in China
China began developing the world's largest commercial floating offshore wind farm near Hainan, a 1-gigawatt project by PowerChina to be constructed in two phases: 200 MW by 2025 and 800 MW by 2027.
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| October 2024 | Ecotricity Group Limited took a controlling stake in regional airline Ecojet, previously held by Dale Vince. |
| September 2024 | Flyers Creek wind farm with 145 MW installed capacity expected to become operational in New South Wales. |
| September 30 2024 |
Wind power in the United Kingdom
Completed decommissioning of coal power stations with the closure of Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station.
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| June 2024 | Iberdrola Australia published its first annual sustainability report as part of Iberdrola S.A., highlighting the company's sustainability commitments. |
| April 2024 |
Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project
Xlinks released cost guidance, seeking contracts for difference to supply electricity at £70-80/MWh (in 2012 pricing).
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| April 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Wind power reaches a peak monthly generation of 47,381 units in April, demonstrating the highest monthly output for the year.
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| April 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Electricity generation from wind continued to exceed generation from coal for an extended period.
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| March 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom
Plans for Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6 were announced, focusing on offshore wind power development in the United Kingdom.
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| March 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Wind power generation continues to grow, reaching 453,454 units in the first three months of the year.
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| March 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Electricity generation from wind exceeded generation from coal for an extended period for the first time.
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| March 14 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United States
South Fork Wind (132 MW), the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in U.S. federal waters, was fully commissioned off the coast of Rhode Island.
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| January 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Wind power generation begins the year with 34,930 units in January, marking the start of continued renewable energy production in the United States.
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| January 2024 |
Wind power in Ukraine
Russian drones damaged a 4 MW turbine in the 40 MW Dnistrovska wind farm, part of a total of 11 wind turbines damaged during the conflict.
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| January 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom
Public comment period for the offshore wind CfD Allocation Round 6 consultation closed.
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| January 2 2024 |
Offshore wind power in the United States
Vineyard Wind began coming online in stages, marking a significant milestone in the United States' offshore wind power development.
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| January 2 2024 |
Wind power in the United States
Power from the first turbine of Vineyard Wind started flowing into the ISO New England grid.
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| 2023 | ReNew reached 10 GW of gross renewable energy assets and generated 17,385 GWh of electricity. |
| 2023 | Received the Sustainable Market Initiative's Terra Carta Seal award and recognized as an Energy Transition Changemaker by the COP28 Presidency for deploying the country's first round-the-clock power project. |
| 2023 | Goldman Sachs completely exited the company, ending its investment involvement. |
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Wind power in South Australia, Hybrid power, Wind power in Finland, Wind power in Denmark, Offshore wind power in the United Kingdom, Wind power in China, Saul Griffith, Wind power in Armenia, Xlinks Morocco–UK Power Project, Wind power, Wind power in Estonia, RCP Design Global, Offshore wind power in the United States, Wind power in Ukraine, Wind power in Taiwan, Wind power in the United Kingdom, Ecotricity, Wind power in the United States, ReNew Energy Global, Good Energy, Green Jade, Wind power in India, Wind power in Italy, Infigen Energy, Renewable energy in Lithuania & E.ON, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.