Wind

Three Gorges Corp. to add wind and solar power to capacity

Wind-turbine makers are hit by a “perfect storm”

Renewables, Wind

According to advisorperspectives.com, the wind-turbine manufacturing business has been struck particularly hard by inflation and supply-chain issues. Congestion-choked roads, soaring transportation expenses, and spiking raw material prices have thrown manufacturers like Vestas Wind Systems A/S off their game. Instead of raking in profits from the increasing demand for sustainable energy, the Danish company is trying …

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Three Gorges Corp. to add wind and solar power to capacity

Scotland’s offshore wind sector gets $951 million boost

Wind

This week, the Scottish offshore wind industry got a boost when a scheme to lease portions of Scotland’s seabed for wind farm construction collected just under £700 million (about $952 million). According to Crown Estate Scotland, a public organization that controls the country’s shoreline and seabed, 74 lease applications were submitted, with 17 of them …

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Saudi company starts building wind farm in Azerbaijan

Wind

Saudi energy company ACWA Power officially began the construction of the Khizi-Absheron wind farm with a capacity of 240 MW near the Azerbaijani capital Baku, the press service of the Azerbaijani president informed. ACWA Power invested $300 million for these purposes, which is the organization’s most significant investment abroad. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Saudi …

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