Vestas Exec: Nordics Show How All Countries Will Become Subsidy-Free

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Vestas exec: Nordics show how all The era of fast- falling turbine countries will become subsidy-free prices is over,

BERND RADOWITZ says Nordex boss Nils de Baar, Vestas’ president he Nordic countries are leading for Central and BERND RADOWITZ Northern Europe the way into a future where Tsubsidy-free onshore wind will The fast and damaging decline of be the norm, Vestas’ Northern and wind turbine prices that has troubled Central Europe president Nils de Baar the industry in recent years has told Recharge. stopped, José Luis Blanco, chief “We believe all markets will go executive of the Nordex Group, told through the same transformation Recharge. from having a regulated feed-in “We see that the rapid decrease in tariff, to going into auctions — prices has come to an end. They are which we see now in a majority of stabilising,” he said. markets — [before] ending up in “We have highly-competitive new merchant environments,” de Baar products tailored for volume as well said in an interview. as for growth markets, and we are “If planning policy allows us to positive that we, and the industry, install the latest and most efficient can expect better prices in the technology with scale, then we coming years.” believe the technology will take us to most economic source of energy. We an order for a merchant project in His view is supported by Wood merchant onshore wind projects. believe that will be the future.” Finland last year. CONTINUED on Page 3 “Some countries will take longer, De Baar’s comments came after Subsidy-free projects in but eventually all will get there. Vestas announced first orders for neighbouring Sweden and Norway VISIT RECHARGE That’s based on the fact we see now subsidy-free projects in the UK and are “just around the corner,” he at Stand 3-B22 Photograph | Vestas Photograph across the board, that wind is the Denmark. The wind OEM received CONTINUED on Page 3

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2 rechargenews.com Turbine prices stabilising as machines get MHI Vestas more powerful CONTINUED from Page 1 lands record Mackenzie Power & Renewables research director Luke Lewandowski, who said: “Global 50MW floating turbine pricing remains relatively stable quarter-on-quarter, if not increasing in certain markets. wind catch “Demand for new turbine models ahead of policy expirations and targets has started to fill order books as OEMs transition production lines, which has caused a modest uptick in pricing.” The 2MW ‘scout’ Blanco told Recharge that one of turbine installed at the Kincardine the reasons for stabilising turbine project last year prices is that newer, more powerful machines are on the market. At the conference this week, DARIUS SNIECKUS confirms our long-term construction giant ACS Cobra. Nordex will present its first 5MW commitment to commercial scale, The first 2MW unit installed last turbine, the N149/5.X — an HI Vestas has been tapped floating offshore wind projects in autumn — on the reconditioned upgrade of its Delta4000 platform to supply the turbines to the future,” said MHI Vestas chief WindFloat 1 semisubmersible of 4-5MW turbines that will be Mbe installed at Scotland’s executive Philippe Kavafyan foundation that had been installed available in several power ratings 50MW Kincardine floating wind The turbines are due to be off Portugal from 2011-16 — from 5MW to just below 6MW. array, setting the seal on the rebirth installed in spring next year and meant the project just qualified That puts Nordex on par with of a project that came close to be serviced and maintained by by the UK’s lucrative Renewables other Western OEMs that also being iced last year. MHI Vestas for ten years. Obligation Certificates. already offer machines in the The deal with Spanish developer Kincardine, located in 60-80 Spanish joint venture 5MW class, such as GE, Vestas or Cobra Wind International for five metres of water 15km off Navantia-Windar will build the Enercon. 9.5MW V164 machines — which Aberdeen, has had a rollercoaster semisubermsible foundations for Offering a greater capacity per will join the 2MW scout turbine ride to get to this point. the five MHI Vestas machines. turbine (at presumably similar moored last year — marks the first First hatched by Scottish The world’s first commercial- per-unit prices) comes on top of order for 9MW-plus machines for developer Pilot Offshore scale floating wind farm, company efforts to a stringent a floating wind project. Resources in 2014, the project Equinor’s 30MW Hywind, was programme to reduce purchasing “Bringing our technology was later taken over by Cobra, brought on line in late 2017 off costs in recent years, the Nordex and experience to Kincardine... a subsidiary of Spanish the Scottish coast. boss stressed.

The likes of Germany will follow Nordics ‘for sure’ GE wins first order for Cypress model CONTINUED from Page 1 market design and innovation will public opinion supporting green added, helped by the fact that still evolve, increasingly leading to energy, as well as the possibility GE Renewable Energy has support granted in the two combined hybrid set-ups for wind to install the latest technology booked the first order for Scandinavian countries is already and solar. all have contributed to make Cypress, the platform it relatively low. Sweden and Norway last the Nordic markets particularly launched last September “So many fundamental elements year were particularly good promising for wind power, de to take its onshore wind are in place in the Nordic markets for Vestas, and despite Baar stressed. business into the 4-5MW markets, which give wind such a their relatively low number of An example of latest technology arena. German developer competitive edge,” he said. “The inhabitants were, respectively, the is the very thin, cable-stayed Prowind will deploy three Nordics are a shining example of company’s third- and sixth-largest turbine tower, that Vestas will 4.8MW Cypress turbines how the future will look in a lot of markets in terms of worldwide install later this year. “As the with 77-metre two-piece markets eventually.” order intake. construction is held upright blades made by its LM Larger markets such as Sound policies granting a by three steel cables, the tower Wind subsidiary at the Germany will “for sure” follow, reliable legal framework for is very lean, allowing for cost Elfershausen project in

Photography | MHI Vestas Photography de Baar reckons, but added that renewables, good wind resources, savings,” he said. Bavaria, Germany.

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Australia’s 2GW offshore project clears its first licensing hurdle

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Plans for Australia’s first offshore wind farm cleared a big hurdle when the country’s government granted an exploration licence for the 2GW Star of the South project. The licence allows the development team to carry out technical and environmental studies in federal waters at the proposed project site off Gippsland in the state of Victoria. Star of the South — which is backed by global offshore wind investor Copenhagen President Andrés Manuel López Infrastructure Partners (CIP) — Obrador, widely wants to deploy turbines 10-25km known as AMLO off the coast in the Bass Strait, to supply energy to demand centres including Melbourne, Australia’s second-largest city. Mexico state utility seeks retroactive Star of the South chief executive Andy Evans said: “While it’s still early days for the project, these changes to 7GW of tender contracts crucial investigations will help us move forward and understand how we might progress an offshore ALEXANDRE SPATUZZA three-hour press conference. the costs of transmission and of wind project in Australia.” The 83-year-old CFE chief baseload generation needed to The granting of the licence took tate-controlled power did not specify what form any make up for variability of solar longer than expected, prompting company CFE is looking to revision could take. But he said and wind generation. anger in some quarters. The S“revise the conditions” of CFE‘s new strategy will mean “This is the support that CFE Maritime Union of Australia in deals agreed with 7GW of wind building generation capacity gives to ensure the delivery of February claimed the delay was and solar projects during Mexico’s this power, and this support is a result of “ideological hatred” clean-energy tenders. not paid for... CFE was forced to of renewables in the country’s CFE — the sole offtaker in the buy power from its competitors Coalition government. auctions held under the previous and this doesn’t make sense. They government — said the changes carried out true dumping [on are justified as the recently-elected CFE],” he claimed. left-wing administration of However, Bartlett insisted: World first for President Andrés Manuel López “Does this mean we will move on-turbine Lidar Obrador (AMLO) has made away from renewables? No it major changes to the country’s doesn’t.” Wind-reading Lidar laser energy policy. The move comes after the technology will for the first A total of 65 projects were Manuel government cancelled the fourth Bartlett time be built in to every awarded contracts in national clean-energy tender in which CFE

turbine on a wind farm, tenders in 2015 and 2017, which would have been among the main Photography | Getty AFP/Getty after developer Fred Olsen resulted in record-low power instead of buying power from offtakers. Renewables finalised a deal prices that fell to below $20/MWh. other generators. Last month, energy secretary with specialist contractor ZX for the 105MW Högaliden “We want to revise the “They want to sell us more wind Rocío Nahle said that a new project in Sweden. conditions [in the contracts]... power but we don’t want to buy, renewable energy policy is The Lidar on the Vestas we will seek change. We have the we want to generate more [wind still being drawn up, which V150-4.2MWs will remotely right to do this because it’s a new power],” he said. could include local content and scope wind conditions “at government with a new vision,” Bartlett claimed CFE was forced decentralised tenders. But she multiple ranges ahead” of CFE’s general director Manuel to buy power against its interests, also said that contracts will be each turbine. Bartlett told reporters during a and that the low prices don’t cover respected.

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BERND RADOWITZ Enercon’s new E-160 EP5 model nercon is rebadging all turbines developed jointly Ewith its Dutch Lagerwey subsidiary, which it bought at the end of 2017, with its own branding, as the German wind OEM revealed it will launch new models with a power rating of up to 5MW. The company will give a power boost to the L147 LP4 Lagerwey machine for medium winds presented in September, giving the new turbine the name E-147 EP5, with a 5.0MW nominal capacity. It will also boost the L160 LP4 to become the E-160 EP5 with a rating of 4.6MW. “This move is a way for us to accommodate the fast-paced developments in our relevant wind energy markets,” said Enercon sales director Stefan Lütkemeyer. “Our customers are calling for Enercon abandons Lagerwey more powerful and more efficient wind turbines. By positioning the brand as it gears up to 5MW E-147 and the E-160 higher, we are offering them other attractive options in a tough competitive like the recent EP3 platform, has that already have announced Only a small number of the environment for their onshore a compact and cost-optimised onshore turbines with a capacity models were ever sold, partly due wind projects around the world.” design at its root. of 5MW or more, including to their sheer size and consequent The rest of the key data and the The new EP5 machines are due Vestas, GE and Nordex. transport constraints. geometry of the new turbine types to be officially unveiled at this Enercon also confirmed that it The super-sized machine was will remain largely unchanged. event. has mothballed the production of last installed at Innogy’s 90MW Both of the new developments are With the E-147 EP5, Enercon its 7.5MW E-126 machine — the Zuidwester repowering project in based on the EP5 platform, which, joins other Western wind OEMs world’s largest onshore turbines. the Netherlands in 2017.

Enercon seeks investor for Europe’s largest under-construction project

BERND RADOWITZ reliable partners who are had put its eventual total volume interested in a long-term at up to 4GW. In December 2015, Enercon has started to install operation of [Maximus],” said Enercon took over ownership for the 844MW Maximus project Enercon managing director Hans- parts of phase one and the whole in northern Sweden, while Dieter Kettwig. “The interest of of Phase two of Markbygden. simultaneously trying to sell off potential investors is definitely Infrastructure work for the part of it to investors. there as we have learnt in previous massive wind farm has already Maximus is a sub-project of projects in Sweden.” been started. the second phase of the 4GW The company has not revealed Maximus will start operation Markbygden wind complex, the size of the stake in Maximus it as soon as the grid connection

which is set to become Europe’s hopes to sell, but it doesn’t usually Enercon’s Erträsk is available in mid-2020, and largest wind project. keep large stakes in self-developed wind farm, part of Enercon expects it to be fully the Markbygden However, Recharge has learned projects. complex operational by the end of the third that Enercon and co-developer The manufacturer will install quarter of 2021. Svevind may not build all of the 201 turbines from its E-138 Sweden is one of Enercon’s

planned 4GW. EP3 series at Maximus, which said it is uncertain at this point core international markets. Images | Enercon “4GW might be too ambitious,” is located in the municipality of whether more turbines will be The company has intensified Wolfgang Fettig, financial advisor Piteå. added. its international activities for Enercon’s management team, Last November, Enercon said Markbygden was initially a significantly in recent times due tells Recharge. the second phase of Markbygden co-development between Enercon to the decline in its German home “We are convinced to find would have 1.1GW, but now and developer Svevind, which market.

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BERND RADOWITZ Lindø port, the location of LORC wind turbine test facility in Denmark will be Aable to put nacelles of 16MW machines through their paces after receiving a DKr50m ($7.58m) grant from the Danish government. The LindØ Offshore Renewables Centre (LORC) will now be extended to become the world’s most powerful facility for the development, testing and validation of technology for wind turbines, according to the Danish Wind Industry Association (DWIA). The centre will be able to test machines that are 60% more powerful than the largest wind turbines currently on the drawing board, which are expected to be commissioned in early 2020. “Denmark is a green pioneer, and with the support of LORC, we cement the ambition to play a key role in developing the super wind turbines of the future,” said Denmark to test nacelles for finance minister Kristian Jensen. DWIA did not reveal which wind OEM will be testing 16MW offshore wind turbines nacelles for 16MW machines. Danish-Japanese wind turbine is the first concrete initiative minimum local-content large investments to Denmark,” maker MHI Vestas has a nacelle unveiled after the DWIA — along requirements for wind projects said Lars Lilleholt, the country’s assembly that, like LORC is with Ørsted, Vattenfall, Siemens and instead bets on providing energy, supply and climate located at the port of LindØ, near Gamesa, Vestas and MHI Vestas perfect conditions for global minister. “Therefore, in the Odense, but told Recharge it has — signed a memorandum of wind energy companies to government, we have decided to no plans to test a 16MW turbine understanding (MoU) with the entice testing, research and support the new testing facilities at LORC. Danish government in January manufacturing facilities into the at LORC with DKr50m. The work A range of 10MW-plus offshore to ensure that Denmark is the country. that is going to take place here turbines are in development, with preferred country for the global “The Danish wind turbine is in all Danes’ interests — in the largest announced so far being wind industry. industry literally takes some huge relation to the climate, and in GE’s 12MW Haliade. Unlike many other countries, steps for our green transition and relation to export opportunities The fresh money for LORC Denmark has not established at the same time helps to draw and green jobs.”

Equinor eyes Greece for major floating wind-power projects ANDREW LEE comments followed reports floating wind operation, told licenses for offshore wind and that in Greece that deployment of Recharge. “Such a business case a remuneration system is put in Equinor aims to develop floating floating turbines in the Aegean will require that the authorities place.” wind projects off Greece, Sea had been discussed by the two open areas and production Equinor has already deployed the Norwegian energy giant nations’ governments. Offshore the world’s first commercial Photography | LORC | Hans Johnson confirmed to Recharge. wind is included as a potential The Aegean Sea floating wind farm off Scotland Equinor — the pioneer of source of renewable power in off Greece and is advancing the 88MW commercial floating wind power Greece’s draft national energy Hywind Tampen project to power — believes Greece can mirror the & climate plan, detailing how it offshore oil & gas operations off UK’s potential to “make offshore expects to meet EU clean-energy Norway. wind a cornerstone of their goals, said Equinor. Further afield it has signed a energy production and maritime “Equinor is hopeful that memorandum of understanding industry”, citing its excellent there will be a business case for with South Korean state-owned wind conditions, deep waters and floating offshore wind in Greece,” oil group KNOC in a bid to build shipyard facilities. Sebastian Bringsværd, project commercial floating wind projects The Norwegian oil & gas group’s director for Equinor’s Hywind off that country’s coast.

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EDF in breakthrough deal to Major Western OEMs fight to build offshore wind in China supply 6GW

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rance’s EDF will help YUKI YU build two offshore wind Ffarms in China in a major International turbine giants breakthrough for a Western Siemens Gamesa, GE and Vestas developer in the fast-growing have joined local players in market there. bidding for a share of the giant The French energy group has 6GW Ulanqab project, set to be agreed to take an undisclosed the world’s largest wind farm and stake in the Dongtai 4 and 5 a zero-subsidy milestone in the projects — 500MW in total — Chinese market. being developed by China Energy As predicted by Recharge, the Investment Corporation (CEIC), foreign OEMs submitted bids, one of the country’s major power alongside 11 Chinese turbine groups. makers, to a tender initiated by EDF is already active in Ulanqab’s developer, State Power European offshore wind markets Investment Corp (SPIC). via its EDF Renewables unit, but The Ulanqab tender — one this is its first foray into Asia — of the first held in China on a EDF’s Blyth and new ground for a foreign Offshore competitive, zero-subsidy basis developer in China. demonstrator wind — explicitly looked for “global farm off northeast After a sluggish decade, China’s England top-15” turbine OEMs to bid, in offshore wind market is finally what commentators said was a motoring and last year it overtook significant signal of new openness the UK to become the largest said China could reach 31GW by CEIC and EDF will bring the to foreign manufacturers in the market by annual installations 2030 as Asia overtakes Europe to Dongtai projects on line in phases Chinese wind sector. when it added 1.8GW. become the largest global offshore by 2021. All participants were required The sector has so far been wind market. “The agreements signed today to bid on all five project sections, dominated by deep-pocketed Subject to final agreement, consolidate EDF’s foothold in ranging from 800MW-1.4GW, Chinese power groups and local China, a strategic country for the but any single OEM can only win equipment manufacturers. But group’s international expansion,” up to two slots. there are signs that China is said EDF chief executive Jean- The three foreign players bid becoming more open to foreign Bernard Lévy last week. “In higher rates than their Chinese input as it seeks to tap into the China, EDF is now active in all peer, with Vestas offering an know-how behind Europe’s rapid main business segments, all of average of 4,400 yuan ($655) offshore wind growth. these helping the group to support per kW — including 20 years The same trend is visible China’s energy ambitions whilst of maintenance — 40% higher onshore, where leading western reducing CO2 emissions: nuclear, than Shanghai Electric’s bid of OEMs are in line for a share of the renewables and energy services.” less than 3,200 yuan. But foreign world’s largest wind farm in Inner The deal was signed during suppliers are still expected to have President Mongolia (see story, right). Xi Jinping a visit to France by Chinese a good chance of getting a cut of

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BERND RADOWITZ A wind farm close to the weeping distance rules for German village of onshore wind could prevent Alleringersleben SGermany from reaching its renewable energy targets, according to a new study by the country’s environmental agency, UBA. A minimum distance of 1,000 metres between wind farms and settlements — akin to the rule enforced in Germany’s largest state, Bavaria — would reduce the areas currently available for wind developments by 20-50%, said UBA’s study, entitled Impacts of Minimum Distances Between Wind Turbines and Settlements. Such a distance rule across Germany would make the planned wind-energy expansion “practically impossible”, the study concludes. “To guarantee a further expansion of wind energy, areas would need to be made available [for wind energy] that so far have been excluded for other reasons.” Germany aims to expand the Wind distance rules ‘threaten proportion of renewables its electricity mix to 65% by 2030, up from 38% in 2018. Germany’s expansion targets’ Currently, about half of existing turbines could be wind developments in the state distances of 1,000 metres or more the Green Party spokeswoman for repowered, according to existing have consequently been brought for wind turbines, you paralyse energy policy in the Bundestag. planning rules. With a distance to a near-standstil. the expansion of wind energy in “The study exposes demands requirement of 1,000 metres, that The state is governed by the Germany,” says Julia Verlinden, from the ranks of the CDU/CSU share would fall to below 35%, the Christian Social Union (CSU), for sweeping distance study found. the Bavarian sister party of the rules or impediments In 2014, Bavaria enacted a 10H Christian Democrats (CDU). Demands for distance in planning rights for distance rule — meaning new In the state of North-Rhine- what they really are: wind farms need to be built at a Westphalia, the ruling CDU also rules are a fundamental a fundamental attack distance from the next human wants to push through a wind attack on the Energiewende on the Energiewende settlement of at least ten times the distance rule. [energy transition] and tip height of a wind turbine. New “If you want to prescribe and climate protection climate protection.”

Vestas bags more than 1GW of turbine orders on five continents LEIGH COLLINS unannounced orders to this total. Mercury ordered 33 of Vestas’ turbines from Copenhagen Vestas will see a record 14.5GW V112-3.45MW machines (in Infrastructure Partners, destined Vestas has announced 1,143MW of orders in 2019, he forecasts. 3.6MW “Power Optimised for phase two of the Bearkat wind of new turbine orders from The two largest of the nine Mode”) for the 119MW Turitea farm in Texas. around the world, including the orders were both in Brazil, with wind farm on the North Island. In addition, a 43MW order for US, Vietnam, Taiwan, Brazil, New 361MW from Engie Brasil, and Vestas received its first order in 12 V105-3.6MW machines was Zealand and the UK. 206MW from the local subsidiary Southeast Asia for ten of its V150- received for the 43MW Changhua This influx brings the Danish of French group Quadran 4.2MW machines, destined for a wind farm in Taiwan, from its turbine maker’s total orders for International. Both orders were project in Vietnam being built by owners Foxwell Energy and TCC the first quarter to 2,215MW — a for the 4.2MW V150 — 86 an undisclosed foreign investor. Green Energy. new record for the company, and machines for Engie’s Campo Largo The OEM also announced two At the end of last week, Vestas an 88% increase on Q1 2018. Phase 2 wind farm in the state of orders from the US — for 182MW announced a 47MW subsidy-free Jacob Pedersen, an analyst Bahia, and 49 units for Quadran’s of 4.2MW V150 machines from order in Scotland, and another at Sydbank, said he expects 206MW Serrote facility in Ceará. an undisclosed customer, and subsidy-free order for a 17MW

Photography | Getty Photography Vestas to add around 600MW of New Zealand-based utility for 143MW of 3.45MW V126 wind farm in Denmark.

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nel Green Power has acquired its longstanding EUS wind project partner Tradewind Energy, and immediately announced a deal to sell 6GW of its 13GW renewables and storage US development pipeline to a Macquarie Group subsidiary. With Tradewind in-house, Italian utility Enel will now be able to manage all aspects of the renewable value chain in North America, from greenfield development through operations. In a January interview with Recharge, Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) chief

executive Georgios Papadimitriou Enel Green Power said that the company was North America chief executive committed to aggressive Georgios renewables development in North Papadimitriou America, mainly the US, with a focus on the corporate market. That growth strategy will now go forward with “even greater speed and efficiency,” Enel buys Tradewind to turbo- strengthening Enel’s position in the US, he said in a statement. Massachusetts-based EGPNA charge US renewables growth did not release any financial details for its acquisition of California this year. that includes a development developer and asset owner to lose Tradewind. The Kansas-based Enel and Tradewind have platform including 6GW of solar its independence in a business company has been a leading and been strategic development and storage pipeline projects. increasingly dominated by several respected independent wind partners since 2006, supporting Value of the deal and a list large US utility groups led by project developer this decade, Enel’s growth in the US wind of projects involved were not NextEra Energy and European mainly in the Southwest Power market. During this period, released. players such as Iberdrola, EDF Pool, which operates a bulk Enel successfully constructed Enel expects to close the and EDP. electricity grid and wholesale and began operations of around transaction with Macquarie Last year, France’s Engie bought power market in 14 central states 3.9GW of capacity developed by mid-year as it requires regulatory Infinity Renewables, Germany’s including Kansas, Nebraska, Tradewind. approval. Once completed, Enel Innogy acquired EverPower and a Oklahoma and northern Texas. Separately, Enel signed a says it will be able to secure unit of Canada’s Brookfield Asset Tradewind operates 1.4GW “definitive agreement” with additional value through the Management has a 65% stake in of wind capacity in Kansas, the Macquarie’s UK-based Green sale “that will deliver immediate TerraForm Power, whose former number-five wind state that is Investment Group to sell Savion, returns.” owner was bankrupt renewables expected to pass number-four a 100% subsidiary of Tradewind Tradewind is the latest mid-size operator SunEdison.

US energy secretary opens wallet to offshore, rural and ‘tall’ wind DARIUS SNIECKUS “Wind power is an important US energy projects that will be on line by

part of America’s energy strategy,” secretary Rick 2025, for which $10m has been Photography | Enel Green Power | Getty The US Department of Energy said US secretary of energy Rick Perry allocated, and $7m for existing (DOE) has offered up $28m to Perry. “Research, development, national-level offshore wind advance offshore, distributed and and demonstration of innovative testing facilities. “tall” wind across the lower 48 wind technologies can continue Some $6m will go to rural states. to drive down costs and expand utilities and communities’ With the country’s installed the success that we’ve seen in development of distributed wind wind power fleet having grown the land-based utility-scale wind integrated with other energy to 90GW, the DOE said it was sector to the emerging distributed resources; and $5m to advancing focusing the funding on the wind and offshore wind sectors.” turbine towers of over 140 metres, “significant opportunities” it Among the areas to be funded which position rotors in higher- believes exist in the sector. are: offshore wind demonstration speed wind streams.

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