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Octopus Energy Generation Accelerates Green Power with Wind Farms in the UK, Sweden, France and Finland

Octopus Renewables, the fund management specialist in Octopus Energy Group’s generation business, has signed four deals to ramp up wind power generation across Europe to help deliver Net Zero.

From Octopus Energy Ltd 11 Mar 2022

New Hydropower Technology Based on Electric Trucks Could Offer a Clean Solution for Electricity Generation in Mountainous Regions

Mountainous regions exhibit a huge potential for hydropower that cannot be harnessed effectively by traditional technologies.

8 Mar 2022

ACWA Power Breaks Ground on Uzbekistan’s First Publicly Tendered Wind Project

ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor and operator of power generation, desalinated water and green hydrogen plants worldwide, today broke ground on the 100 MW Nukus wind project, in a formal ceremony attended by H.E. Shavket Mirziyoyev, President, Republic of Uzbekistan; H.E. Yousef Saleh Algahrah Al-Otaibi, Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Mohammad Abunayyan, Chairman of ACWA Power, and senior officials from the Uzbek government.

From ACWA Power 25 Feb 2022

Effects of Offshore Wind Farms on the North Sea

The impressive photographs of the North Sea's offshore wind farms with a view of the glittering water are firmly etched in people's minds. Like the lugworm, they already belong to the image we have of the North Sea. But which invisible interactions and effects go hand in hand with this vital element of Germany's energy transition?

24 Feb 2022

Hybrid Wind-Hydro Power Generation Systems Emerge as a Key Trend in the Wind Electricity Market

Wind electricity market overview shows that the hybrid wind-hydro power generation systems has emerged as a key trend in the wind electric power generation market.

18 Feb 2022

Photovoltaic and Wind Power Reduce Carbon Footprint

Recent study investigated the major factors in reducing the carbon footprint of electricity consumption in Switzerland. The country depends on electricity imports obtained from fossil fuel power plants, which are considered to be significant producers of greenhouse gases.

14 Feb 2022

Sulzer Schmid Introduces New Ultra-Portable Drone Solution for Highly Flexible Wind Turbine Blade Inspections

Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG, a Swiss company pioneering UAV technology for wind blade inspections, has launched its new 3DX™ SmartPilot drone solution, specifically developed to enable inspection campaigns in geographies where site access or complex logistical barriers require a quick, highly portable blade inspection solution.

From Sulzer & Schmid Laboratories AG 14 Feb 2022