2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW - enough to supply 6.3% of the EU's electricity, according to figures published today. Representing 21.4% of new power capacity, wind energy installations in 2011 were very similar to the previous year's 9,648 MW. The wind industry has had an average annual growth of 15.6% over the last 17 years (1995-2011).
Read more... So often it is engineering solutions that meet our insatiable demands to ‘push the limits’ both in technological and physical terms. And so it is, that engineers have their brains picked and have their crystal balls consulted once again to realise those engineering solutions. E-mobility is yet another of those societal demands and indeed our European engineers will undoubtedly provide what is essentially a huge missing link in the conundrum that has been formed by calls for greener transport, lower CO2 emissions, energy efficiency and the general rising costs (and scarcity) of fossil fuels.
Read more... The world is hurtling towards a climate and energy disaster - that’s the message emerging from the International Energy Agency’s 2011 World Outlook published in November. The report sets 2017 as a deadline for action: we must stop building fossil fuel plants on such a scale by then or we will lock the world into climate change – beyond 2°C – the level that scientists have identified as dangerous. At a European Union level, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has long argued that logic requires us to t stop building fossil fuel plants by 2015 because fossil fuel plants have long lifetimes. If we are to meet our 2050 objectives of cutting carbon emissions by at least 80%, we must stop building fossil fuel plants at least thirty years before then.
Read more... Arthouros Zervos, President of EWEA, told delegates to EWEA Offshore 2011 conference in Amsterdam today that Offshore wind energy is a brand new industry ready to take off.
Read more... Over 141 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity is built, under construction, consented, or planned in Europe: enough to power 130 million average EU households. These wind farms - representing 35 times more capacity than the just under 4 GW installed today - would provide 13.1% of Europe's total electricity production.
Read more... “Contrary to the Duke’s comments, the irrefutable facts are that wind energy is providing a clean, secure supply of electricity to more than three million homes in the UK, displacing six and a half million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year”.
Read more... New results on offshore electricity grid infrastructure in Europe: the EU "OffshoreGrid" project analysis reveals tremendous cost saving potential, says a report published in Brussels today. Offshore grids, connecting North and Baltic Sea wind farms to electricity consumers, will be substantially cheaper to build than expected.
Read more... The European Commission this week presented a communication on security of energy supply and international cooperation. While the EU needs a more coordinated approach to its energy policy, the Greens believe the Commission's proposals are undermined by the failure to outline a strategy to reduce the EU's dependence on fossil fuel imports.
Read more... The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published offshore wind energy statistics for the first half year of 2011, showing a comfortable 4.5% increase in installations of offshore capacity compared to the first half of 2010. 101 new offshore wind turbines, with a total capacity of 348 Megawatt (MW), were connected to the power grids in the UK, Germany and Norway during the first six months of 2011.
Read more... Germany's coalition government has announced a reversal of policy that will see all the country's nuclear power plants phased out by 2022.
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At 424,435 MWh (GASPOOL, NCG and TTF market areas) trading on the Natural Gas Spot Market of the European Energy Exchange (EEX) reached a new record level last Friday, 3 February 2012. An amount of 374,232 MWh of this total was sold in day-ahead trading and 50,203 MWh thereof were sold in withinday trading. In total, 49 trading participants concluded 329 transactions on Friday. The previous record had been achieved on 23 June 2010 with a traded volume of 300,286 MWh.
Read more... On 8th of November in the little German town of Lubmin an ostentatious inauguration of the North Stream pipeline opened the first direct route of Russian gas to the EU, bypassing the previous transit countries. ‘One more wrong foot will end Ukrainian future as a transit country’, - warned vice Chairman of the State Duma and President of the Russian Gas Society Valery Yazev, referring to ‘Gazprom’-‘Naftagaz’ disputes that cause dramatic rupture in gas supplies to the EU in the past. Awaiting of the launch of Shtokman gas resource in Barents Sea that accounts about four trillion cubic meters, ‘NS’ will be filled from the existing one.
Read more... The European Commissioner for Energy, Günther Oettinger, today spoke by video link to delegates at the European Wind Energy Association’s Offshore 2011 Conference in Amsterdam, to tell them “I am committed as Energy Commissioner to support a stable regulatory framework for your industry at European level."
Read more... Scotland’s energy minister, Fergus Ewing, today told delegates to the EWEA Offshore 2011 conference on wind energy that Scotland was setting an example for the rest of Europe.
Read more... With more ambitious carbon cutting targets, EU investors will retain their confidence in the sector and be encouraged to invest further – the climate and the economy stand to benefit enormously from wind power’s potential.
Read more... A new wind is blowing across Europe. Young Greens from all around Europe have been gathering in Paris this weekend for the Congress of the European Green Party. Today, in support of a campaign led by the French Young Greens, they held a special event to make their voices heard and to send a strong message to European politicians and citizens alike about the future of energy in Europe.
Read more... It was standing room only in the Brussels Press Club for the EWEA Public Debate. Over 125 people came to hear the four expert speakers and questions put to them on the topic “Energy Infrastructure – the next great European project?”.
Read more... The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) today published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050, due to be published later this year.
Read more... H2Expo 2011 opened by Hamburg Economics Minister Frank Horch – The 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and Electric Drives is important for knowledge exchange
Read more... The new Scottish Government's 2020 renewable electricity target has been raised to 100 per cent.
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