--- title: Vortex Blog | News description: News | Blog about Wind maps and all about planning your wind farm. Get to know the wind speed and direction. The wind data you need in the screening phase of your wind farm. --- [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [Wind & Site](http://www.vortexfdc.com/windsite/) - [Forecast](http://www.vortexfdc.com/forecast/) - [Solar](http://www.vortexfdc.com/solar/) - [Get Started](http://interface.vortexfdc.com/signup) # news [Home](http://www.vortexfdc.com) >  news [![image1-2](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image1-2.png?width=420&name=image1-2.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey) ## [This year promises to be a good one for wind power in Turkey](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey) Turkey has developed the wind industry of the country in the past years, only last year added 766MW reaching 6,857 MW of wind power capacity installed.... 02 May, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/this-year-promises-to-be-a-good-one-for-wind-power-in-turkey#comments-listing) [![eu_wind](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/eu_wind.png?width=420&name=eu_wind.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/eu-sets-new-binding-target-of-35-of-all-eu-energy-from-renewables-by-2030) ## [EU sets new binding target of 35% of all EU energy from renewables by 2030](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/eu-sets-new-binding-target-of-35-of-all-eu-energy-from-renewables-by-2030) Renewable sector players are celebrating this week after the European Union’s Industry and Energy Committee agreed to increase the share of energy... 01 February, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/eu-sets-new-binding-target-of-35-of-all-eu-energy-from-renewables-by-2030#comments-listing) [![turbines](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/turbines.png?width=420&name=turbines.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/offshore-turbine-size-continues-spiralling-upwards) ## [Offshore turbine size continues spiralling upwards](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/offshore-turbine-size-continues-spiralling-upwards) MAKE Consulting published its Global Wind Turbine Trends 2017 report recently, including a revised estimate of turbine sizes in the future comparted to... 26 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/offshore-turbine-size-continues-spiralling-upwards#comments-listing) [![electrolyser](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/electrolyser.png?width=420&name=electrolyser.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/h20-wind-hydrogen) ## [H20 + Wind = Hydrogen](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/h20-wind-hydrogen) The Dutch chemicals giant AkzoNobel has joined forces with power-to-gas specialist Gasunie to use wind energy to convert water into green hydrogen through... 26 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/h20-wind-hydrogen#comments-listing) [![image1](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image1.jpg?width=420&name=image1.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter) ## [Size does matter!](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter) At Vortex computer cluster we have just reached our Petabyte storage scale as part of our major system upgrade powered by ERA5 downscaling stream in order... 25 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/size-does-matter#comments-listing) [![offshore_sunset-539x303](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/offshore_sunset-539x303.png?width=420&name=offshore_sunset-539x303.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/new-economics-of-offshore-wind-in-great-britain-shape-the-future) ## [New economics of offshore wind in Great Britain shape the future](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/new-economics-of-offshore-wind-in-great-britain-shape-the-future) Aurora Energy Research have released a cross-industry study looking at how the current shape of the offshore wind industry in Great Britain combined with... 23 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/new-economics-of-offshore-wind-in-great-britain-shape-the-future#comments-listing) [![irena-600x429](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/irena-600x429.png?width=420&name=irena-600x429.png)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/euro-mps-raise-the-bar-on-renewables-as-costs-fall-below-those-of-fossil-fuels) ## [Euro MPs raise the bar on renewables as costs fall below those of fossil fuels](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/euro-mps-raise-the-bar-on-renewables-as-costs-fall-below-those-of-fossil-fuels) Members of the European Parliament voted yesterday for a 2030 renewable energy target of 35% – more ambitious than the Commission’s initial proposal of at... 19 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/euro-mps-raise-the-bar-on-renewables-as-costs-fall-below-those-of-fossil-fuels#comments-listing) [![gamesa_india](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hs-fs/hubfs/gamesa_india.jpg?width=420&name=gamesa_india.jpg)](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-promises-to-grow-in-the-indian-market-this-2018) ## [Vortex promises to grow in the Indian market this 2018](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-promises-to-grow-in-the-indian-market-this-2018) In Vortex, we are leading experts in the wind modeling, and had an incredible 2017, we implemented the first stream of ECMWF Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis in... 17 January, 2018 / [No comment](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/vortex-promises-to-grow-in-the-indian-market-this-2018#comments-listing) [Next](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/tag/news/page/2) [![Vortex](https://blog.vortexfdc.com/hubfs/Vortexfdc_May2018%20Theme/Images/vortex-logo-footer-1.png)](http://www.vortexfdc.com/) - [BLOG](http://www.vortexfdc.com/news/) - [Terms of use](http://www.vortexfdc.com/terms-of-use/) - [TECH-DOCS](http://www.vortexfdc.com/resources/) - [Privacy policy](http://www.vortexfdc.com/privacy-policy/) [ABOUT US](http://www.vortexfdc.com/about-us/)