Georgia Power announced today that it has entered into an agreement with EDP Renewables North America that will add wind energy to the company’s diverse energy portfolio. Through the contracts, Georgia Power will source 250 megawatts (MW) of cost-effective wind energy from EDP’s wind farms in southwest Oklahoma. The wind energy purchased through these contracts … Continue reading Georgia Power to acquire 250 megawatts of wind energy from leading developer EDP Renewables
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EDP Renewables FY 2012: Ebitda up by 17% to 938 million Euros
EDP Renewables (EDP Renováveis, Euronext: EDPR), the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, today announced that in 2012 electricity output increased by 10% to 18.4TWh. Over the last 12 months, the company increased its installed capacity by 504 MWto a total of 8.0 GW. For 2012,EDPR was able to maintain system-wide load factors of 29%, one … Continue reading EDP Renewables FY 2012: Ebitda up by 17% to 938 million Euros
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Gamesa lands a wind energy contract to service 400 MW of wind turbines for EDP Renewables in Europe
Gamesa will perform maintenance services for a period of three years – which may be extended for another three years – on 402 Gamesa- built wind turbines, each with capacity of 850 kW, and on 29 Gamesa 2.0 MW turbines. Additionally, it will provide technical assistance for 179 wind turbines, each with capacity of … Continue reading Gamesa lands a wind energy contract to service 400 MW of wind turbines for EDP Renewables in Europe
Continue readingPortugal’s EDPR sells U.S. wind energy stake for $230 mln
EDPR, the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer, has sold a 49 percent stake in wind farms in the United States to Canadian pension fund Borealis for $230 million. EDPR said on Tuesday that the portfolio comprised four wind farms totalling 599 megawatts (MW), installed in 2007/08, all of which have long-term power purchase agreements in … Continue reading Portugal’s EDPR sells U.S. wind energy stake for $230 mln
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Offshore Wind Power in the Outer Moray Firth
Moray Offshore Renewables Ltd (MORL) announced that it had submitted an application to the Scottish Government for consent to develop offshore wind power at three sites within Zone 1 of The Crown Estate’s Third Round of offshore wind licensing. The application for the outer Moray Firth, 22km (13.5 miles) from the Caithness coast has been … Continue reading Offshore Wind Power in the Outer Moray Firth
Continue readingMena region targets three-fold increase in renewable energy by 2020
Despite having considerable solar power and wind power potential, renewable energy makes a minimal contribution to power generation across most of the MENA region, and in particular in the GCC.
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