Row has broken out in Denmark over new support for offshore wind farms that developers of onshore renewables say is unfair and illegal
Read moreAuthor: Cosmo Sanderson
Miliband backs CIP offshore wind farm in radar row with BAE Systems
Demand from BAE Systems that could lead to indefinite shutdown of offshore wind project was deemed ‘disproportionate and unjustified’ in planning proceeding
Read moreMajor UK offshore wind farm wins planning consent
Morecambe offshore wind project could power more than half a million UK homes when it comes online
Read moreVestas secures large new offshore wind turbine order
Danish turbine giant secures 660MW order to supply offshore wind farm project being developed in EMEA region
Read moreMaersk hit with arbitration over cancelled Empire Wind vessel
Cancellation of order for vessel set to serve Equinor offshore wind farm project off New York came when it was said to be 99% complete at Singapore shipyard
Read moreRWE chief on carrot and stick approach needed for offshore wind
Developers need revenue certainty that Contracts for Difference provide but there must be consequences for pulling out of them, said regulatory affairs chief at German power giant
Read moreRWE chief on what is needed for offshore wind revival
Developers need revenue certainty that Contracts for Difference provide but there must be consequences for pulling out of them, said regulatory affairs chief at German power giant
Read moreRWE chief on what is needed for offshore wind revival
Developers need revenue certainty that Contracts for Difference provide but there must be consequences for pulling out of them, said regulatory affairs chief at German power giant
Read moreEquinor exec discusses impact Trump’s Empire Wind attack had on global portfolio
Stop work order and tariffs chaos cost Equinor dearly and US regulatory changes had ‘knock on impact’ on global portfolio, says UK renewable energy chief
Read more‘No one will bid’: Why Denmark’s offshore wind reboot is in serious trouble
Threatened legal challenge against scheme to support three new offshore wind farms has solid arguments and must be resolved before developers commit, say experts
Read moreTurbines, data centres and fish: Wind giant files patent for new offshore power system
New power system would take utilisation of seabed into new ‘three-dimensional’ era, claims Chinese renewables giant behind idea
Read moreMingyang exec criticises ‘abuse’ of security concerns around Chinese suppliers
Mingyang is ‘ready and willing’ to cooperate with UK government over wind turbine cybersecurity concerns, but regulations are lagging behind reality, claims vice president of Chinese supplier
Read more‘Urgent safety alert issued’ over wind turbines in Australia after asbestos detected
Asbestos was found after proactive testing of brake pads from Chinese supplier, with ‘comprehensive checks’ now underway
Read moreIberdrola steps up grids focus with planned €1bn acquisition
Bid comes as Spanish wind and solar developer refocuses investment on power networks due to their stability and predictability
Read moreEXCLUSIVE | Chinese cables giant eyes Europe factory targeting offshore wind
Factory could set up ZTT to tap into hundreds of gigawatts of offshore wind turbines North Sea nations aim to deploy by 2050
Read moreEnvision enters deal envisaging European deployment of turbines
Chinese wind turbine and battery giant enters pact that envisages deployment of its kit across the continent
Read moreTwo died in tragic effort to save colleague at wind farm, report finds
Three workers died at site after one went into wind turbine foundation pit where carbon monoxide had accumulated and suffocated, followed by two desperate rescue efforts from colleagues
Read moreTwo died in tragic effort to save colleague at wind farm, report finds
Three workers died at site after one went into wind turbine foundation pit where carbon monoxide had accumulated and suffocated, followed by two desperate rescue efforts from colleagues
Read moreDenmark relaunches offshore wind tender as legal threat casts shadow
Denmark reboots last year’s failed tender but Contracts for Difference support scheme faces legal jeopardy from onshore renewables developers
Read moreWhy Siemens Gamesa has partnered with a Danish Nvidia supercomputer
German manufacturer says Gefion supercomputer will allow it to analyse wind farms in ‘minutes instead of days’ among other benefits
Read moreFour reasons Denmark must abort offshore wind subsidy plan, say onshore developers
Danish developers Eurowind and European Energy argue proposed offshore wind farm support scheme will ‘tragically and ironically’ undercut onshore renewables
Read moreFour reasons Denmark must abort offshore wind subsidy plan, according to onshore developers
Danish developers Eurowind and European Energy argue proposed offshore wind farm support scheme will ‘tragically and ironically’ undercut onshore renewables
Read moreDanish offshore wind subsidies could have ‘catastrophic’ consequences, warn onshore developers
Danish developers Eurowind and European Energy argue proposed offshore wind farm support scheme will ‘tragically and ironically’ undercut onshore renewables
Read moreIberdrola criticises RWE for ‘inaccurate, bizarre’ claims in offshore wind spat
Iberdrola subsidiary ScottishPower rails at claims made by Germany’s RWE in dispute over wake effects concerning two planned projects in UK North Sea
Read moreDanish offshore wind support row escalates as developers threaten EU legal action
Onshore wind farm developers argue that support for offshore projects risks distorting the market and undermining unsubsidised renewables
Read moreOffshore wind investment plummets globally but onshore hits new peaks
Offshore wind farm development was hit harder by problems common to onshore sector due to slower permitting and higher costs, finds International Renewable Energy Agency report
Read moreMingyang chief: ‘We can take risks European rivals won’t on wind’
EXCLUSIVE: Mingyang vice president discusses plan for Scottish factory, what the Chinese supplier can offer that European rivals struggle to, and how it can boost floating sector to benefit of all
Read moreUK issues crucial guidance set to decide ‘wind theft’ disputes
Disputes over wind wakes have flared in last year, with owners of existing wind farms warning that wake losses from newcomer projects threaten their financial viability
Read moreChinese wind giant’s Europe chief quits: ‘I’ve tried to change the discourse’
Outspoken chief of Sany Renewable Energy’s European division leaves after boardroom upheaval, saying that he’s worked to change narrative that Chinese manufacturers are an ‘enemy’ in the West
Read more‘Complex battles, a strategic wildcard’: Why this UK wind auction is like no other
RWE, Equinor and TotalEnergies among the offshore wind heavyweights set to clash in pivotal UK renewable energy auction
Read more‘We’re in the dark’: Chinese turbine giant on status of EU anti-subsidy probe
Wind turbine manufacturer insists it receives no support from Chinese state, as EU Comission confirms its anti-subsidy probe still at ‘preliminary’ phase year-and-a-half after launch
Read moreOrsted bosses give verdict on Equinor merger speculation
Bosses at Norwegian oil giant Equinor, Orsted’s second largest shareholder, have refused to rule out some kind of merger in recent months
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Several ScotWind developers trying to sell up to Chinese manufacturer
News comes at difficult time for floating wind industry as developers struggle to make numbers add up on projects
Read moreEXCLUSIVE: Mingyang eyes European demo of huge twin-headed turbine
Chinese manufacturer deployed 16.6MW twin-headed prototype last year, but recently revealed it is planning staggering 50MW follow-up.
Read moreContracts for Difference making wind industry ‘lazy,’ says Luxcara chief
Contracts for Difference seen by many offshore wind farm developers as crucial to providing revenue certainty to hugely expensive projects
Read moreBlade manufacturing giant plans Poland factory as Vestas hits pause
Chinese supplier eyes Poland, Mexico and Vietnam as it ramps up international production capabilities
Read moreBlade manufacturing giant plans Poland factory after Vestas hits pause
Chinese supplier eyes Poland, Mexico and Vietnam as it ramps up international production capabilities
Read moreMingyang chair says ‘Europe the focus’ as he launches 50MW turbine
Chair of leading Chinese turbine manufacturer says much of its technology development is aimed at suppling wind farms in Europe
Read moreMingyang building 50MW offshore wind turbine
Chinese group’s twin-headed model would be double size of others being developed
Read moreChinese wind giant targeting Europe factory launches 24.5MW floating turbine
News comes after Mingyang announced plan to open huge factory in Scotland to serve fixed bottom and floating offshore wind farm projects in UK and Europe
Read moreMingyang factory would ‘mount pressure’ on Vestas and Siemens Gamesa
Mingyang may be making strategic play by going public with factory plan before winning approvals or orders, say analysts, who note ‘shifting tone’ in industry on Chinese suppliers
Read moreGoldwind: ‘Rejecting our turbines will be costly for the West’
Chinese wind turbine makers enjoy ‘huge’ cost advantage over Western rivals, says vice president of world’s biggest supplier
Read moreTop US politician urges UK to block Mingyang wind turbine factory
Mingyang proposal for offshore wind turbine factory comes at difficult moment for UK government on China, amid collapse of high-profile trial against two people accused of spying for Asian country
Read moreRWE pulls plug on major offshore wind farm project
German developer follows Norway’s Equinor in pulling out of major Australian offshore wind projects in recent months
Read more‘Why not?’ | What Western wind giants say about using Chinese turbines
Several of Europe’s leading offshore wind farm developers have signalled cautious openness to the Chinese
Read moreGreenpeace threatens Crown Estate over offshore wind ‘monopoly profiteering’
Greenpeace argues Crown Estate is abusing its key role in buildout of offshore wind farms in UK – seabed landlord counters that environmental campaign group has ‘misunderstood’ its duties
Read moreChina’s Mingyang to build ‘UK’s largest’ wind turbine factory
Mingyang unveils three-phase plan for fully integrated factory to supply offshore wind turbines for projects in the UK and Europe
Read moreChinese wind giant powers up first turbine in the Americas
Mingyang is one of several wind turbine manufacturers from China that is making moves in Brazil market
Read moreHow new tech could curb ‘appalling’ offshore wind power cable losses
Costly subsea power cable failures set to soar for offshore wind farm operators – but technology pioneered for telecoms industry may hold the answer
Read moreHow ‘magic-like’ new tech could curb offshore wind’s worst enemy
Costly subsea power cable failures set to soar for offshore wind farm operators – but technology pioneered for telecoms industry may hold the answer
Read moreWhy Orsted’s ‘dwindling’ pipeline poses problems for offshore wind giant
Jobs and long-term growth threatened by offshore wind pipeline set to shrink dramatically in next few years
Read moreTrump effort to kill offshore wind project hit by government shutdown
Judge had short shrift for pleas from government lawyers that shutdown meant they could not now appear in case in which they seek to terminate permit of offshore wind farm
Read moreOrsted ‘planning major job cuts’ due to lack of projects
Leading developer of offshore wind farms has slashed its investment plans twice in last two years amid challenging market conditions
Read moreGreen tycoon lays into Octopus chief Jackson in wind power row
Row breaks out between two of Britain’s most prominent green industrialists over wind farm curtailment, with Octopus saying it is ‘bemused and amused’ by criticism
Read moreHow Europe’s power market shakeup could unlock new wave of renewables
New system adds complexity but brings huge benefits to trading of clean power in Europe, say analysts
Read more‘Record-breaking’ floating wind turbine celebrates installation
Floating prototype developed by Chinese turbine-making giant Goldwind set to be towed for several days to wind farm in Guangdong province
Read moreEquinor says 500MW floating projects ‘too small’ as it sets minimum bar
Norwegian oil giant said floating projects should be closer to gigawatt scale to ensure viability
Read moreChinese wind giant in talks to build Turkish turbine factory
Chinese wind giants have increasingly been making moves on Turkish market that has long been key to German suppliers Nordex and Enercon
Read moreOrsted ‘in talks’ to sell stake in Hornsea 3 to US fund
Sale of stake in £8.5bn ($11.4bn) offshore wind project critical to Orsted, with S&P having warned it could downgrade renewables giant if it failed to do so this year
Read moreVIDEO | Super typhoon slams into Chinese offshore wind farms
Offshore wind turbines designed by China’s Envision and Mingyang among those to survive stern test from typhoon Ragasa
Read moreVIDEO | Super typhoon slams into twin-headed offshore wind turbine
Floating offshore wind turbine designed by China’s Mingyang survives stern test from super typhoon
Read moreSenior Conservative Jenrick backs scrapping UK CfD system
Britain’s Contracts for Difference system underpins government renewable energy auctions to procure wind and solar power and has been copied around the world
Read moreInteractive map | Trump’s war on offshore wind
US President has targeted numerous offshore wind farm projects since returning to office, with Orsted, Iberdrola and RWE among the affected developers
Read moreWhy China’s massive new renewables target is not all it seems
New renewable energy target may appear huge but would represent a ‘sharp slowdown’ on recent pace of its deployment of wind farms and solar panels, say analysts
Read moreTrump attacks Chinese exports of ‘pathetic’ wind turbines in UN speech
Trump launched into typically fact-free tirade against wind farms and renewable energy at annual UN summit in New York
Read moreNew Orsted boost as major shareholder piles into rights issue
Energy company Andel backs its Danish compatriot Orsted, saying that despite ‘significant challenges’ in the US it is taking ‘long-term view’
Read moreHow much has Revolution Wind stop-work order cost Orsted?
Stop-work order on major offshore wind farm project has been lifted, but not after a delay resulting in considerable delay costs for developers Orsted and Skyborn Renewables
Read moreRevolution Wind stop work order lifted as court grants injunction
Orsted and Skyborn Renewables-owned project has won motion for preliminary injunction against stop work order
Read moreProtest against Israeli-owned wind farm over developer’s ‘support for genocide’ in Gaza
Protest took place at huge Spanish wind farm that developer Enlight wants to turn into major hybrid power complex with addition of solar panels and battery energy storage
Read more‘Chaotic and duplicative’: Life on the front line of wind farm permitting
Mayor of municipality that has been trailblazer in renewable energy permitting lifts lid on frustrations at duplicative and pointless work, and advises developers on how to avoid ‘unpleasant surprises’
Read moreCanada takes new offshore wind step as it moves to capitalise on Trump chaos
Offshore wind now seen as key plank in Canadian plan to become ‘energy superpower’
Read more‘Orders already in’ for world’s most powerful wind turbine
Dongfang Electric has secured ‘small batch’ of orders for its newest turbine model after bidding it into wind farm tenders, says deputy director
Read moreOrsted’s Revolution Wind attacks ‘factually incorrect’ Trump Administration claims
Not long after US Representative described as ‘bullshit’ a Trump official’s explanation for stop work order, Orsted and Skyborn Renewables-owned project goes on the attack in court filing
Read more‘It was very tough to swallow’: Hitachi Energy chief on volatile offshore wind market risks
Power electronics giant needs to be careful to ask ‘right questions’ of prospective offshore wind farm developers to make sure projects don’t fall through, says its renewable energy chief
Read moreHitachi Energy chief on the ‘fatal mistake’ to make in volatile offshore wind market
Power electronics giant needs to be careful to ask ‘right questions’ of prospective offshore wind farm developers to make sure projects don’t fall through, says its renewable energy chief
Read moreGE Vernova turbine blade bent in half at Iberdrola wind farm
Wind turbine blade has been damaged due to repeated storms and loss of electrical power, says Iberdrola
Read moreNew GE Vernova turbine blade bent in half at Iberdrola wind farm
Wind turbine blade has been damaged due to repeated storms and loss of electrical power, says Iberdrola
Read moreSeven standout disclosures from Orsted’s investor prospectus
Danish renewable energy giant embroiled in dispute with supplier of several US offshore wind farm projects and a joint-venture partner, while spelling out concerns over credit rating and global conflicts
Read moreUltra-large 35MW offshore wind turbines envisaged in new tender
News comes just weeks after record-smashing 26MW wind turbine was installed in China, as analyst says turbines even of that size are ‘unlikely to be the upper limit’
Read moreTrump Administration now defending Equinor’s Empire Wind from new lawsuit
Trump Administration tried to halt planned wind farm off New York earlier this year, but is now having to fight its corner in face of new legal challenge
Read moreCEO of GE Vernova’s troubled blade unit LM Wind to leave
Departure follows difficult year for blade unit, including closure of factories and scandal in Quebec
Read moreMan falls to death at offshore wind farm project
Worker is believed to have fallen while transferring from one vessel to another
Read moreTrump’s Batman finds his Robin as RFK Jr probes debunked claim wind turbines harm humans
In health secretary currently at war with US medical establishment over his anti-vaccine stance, Trump, who once claimed wind turbines cause cancer, has found a friend in pushing fact-free claims about things he doesn’t like
Read moreEnvision exec opens up on ambitions for European wind turbine factory
Chinese cleantech giant is pressing ahead with two new international turbine factories as it weighs up potential for localising production in Europe, says head of its wind power division
Read more‘With respect, bullshit’: Trump official grilled on Orsted stop work order
Insults and lawsuits fly as Trump Administration comes under pressure to offer rationale for stop work order against major offshore wind farm project
Read moreVestas wind turbines taken offline after ‘arson attack’
Suspected arson attack comes as populist politicians increasingly turn their own fire on wind and solar farms
Read moreEnvision inks 4.5GW wind turbine deal on Europe’s doorstep
Leading Chinese turbine maker signs double-whammy of deals this week, giving it strong foothold in market with big ambitions for rollout of wind farms and renewable energy generally
Read moreFitch cuts Orsted outlook again citing Trump’s war on wind
Ratings agency had boosted Danish offshore wind giant’s outlook just prior to Trump Administration’s stop work order on Revolution Wind array
Read moreTrump now aiming to kill huge Ocean Winds project, court docs reveal
US President Donald Trump’s assault on offshore wind farm projects in US waters is gathering pace, with series of actions against major projects
Read more‘UFO’ spotted off Swedish coast identified as wind turbine blade
Object spotted off Swedish coast was identified as being a danger to shipping before being dragged back to shore
Read moreDaring rescue of Enercon worker with arm stuck in wind turbine
Firefighters and doctor were sent to top of Enercon machine to help save technician, with one saying that ‘every movement could have been fatal’
Read moreRWE trails potential legal action against US over offshore wind
CEO of German power giant said US cannot take payments for offshore wind project areas and then stand in way of developing them
Read moreMajor UK offshore wind farm project wins planning consent
Consent follows that for sister offshore wind project Mona and comes as boost to UK renewable energy goals
Read moreJERA Nex bp and EnBW win planning consent for major UK offshore wind farm
Major offshore wind farm project in Irish Sea wins planning consent in boost to UK renewable energy goals
Read moreWorld’s most powerful wind turbine installed in China
China takes back crown for most powerful installed wind turbine from Europe, amid concern that relentless arms race to build ever larger machines is doing industry more harm than good
Read moreRobot Wars | Europe’s turbine makers risk losing all to China without ‘controversial’ step on automation
European wind turbine giants like Vestas and Siemens Gamesa must work together if they are to avoid being left in the dust by Chinese competitors, warns industry pioneer
Read moreRevolution Wind: How much could stop work order cost Orsted and Skyborn?
Weekly cost of stop work order could be comparable to that born by Equinor for its Empire Wind project earlier this year, say analysts
Read moreJapan sets out path forward after Mitsubishi drops offshore wind projects
Mitsubishi and its consortia partners forfeit $136m in deposits and are barred from next auction round after strategy of aggressively outbidding competitors in Japan’s inaugural offshore wind tender proved their downfall
Read moreStatkraft sells up in a European market as cost cutting drive continues
Norwegian state-owned green power giant is under pressure to improve finances after plunging deep into the red in recent results
Read moreStatkraft continues cost-cutting drive with sale of Dutch renewables business
Norwegian state-owned green power giant is under pressure to improve finances after plunging deep into the red in recent results
Read moreMitsubishi confirms it is quitting three Japanese offshore wind projects
Japanese conglomerate says developing offshore wind farms ‘not feasible’ in business environment hit by pandemic and war in Ukraine
Read moreTrump moving to cancel yet another huge offshore wind project
Filing states that Trump Administration will seek to void approvals for $11.5bn offshore wind project led by Renexia-owned developer
Read moreMitsubishi ‘set to quit projects’ in blow to Japan’s offshore wind ambitions
Withdrawal follows wider pattern of developers pulling out of offshore wind projects worldwide amid challenging economic conditions, notes analyst
Read moreMitsubishi denies that it is ‘set to quit’ Japanese offshore wind projects
Reported withdrawal would follow wider pattern of developers pulling out of offshore wind projects worldwide amid challenging economic conditions, notes analyst
Read moreEquinor and SSE finalise lease for huge expansion of world’s biggest offshore wind farm
Norwegian oil giant and British utility agree seabed lease with Crown Estate for 1.5GW fourth phase of Dogger Bank offshore wind farm
Read moreVattenfall vice president leaves for CEO role at energy company
Hagens will begin role at Dutch utility Eneco in March next year
Read moreSiemens Gamesa knocks Mingyang off German offshore wind project
Project developer Luxcara said switch makes sense as it also plans to use Siemens Gamesa wind turbines at neighbouring 1.5GW site
Read more‘Banana republic’: Industry horror at Trump attack on Orsted offshore wind project
Trump may use stop work order for offshore wind array to ‘extract concession’ from Orsted and states of Connecticut and Rhode Island, it is warned
Read moreNew details revealed on plan to install world’s most powerful wind turbine
Colossal 26MW prototype offshore wind turbine developed by Dongfang Electric will far exceed world’s current most powerful machine
Read moreSiemens Gamesa 5.X wind turbine suffers ‘blade liberation’
Blade break incident took place at wind farm in Finland, with investigation now underway into cause
Read moreEquinor pulls plug on huge offshore wind project
Australian energy minister says local partner Oceanex was still ‘raring’ to go on huge project off New South Wales, calling Equinor’s decision ‘disappointing’
Read moreDouble down or walk away? Equinor’s Orsted dilemma
Norwegian oil giant’s investment in Orsted forms ‘major pillar’ of its green transition plan – but will it stay the course with troubled offshore wind developer?
Read moreEurowind executive tapped for CEO role at German wind power firm
Klaus Heckenberger brings 15 years’ experience in wind power industry to new role at Axpo Group subsidiary
Read moreGB Energy CEO: Failure to back floating wind now risks painful consequences
Head of new UK state-owned developer tells Recharge it can take long-term, activist approach to help floating wind, even if others are turning away from sector
Read moreOffshore wind farms could bring alien species to a coast near you, finds report
Alien species that could hop between wind turbines and vessels could have ‘extensive’ impact on ecosystems, restructuring food webs and transmitting disease, warns report
Read moreEnvision lifts lid on tech revolution that will allow it to conquer new markets
Automation and modularisation technologies key to Chinese wind turbine giant’s global march, says vice president
Read moreThe tech revolution behind Chinese wind giant’s plan to conquer new markets
Automation and modularisation technologies key to Chinese wind turbine giant’s global march, says vice president
Read more‘Orsted is stuck in a nightmare – and it could have played things differently’
Danish renewables giant suffering from ‘impossible’ political environment caused by Trump but could have pulled on different levers at different times, say analysts
Read moreDoes wind have an image problem? Vattenfall execs on their ad campaign and energy ‘polarisation’
Vattenfall execs stress importance of being open about ‘pros and cons’ of wind farms and communicating in a way that makes people ‘stop and look twice’
Read more‘We want to make people smile’: Vattenfall execs on their ad campaign, attacks on wind and seaweed
Vattenfall execs stress importance of being open about ‘pros and cons’ of wind farms and communicating in a way that makes people ‘stop and look twice’
Read moreJapan sets ‘ambitious but reasonable’ floating wind target
Move comes shortly after Japan wooed Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas to play bigger role in its renewables market
Read moreEnBW latest utility stung by weak winds as profits dip
Historic wind drought in northern Europe this year has also hit profits of utilities including RWE and EDP Renewables
Read moreYet another European utility suffers hit from wind drought
Historic wind drought in northern Europe this year has also hit profits of utilities including RWE and EDP Renewables
Read more‘Not a blank cheque for speculative bids’: DNV expert on UK green auction reform
This year’s Contracts for Difference green power auction will be ‘litmus test’ for reforms, says DNV market area manager for offshore wind in the UK and Ireland
Read more‘Not a blank cheque for speculative bids’: DNV chief on UK green auction reform
This year’s Contracts for Difference green power auction will be ‘litmus test’ for reforms, says DNV market area manager for offshore wind in the UK and Ireland
Read moreWhy shipping ‘world’s heaviest’ wind turbine nacelle required a race against the tide
Transporting nacelle heavier than fully loaded Boeing 747 required using tide-synchronised roll-on method, while 153 metre blades also posed ‘extreme’ challenges
Read moreFour reasons behind Germany’s offshore wind tender flop
Auction design may be the elephant in the room but there were other factors at play for why the two sites on offer found no bidders
Read moreNo bids in German offshore wind round as industry body blasts auction design
Offshore wind association chief calls for Germany to switch to ‘reliable’ Contracts for Difference system for future auction rounds
Read more‘Simple maths’: Envision exec on why two-bladed wind turbine makes sense
Envision has turned heads in renewables sector with resurrection of two-blade turbine that exec says could help make green hydrogen and ammonia production more economic
Read more‘Simple maths’: Envision exec on why two-bladed wind turbine makes sense
Envision has turned heads in renewables sector with resurrection of two-blade turbine that exec says could help make green hydrogen and ammonia production more economic
Read moreEU greenlights €11bn in support for French offshore wind
Support comes as France looks to build momentum for offshore wind sector that took a long time to get up and running
Read moreVIDEO: Envision’s two-blade wind turbine up and running
Video footage of Envision Energy’s two-blade prototype turbine operating at wind farm in China
Read moreWind turbine giant reveals secret operational two-blade prototype
Chinese wind power giant Envision has confirmed existence of secret prototype after 500 days successful operation
Read moreRWE enters ‘mega’ vessel deal to support offshore wind buildout
British vessel supplier North Star describes RWE deal as ‘first and largest commitment in the sector to date’
Read moreUltra-long blades for world’s most powerful wind turbine shipped for testing
Blades of epic proportions for offshore wind farms of the future spotted being shipped out of port in northeastern China
Read moreVineyard Wind turns down the lights in bid to escape heat from critics
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Iberdrola-backed project has come under criticism for not installing lighting system sooner on GE Vernova wind turbines
Read moreSeven celebrity interventions in wind power – from ‘motherf*cking wind farms’ to ‘absolute disgrace’
Several bona fide acting legends, Prince Philip and America’s former ‘most trusted man’ have all had high-profile run-ins with the wind industry over the years, some more positive than others
Read moreCEO steps down at German renewable energy powerhouse
Departure comes shortly after recent change in ownership at German green power developer, which also last month secured major refinancing package
Read moreHow tsunami-proof are offshore wind turbines?
Offshore wind turbines are built for ‘one in a hundred year waves’ but some are better suited to handling tsunamis than others, say experts
Read more‘Motherf*cking wind farms’: Samuel L. Jackson teams up with Vattenfall in new campaign
Hollywood icon who once studied marine biology teams up with leading European offshore wind giant on new campaign
Read moreVIDEO: Robot dogs in action monitoring pioneering ‘unmanned’ wind farm
Robot dogs and other technologies including drones in use at what is claimed to be the world’s first unmanned wind farm
Read moreVIDEO: Robot dogs in action monitoring wind farm
Robot dogs and other technologies including drones in use at what is claimed to be the world’s first unmanned wind farm
Read moreExtreme wind droughts ‘set to rise,’ as new map shows regions most at risk
North America and parts of China and Africa among regions set to be hit hardest by extreme wind droughts, find researchers
Read moreRobot dogs help run ‘world’s first’ unmanned wind farm
Robot dogs working in tandem with drones and other smart technology have meant humans have not set foot in pioneering wind farm for almost a year
Read moreInteractive map | All the projects now eligible for next UK green auction
Around 23GW of offshore wind capacity now on offer for pivotal Contracts for Difference renewables auction
Read moreWhy developers have less room for error in this year’s UK renewables auction
‘Tolerance for mistakes just shrank’ as AR7 risks becoming an ‘outcome in search of an auction’ with a dizzying array of changes to the tender system, warn analysts
Read more‘Only a matter of time’ before developers start suing states over wind theft
With disputes running into hundreds of millions of dollars brewing over inter-farm wake losses, legal expert sets out three scenarios in which unhappy developers could turn fire on states
Read moreUK reveals strike price caps for next green auction with Scottish surprise
Government boosts strike prices for wind power technologies and for the first time introduces zonal split in how projects will be assessed
Read moreItaly defeats claim over Mafia-linked wind farm brought by German bank
Claim brought after authorities seized project featuring 48 Enercon wind turbines and liquidated local entity, claiming it had been financed by local Mafia chief
Read moreChinese turbine makers ‘doing their homework’ as they get smart on Western concerns
Suppliers including Mingyang, Envision and Goldwind impressed on recent group trip of underwriters to China to assess quality of their machines
Read moreSpeculation grows China on cusp of installing 25MW wind turbine
Shipment of supersized flanges sparks speculation that installation of what would be world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine may be nearing
Read moreSubstation ‘vandalised’ at major RWE offshore wind project
Incident took place at onshore substation for Denmark’s ‘most powerful’ offshore wind project, which is mid construction
Read moreSiemens Gamesa seals gigawatt-scale order for Baltic Sea wind farm
Partners seal wind turbine deal for huge wind farm project that will boost German renewable energy goals
Read moreDanish port chief talks Trump tariffs, Mingyang and offshore wind losers
‘I look out of my window and see components that should be in the US,’ says Port Esbjerg COO on disruption caused by Trump tariffs
Read moreSiemens Gamesa and Vestas wind turbines face down typhoon in Taiwan
Turbines at offshore wind farms in Taiwan Strait weathered Typhoon Danas and even kept producing power amid wind speeds of close to 40 metres-per-second
Read moreThree key takeaways from the UK’s renewables auction reforms
Miliband has approved radical changes to how the UK procures new wind and solar farms but has made important tweaks to most controversial reforms that were slated
Read moreCould piracy law be used to combat attacks on offshore wind power cables?
It has traditionally been thought that piracy requires two different ships to be involved, but this is not necessarily the case, argues international law expert
Read moreUK to allow offshore wind projects without full planning consent into renewables auctions
Many developers had opposed move to let unconsented offshore wind projects bid in auction rounds
Read moreUK greenlights radical and controversial renewables auction reforms
Government plans to allow fixed bottom offshore wind farm projects without full planning consent to bid in auction rounds – a move developers warned risked doing more harm than good to 2030 clean power goals
Read moreHuge prototype floating offshore wind turbine rolls off production line
Machine reported to have swept area equivalent to more than seven football pitches and can withstand massive waves and super typhoons
Read more‘Turbine makers must learn lesson of failed Airbus superjumbo,’ warns key wind port chief
Demand for supersized Airbus jet dried up partly because few airports could accommodate it – wind turbine suppliers are running headfirst into a similar problem, warns port chief
Read moreOrsted lands $3bn financing package for offshore wind project
Danish offshore wind and renewables giant lands major financing deal for Greater Changhua 2 project
Read moreThree dead from ‘poisoning and suffocation’ at wind farm project
Incident occurred in wind turbine foundation pit for project in southwest China
Read moreWindEurope chief Dickson stepping down after decade in role
Dickson has guided Europe’s wind industry through challenges as diverse as the pandemic and war in Ukraine during time in role, and now hopes to pass on ‘spirit and dedication’ of wind industry to English schoolchildren
Read moreGB Energy names permanent chief executive
Former Siemens Engines and RenewableUK chief appointed to lead GB Energy, which is tipped to play key role in burgeoning floating offshore wind sector, on permanent basis
Read moreVestas chief warns EU: ‘Companies like ours will leave without right support and protection’
Head of leading Danish wind turbine supplier delivers stark warning to EU over its industrial policy
Read moreMiliband snaps at BP for ‘unhelpful, disappointing’ offshore wind planning conduct
BP and EnBW ignored direct request from Miliband to assess how wind wakes from their Mona offshore wind project would affect Orsted assets nearby
Read moreUK’s wasted wind power laid bare by new Octopus tracking tool
Britain wasted £649m already this year powering down wind farms as there is not enough grid capacity to send renewable energy where it is needed, utility finds
Read moreBP and EnBW win consent for major UK offshore wind farm
British oil major and German utility are developing twin Mona and Morgan arrays in the Irish Sea
Read moreHistoric wind drought sends utilities scrambling for new kind of cover
Several months this year redefined the ‘worst case scenario’ for wind droughts, causing a surge in interest in weather derivatives as a tool to hedge against such events
Read moreGE Vernova cleared to build up to 18MW offshore wind prototype
US manufacturing giant looks set to build one of world’s most powerful offshore wind prototypes
Read moreEurope’s offshore wind buildout sinks while onshore soars: BNEF
Years of economic challenges for offshore sector and failed auctions begin to bite, but picture is far brighter for onshore market
Read moreEurope’s offshore wind build to sink to ‘lowest level in almost a decade’
Years of economic challenges for offshore sector and failed auctions begin to bite, but picture is far brighter for onshore market
Read moreOrsted terminates major Cadeler vessel contract
Primary reason for termination is Orsted halting development of its massive Hornsea 4 offshore wind project in UK North Sea, says Cadeler
Read moreDeath after ‘heavy machinery incident’ at major wind project
Incident at Queensland wind power project reportedly involved a piece of heavy machinery
Read moreVestas share price soars on ‘gigantic relief’ for US onshore wind
Sydbank analyst predicts US onshore wind industry will now ‘pick up pace’ after better than expected version of Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ passes Senate
Read moreRWE attacks Orsted, Equinor and Iberdrola over double standards
German utility goes on offensive against fellow offshore wind heavyweights over double-standards in row over inter-farm wake effects
Read moreSiemens Gamesa celebrates first 4.X order since turbine relaunch
German-owned turbine maker was forced to halt sales of 4.X wind turbine model in 2023 after serial defects were found in platform
Read moreSiemens Gamesa celebrates first 4.X order since relaunch of turbine
German-owned turbine maker was forced to halt sales of 4.X wind turbine model in 2023 after serial defects were found in platform
Read moreWildfire forces UK wind farm offline as emergency response activated
Wind farm owner Fred Olsen Renewables says Siemens turbines have been powered down as precaution as wildfire blazes
Read moreWill this new vessel be an offshore wind game-changer?
Orders have slowed for vessels in struggling UK offshore wind market but Bibby Marine chief is confident planned battery powered addition to fleet will stand out from the pack
Read more‘Even in a busy taxi rank, we’d be first’: Will this new vessel be an offshore wind game-changer?
Orders have slowed for vessels in struggling UK offshore wind market but Bibby Marine chief is confident planned battery powered addition to fleet will stand out from the pack
Read moreHuge Total ScotWind project ‘first ever’ to win onshore and offshore approvals
Two-gigawatt project will feature up to 125 wind turbines located around 30km west of the Orkney archipelago
Read moreSiemens Gamesa in talks to bring Chinese production to Europe
Executive at wind turbine manufacturer asked whether it is worth spending ‘a little more money to become resilient’
Read moreSiemens Gamesa chief weighs in on foreign competition as Mingyang circles
New competitors from outside Europe must commit to local supply chain and jobs, said Siemens Gamesa exec, who also discussed industry need to get to grips with ‘true cost’ of turbines
Read moreEquinor backs firmer action against CfD dropouts, says UK chief
Orsted and Vattenfall have in recent years pulled out of CfDs for projects totalling almost 4GW, in major blows to Britain’s renewable energy targets
Read moreUK foreign secretary grilled on Mingyang and turbine ‘kill switches’
David Lammy pressed on potential use of Chinese turbines for Green Volt floating offshore wind project being developed by Flotation Energy and Vargronn
Read moreGreen Volt director plays down Chinese wind turbine security concerns
Head of pioneering floating offshore wind project was speaking at industry event centred on use of Chinese turbines in the West
Read moreUK ‘set to reject’ zonal pricing plan loathed by renewables developers
Energy secretary Ed Miliband promised decision would come on controversial proposal ahead of pivotal renewable energy auction this summer
Read moreIberdrola appoints US chief as new CEO
Renewable energy giant appoints Pedro Azagra as new CEO, replacing current chief Armando Martinez
Read moreWhy forecasting offshore wind project costs is getting even harder
Costs for offshore wind projects have ‘skyrocketed’ and in an unpredictable manner, says finance expert at RenewableUK summit
Read moreEquinor exec: UK green auction reform could make things worse, not better
Equinor’s UK renewable energy development chief warns that unconsented offshore wind projects could act as ‘blockers’ to projects that could be delivered by 2030
Read moreRWE at mercy of UK military with proposed radar rule for huge offshore wind project
Examining authority considering huge RWE project pushes for rule that no wind turbine can power up until next-gen mitigation against radar effects is implemented
Read moreHitachi chief on how supplier was burned by Orsted Hornsea 4 pullout
Risks of entering into agreements to supply offshore wind projects that have not reached final investment decision go both ways, stressed Japanese-owned supplier’s UK chief
Read moreUS ‘warns UK’ over Mingyang wind turbine factory security risks
Mingyang has been tipped to supply several UK offshore wind farms, which would represent the first time Chinese turbines have been used in British waters
Read moreScotland consulting on huge new offshore wind target
Government minister announced new target at RenewableUK offshore wind summit taking place today in London
Read moreMiliband warns of danger Westminster ‘out of touch’ with public on net zero
Opposition parties have attacked Labour government over its ambitious wind and solar targets but Miliband insists they are ‘going down blind alleys’ at RenewableUK summit
Read moreAfrica’s first offshore wind farm to begin construction ‘in four years’
Morocco boasts excellent resource for offshore wind on its Atlantic Coast, which has high wind speeds and shallow waters
Read moreEquinor CFO: Trump’s attack on Empire Wind changes thinking on US market
Norwegian oil giant was losing $50m a week and was ready to ‘push the big red button’ on the project before Trump U-turn, says finance chief
Read moreEx-Orsted chief Nipper: ‘I’m not traumatised, but I won’t be a CEO again’
Nipper was ousted from board of green power giant Orsted in January after setbacks in developer’s US offshore wind portfolio
Read moreVestas turbine blade breaks off at Swedish wind farm
Incident occurred at wind farm owned by British asset owner TRIG and serviced by Renewable Energy Systems
Read moreRWE and Amazon deepen clean power ties in new deal
German power giant will supply renewable energy to Amazon Web Services from wind and solar farms, building on earlier power purchase agreements
Read moreWorker dies in wind turbine after climbing device accident
Incident occurred during use of automatic climbing system during turbine repairs at Chinese wind farm
Read morePhilippines launches first offshore wind auction with gigawatts up for grabs
The Philippines prioritises fixed-bottom offshore wind farms in first auction although it says ‘door remains open’ for floating
Read more‘US the loser’ as Trump batters offshore wind project into submission
Example made of Atlantic Shores latest evidence that US is ‘closed for business’ to offshore wind, says analyst
Read moreUK military trials robot to protect subsea cables from sabotage
Ministry of Defence recently said it should explore ‘new deal’ for protection of critical national infrastructure, including subsea power cables
Read moreRWE, Orsted and SSE clash in wind theft hearing over huge offshore projects
Developers face off in row over wake losses between huge offshore wind farm projects, with RWE pushing back on ‘extraordinary’ demands for massive compensation payments
Read moreRWE, Orsted and SSE clash in wind theft hearing over huge UK offshore projects
Developers face off in row over wake losses between huge offshore wind farm projects, with RWE pushing back on ‘extraordinary’ demands for massive compensation payments
Read moreCrew member dies on Empire Wind installation vessel
Incident occurred on Tidewater vessel working on installation of Empire Wind project off New York
Read moreCrew member dies on Empire Wind installation vessel: reports
Incident occurred on Tidewater vessel working on installation of Empire Wind project off New York
Read moreRWE made to sweat over radar concerns for huge UK offshore wind project
There are ‘frustrations and uncertainties’ regarding radar mitigation for offshore wind projects, including that being developed by RWE and Emirati renewable energy giant Masdar, said lawyer
Read moreEquinor attacked for ‘cynical’ kids computer game calling renewables ‘less reliable’
Now-deleted promotional material for game said it could help clear up ‘misconceptions’ for British teens regarding their negative views of oil and gas industry
Read moreEquinor attacked for ‘cynical’ schoolkids computer game criticising renewables
Now-deleted promotional material for game said it could help clear up ‘misconceptions’ for British teens regarding their negative views of oil and gas industry
Read moreVattenfall names new head of its wind division
Utility promotes current offshore chief to head of its overall wind division, which also encompasses solar power and battery storage
Read moreEnvision wins massive wind turbine order as global march gathers pace
India a key market for China’s Envision, which has supplied wind farms across the country with its 3.3MW machine
Read moreMajor Equinor offshore wind project outside US knocked off course by Trump turmoil
Norway’s Equinor has recently been involved in high-profile showdown with US President over its Empire Wind project off New York
Read moreTrump claiming ‘stunningly broad’ powers to halt wind projects, say states
Coalition led by New York State are arguing Trump’s suspension of federal leasing for wind power projects is unlawful and exceeds his authority
Read moreOrsted warns Miliband ahead of ruling that could doom its Irish Sea wind farms
Danish renewables giant says Miliband must consider ‘worst-case scenario’ of its assets losing a decade of possible lifetime when weighing environmental benefits of newcomer project
Read moreSiemens Gamesa exec sets out how much offshore wind UK needs in next auction
Labour government and energy secretary Ed Miliband are under huge pressure to deliver massive auction round for new wind and solar projects this year
Read more‘Unacceptable’: BP bristles at BAE Systems wind farm radar shutdown demand
The wind and defence sectors regularly butt heads over the interference that turbines cause radar systems
Read moreTrump-led DoJ slams ‘misguided’ lawsuit over wind leasing halt
States lack standing to bring lawsuit trying to block Trump executive order, while their claims are ‘extremely broad and unspecific,’ argues US Justice Department
Read moreOrsted hits back at Musk’s X in ‘ad boycott conspiracy’ lawsuit
Danish offshore wind developer argues court hearing case lacks jurisdiction, saying it is manifestly not ‘at home’ in Texas
Read moreWhy is this year’s crucial UK green power auction running so late?
Efforts to reform annual renewable energy auction to help procure most wind and solar possible have resulted in tender round being pushed back
Read moreFire rips through Siemens Gamesa wind turbine
Fire took place at Bulgana Green Power Hub in Victoria which also features a Tesla battery energy storage system
Read moreResults of pivotal UK renewables auction may not come until 2026
Pivotal auction round for government to procure new wind and solar capacity has been pushed back amid reforms to process
Read moreUK confirms launch date for pivotal green power auction
Auction round for government to procure huge amount of wind and solar capacity needed to meet clean power targets set for August
Read moreBlades in ‘uncharted territory’ as world’s most powerful turbine tested
Chinese turbine makers continue to power ahead in building supersized machines, despite concerns from experts over wind industry ‘arms race’
Read moreEquinor rails at RWE’s ‘natural variability’ claim in Dogger Bank wind theft dispute
Norwegian supermajor and German power giant have locked horns over ‘wind theft’ between their neighbouring North Sea offshore wind mega projects
Read moreRWE caught between investor caution and government ambition on renewables, says UK chief
US investment giant Elliott Management has been pushing RWE, in which it holds a significant stake, to increase shareholder returns and employ more capital discipline
Read moreUK offshore wind target disappearing over horizon, says BNEF
The UK has procured just 960MW of fixed-bottom offshore wind capacity still set to be delivered in Contracts for Difference auctions since 2022
Read moreSouth Korea launches new offshore wind tender
Country is aiming to install over 18.3GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, recently passing legislation to boost deployment
Read moreSouth Korea to launch new offshore wind tender
Country is aiming to install over 14GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, recently passing legislation to boost deployment
Read moreRWE, BP and Total to assist in new North Sea wind wakes study
Research project aims to improve accuracy of modelling wind wakes as tensions rise between rival developers over inter-farm wake losses
Read moreSoutheast Asian countries plan regional supergrid fuelled by offshore wind
Future offshore wind farms in Vietnam could help keep the lights on in power-hungry Singapore
Read moreNew Chinese blade plant eyes Europe from Morocco
New Aeolon factory ideally placed and could export to Africa, Middle East, Europe and even North America, say analysts
Read more‘We got badly burned’: EDPR chief on emerging market risks
EDPR carefully caps exposure in emerging markets while also employing asset rotation strategy, said chief at London energy summit
Read moreStand-off? Tensions flare between wind exhibitors in IP spat at CleanPower event
3S Americas filed lawsuit on eve of American Clean Power conference after allegedly spotting its technology on display at rival booth within eyesight of its own
Read moreRWE chief slams ‘totally irresponsible’ argument for UK zonal price switch
Proposed switch to zonal pricing in the UK comes at the wrong time, said RWE CEO, adding that it may always be the wrong time given ‘tremendous’ cost of market overhaul
Read moreDeveloper confidence in floating wind sinking
Delivery delays, investment risk and sluggish policy implementation cited as reasons for sharp fall in optimism across sector, says new study
Read moreThe ten most popular wind turbine models in 2024
Delivery of larger machines and Chinese international role reflect ‘new normal’ says analyst
Read moreThe ten most popular wind turbine models delivered in 2024
Larger machines and Chinese international role reflect ‘new normal’ says analyst
Read moreMystery parts found in green kit imported into Denmark from ‘the East’
Discovery comes at time of heated debate around potential security risks of deploying Chinese wind turbines and other renewables technologies in Europe
Read moreDanish wind auction reboot ‘only solves one side of Rubik’s Cube’
Boosting electrification also key to driving new power demand, say analysts, while language of new agreement also appears to caution developers around use of Chinese wind turbines
Read moreDenmark reboots failed offshore wind tender with subsidy sweetener
Denmark sweetens terms of auction round after disastrous December tender in which developers staged no-show
Read moreTurbine checks from the sofa? How drones and AI are changing wind power
Drones, AI and other tech changing wind energy at a dizzying pace but workers must be given time to adapt, says PEAK Wind engineering director
Read moreChinese turbine makers dominate but Siemens Gamesa rules the waves: GWEC
Goldwind, Envision and Mingyang lead global wind power deployment ranking but Chinese are still overwhelmingly using turbines in their booming home market
Read moreOffshore wind like the dotcom bubble, says former NATO chief
Offshore wind and green hydrogen are both sectors where there turned out to be ‘too much optimism,’ says Jens Stoltenberg, who believes renewables technologies are still set to change the world
Read moreBill to create ‘Britain’s Orsted’ GB Energy passes parliament
Energy secretary Ed Miliband says GB Energy is born of a ‘simple idea’ that British people should own and benefit from their own natural resources
Read moreAwkward truths about how wind farms change the weather: ‘you can lose friends over it’
SPECIAL REPORT | Growing understanding of how wind farms can impact local weather and ecosystems a touchy subject for industry at time when Trump and other sector opponents distort truths and spread misinformation
Read more‘Really heavy’ wake losses raising German offshore wind prices: Vattenfall chief
Germany suffering more from wind wakes than North Sea neighbours such as Denmark given its limited maritime resources, says Swedish power giant’s offshore wind chief
Read more‘Emergency Enercon turbine checks’ after man found dead near fallen blade
Blade from Enercon turbine was caught on video flying from machine in city of Akita in northern Japan
Read moreMiliband backs Orsted in wind theft row with BP and EnBW
Energy secretary tells BP and EnBW to assess how wake losses from new offshore wind project will affect Orsted sites, although whether he will order mitigation or compensation remains to be seen
Read moreMiliband sides with Orsted in wind theft row with BP and EnBW
Energy secretary tells BP and EnBW to assess how wake losses from new offshore wind project will affect Orsted sites, although whether he will order mitigation or compensation remains to be seen
Read moreChinese wind power giant to open Brazil manufacturing base
Move would see Windey follow Chinese competitor Goldwind into Brazil, putting it in direct competition with Western players including market leader Vestas
Read moreGreen Volt ‘in UK government talks’ over Chinese wind turbines
Claims that Flotation Energy and Vargronn joint venture had chosen Mingyang turbines prompted debate in UK parliament
Read moreCoal giant nears signing ‘one of world’s largest’ renewables deals
Indian state-owned coal giant enters non-binding agreement for massive clean power development plan with green ammonia producer, paving way to formal contract
Read moreHow Orsted’s Hornsea halt blew a hole in UK wind plans
AGENDA | A round-up of this week’s big news on the Recharge website
Read moreRWE, SSE and Equinor winners from new UK plan to boost offshore wind
Crown Estate launches plan to increase capacity of projects that could be delivered by 2030 in boost to UK’s renewable energy and clean power targets
Read morePolice probe if man was killed by falling wind turbine blade
Turbine blade was found strewn across road next to elderly man, later confirmed dead, who had sustained multiple injuries
Read moreEnBW to launch largest investment programme in its history
German utility to embark on massive renewable energy and grids investment programme
Read moreEnBW to launch largest investment programme in history
German utility to embark on massive renewable energy and grids investment programme
Read moreOrsted halt to Hornsea 4 is ‘poor behaviour that should be punished’
Pulling out of Contracts for Difference is not acceptable and should be punished, argues analyst, although others say additional penalties will not be helpful
Read moreOrsted CEO explains Hornsea 4 halt: ‘value simply wasn’t there’
Decision to hit pause on Hornsea 4 down to four key elements, said Orsted chief, who said there are no plans to rebid offshore wind project in next two UK renewable energy auctions
Read moreElection shadow lifts – but Australian offshore wind still not in clear waters
Developers and investors were ‘cautious in their approach’ to sector amid pledges from opposition leader Dutton to axe offshore wind zones should he win power
Read moreUK to go ahead with radical shake-up of renewable energy auction
Allowing Miliband to peek at anonymised bids before setting budget has been described as a ‘radical change’ of how UK procures wind and solar power
Read moreEquinor could see US in court as offshore wind giants race for finish line
AGENDA | A round-up of this week on the Recharge website
Read moreHow one Spanish wind turbine-maker kept the lights on during the blackout
Green power microgrid on Norvento campus featuring wind, solar and biomass with battery backup kept manufacturer up and running as Iberia fell dark
Read moreEurope’s turbine makers face ‘double blow’ from Trump tariffs: Fitch unit
Loss of key export market and increased global competition a blow to European turbine makers like Vestas and Siemens Gamesa
Read moreVessel in deadly sinking after wind turbine collision ‘failed to keep lookout’
Vessel sank shortly after crashing into wind turbine on return from fishing trip in Yellow Sea near China
Read moreRWE project will cost Dogger Bank $778m in wake losses, say Equinor and SSE
Dispute over wake losses between developers of two huge offshore wind farms one of many currently underway in UK planning system
Read moreUK offshore wind mega-project could kill 50,000 seabirds, claim charities
Developer SSE counters that cutting emissions through renewable energy will reduce worst effects of climate change, ‘the biggest single threat to Scottish seabirds’
Read moreDevelopers will not have to pay out for ‘wind theft’ under new draft UK policy
Inter-farm wake losses have become hot topic in offshore wind recently amid disputes between power giants over ‘wind theft’
Read moreKnives out for renewables as Europe remains in dark over blackouts
Wind and solar in the firing line in some quarters as authorities hunt for answers to blackout on Iberian Peninsula
Read moreSpain and Portugal probe cause of massive blackout
Authorities and grid operators have been scrambling to identify cause of massive blackout and restore power after Iberian Peninsula brought to a standstill
Read moreWindEurope criticises call to break up German power market as creating uncertainty
Zonal pricing switch would cause uncertainty around revenues for wind and solar plants at time when this is crucial to encouraging buildout, says WindEurope chief
Read moreGoldwind shares jump after profits boost
World leading turbine-maker saw total orders on hand hit 51GW, a steep increase, with almost 7GW of that for overseas markets
Read moreChina will have ‘kill switch’ for its wind turbines in Europe, claims NATO expert
Ability to disrupt turbines in event of conflict could be ‘massive problem’, claims NATO expert
Read moreAzerbaijan taps China to help it build huge offshore wind farm
Azerbaijan’s state oil giant SOCAR and PowerChina among parties to agreement to develop 2GW offshore wind farm
Read moreShell veterans join Orsted top team as Errboe rings changes
Two Shell veterans appointed to Orsted executive group as Errboe continues to put his stamp on top team following January appointment as CEO
Read moreUK to ban ‘forced labour’ solar and wind kit for GB Energy amid China supply chain fears
There have been long-running allegations that polysilicon used in solar panels is produced using Uyghur Muslim forced labour in China’s Xinjiang region
Read moreBuyers’ market for wind assets as sales and valuations fall: BNEF
Market for wind, solar and battery assets has ‘shifted decisively’ in favour of buyers as market volatility hurts business case of clean power
Read moreSiemens Gamesa wind turbine taken offline after vessel collision
Vessel collided with Siemens Gamesa turbine at Vattenfall wind farm on Sunday morning, with two crew members taken to hospital with injuries
Read moreOrsted shares slump amid ‘nightmare news’ of Trump’s latest offshore wind attack
Trump Administration order to halt Equinor’s under construction Empire Wind array, which caused outrage and incredulity in offshore wind sector, raises fears for Orsted’s Sunrise and Revolution Wind projects
Read moreSiemens Gamesa wind turbine collapses in South Korea
Turbine was one of 11 at ridgetop wind farm that came online less than two years ago
Read moreVessel crashes into North Sea wind turbine, injuring crew members
Vessel escorted back to Dutch port after two injured crew members were rescued by lifeboat
Read moreDNV chief: ‘We must think carefully about who we allow to connect to the grid’
DNV chief and former Vestas CEO Ditlev Engel discusses how ‘rules of the game have changed’ amid mounting threats to energy infrastructure
Read moreAs grey zone warfare fears peak, Fugro targets new role protecting offshore infrastructure
Dutch company believes it can apply its expertise in survey work for offshore wind farms to protecting subsea power cables, with an executive saying surveillance and monitoring is ‘our bread and butter’
Read more‘This is where we play’: Fugro eyes new role guarding offshore power cables amid sabotage fears
Dutch company believes it can apply its expertise in survey work for offshore wind farms to protecting subsea power cables, with an executive saying surveillance and monitoring is ‘our bread and butter’
Read moreSiemens Gamesa celebrates landmark installation of 14MW offshore wind turbine
First of 66 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-236 14MW turbines was installed at Orsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 project in Taiwan
Read moreOffshore wind will take up 9% of North Sea by 2050, says DNV
Massive offshore wind buildout crucial to decarbonisation and energy security but will give rise to various challenges for sector
Read moreAustralian state sets auction date for fiercely competitive offshore wind zone
Developers previously piled in to secure feasibility licences for Gippsland zone at vanguard of Australia’s offshore wind ambitions
Read moreOrsted and Equinor warn wind wakes from Total project ‘threaten viability of assets’
Financial impact assessments submitted by Orsted and Equinor provide clearest picture yet of impact wind wakes could have on offshore wind developers and projects
Read moreChina tightens grip over Middle East turbine market with new factory deal
Shanghai Electric’s local partnership for Oman wind turbine factory project comes after other Chinese OEMs have secured key deals in Saudi Arabia and UAE
Read moreTeenage technician dies after fall from wind turbine in US
Incident occurred when 19-year-old technician was working on wind farm in US state of Wyoming
Read moreUK military drops objection to RWE’s Dogger Bank offshore wind projects
Offshore wind turbine interference with radar systems is industry as buildout gathers pace and military tensions rise in Europe
Read moreDevelopers like Vattenfall should be ‘heavily punished’ for quitting offshore wind contracts
Oil majors and utilities investing in offshore wind spend too much time ‘whining and crying’ about projects, heard WindEurope delegates gathered in Copenhagen
Read more
Recent Comments