FP Oil & Gas Publishers Note: Ok now you really have my attention: “You have to be kidding me”. Allowing a Chinese owned wind farm next to our air base in Texas? I may be calling Governor Abbot on this one. The Trump administration will not block a Chinese-owned company from building a wind farm in Texas near the Air
Windpower Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Ok, now you have my interest. GE Renewable Energy, COBOD and LafargeHolcim announced today that they will partner to co-develop wind turbines with optimized 3D-printed concrete bases, reaching record heights up to 200 meters. The three partners will undertake a multi-year collaboration to develop this innovative solution, which will increase renewable energy production while
EIA The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects U.S. electricity demand to total 998 billion kilowatthours this summer (June through August), the lowest level of summer electricity consumption in the United States since 2009 and 5% less than last summer. EIA expects electricity consumption to be lower this year largely as a result of efforts to reduce the spread of
EnergyTrend Oil & Gas Publishers Note: Ok, now you have my attention. Wood towers capable of replacing the steel towers of a wind farm would help eliminate a large pollution side effect from wind farms. Wind turbine towers are for the most part made of steel, which means the larger the wind turbine, the more steel used in the construction
Financial Post Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Ok now I am interested, looking for the next floating wind farm. Call me a skeptic, and we can see it when the tide comes in. Will the blades be recyclable, and what is the life span? (Bloomberg) — The turbine inventor Henrik Stiesdal is small in the shadows of gigantic curves
We live in a strange world. Some people believe that there are too many humans, and humanity is destroying the planet. Others are of the opinion that humanity should prosper. All too often people do not want to have a dialogue, but rather want to demonize fossil and nuclear energy markets. The underlying topic is energy and poverty. Alex has
PARIS, June 2, 2020 /CNW/ – EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the EDF Group, Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) (NYSE:ENB), a leading energy infrastructure company in North America, and wpd, a European renewable energy company, announced today the launch of the Fécamp offshore wind farm following the finalisation of financing agreements between the consortium and its financial partners during the weekend.
EIA In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from
BUENOS AIRES / ACCESSWIRE / May 27, 2020 / Central Puerto S.A (“Central Puerto” or the “Company”) (NYSE:CEPU), a leading power generation company in Argentina, as measured by generated power, reports its consolidated financial results for the First Quarter 2019 (“1Q2020”).
CNBC A vast offshore wind project planned for waters off the coast of Virginia Beach looks set to use Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy’s latest wind turbines, it was announced Tuesday. The European company said that the 2.64 gigawatt (GW) Dominion Energy Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind commercial project will utilize its SG 14-222 DD turbine. Dominion Energy has previously described the scheme as the
Oil&Gas Impacts are being felt across the energy world, from fuel and power supply to efficiency, with serious implications for energy security and clean energy transitions Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Carla Sertin writes an excellent summary of the world wide impact across all energy sectors. We are seeing even further disruptions and ramifications in other markets coming as
Due to delays in construction caused by lockdown measures, the number of new renewable power installations worldwide will decline in 2020 for first time in 20 years, the International Energy Agency said Wednesday.
