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WindEconomics digest: Are inflationary pressures easing for OEMs and how much will wind power cost in 2050?

This month’s digest looks at recent developments in turbine selling prices and energy cost projectio...

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As pressure builds to meet 2030 climate targets, offshore wind in particular has been hit hard by co...

WindEconomics digest: Onshore wind installed costs, capacity factors and the UK’s contracts for difference

The first of our new format economics digest compares wind farm performance and cost across selected...

WindEconomics: How wind power saved the world $224 billion

Renewable electricity saved the global electricity market $521 billion in 2022 by increasing energy ...

WindEconomics: US wind power growth slowed in 2022, but project costs continued to fall

The US installed 8.5GW of wind power capacity in 2022 – less than the amounts installed in 2020 and ...

WindEconomics: The added costs for offshore wind developers unique to UK

With a maximum allowed strike price set at £44/MWh, the UK’s latest contracts for difference (CfD) r...

WindEconomics: Onshore wind in Australia hit hard by inflationary pressures

The capital costs of all available electricity-generating technologies in Australia, as elsewhere, h...

WindEconomics: Community wind takes advantage of high electricity prices

The recent turmoil in energy markets, particularly in Europe, has enhanced the competitive position ...

WindEconomics: Renewables forging ahead

The latest data from the International Renewable Energy Agency’s Renewable Capacity Statistics 2023 ...

WindEconomics: Will wind face more competition from nuclear?

Unlike wind and solar, the cost of nuclear power seems to actually be going up rather than down, wit...

WindEconomics: How the UK could move towards net zero with 100% renewables

The UK’s recently released net zero strategy foresees major roles for fossil fuels with carbon captu...

WindEconomics: US offshore wind accelerates to reach 30GW by 2031

The cost of energy will fall as the US installs more offshore wind capacity, but how do projections ...

WindEconomics: Can small nuclear compete with wind power on cost?

Small modular reactors (SMRs) – defined as those with an electrical output of 300MW or less – are cl...

WindEconomics: Time to rethink electricity pricing?

As the UK government imposes a 45% windfall tax on renewable-energy generators’ profits and other Eu...

WindEconomics: Cost parity and storage likely to push solar capacity ahead of wind in the US

Faster falls in prices and added storage are set to make solar more popular in the near future, but ...

WindEconomics: Installed costs for onshore wind continue to fall despite rising turbine prices

The 2022 edition of the Land-Based Wind Market Report, published by Lawrence Berkeley National Labor...

WindEconomics: Cost reductions for wind and solar may have peaked

The costs of renewable energy are mainly on a downward trajectory, and wind is the cheapest of all t...

WindEconomics: Solar likely to beat wind on price by 2025

Solar could undercut wind on price by the middle of the decade, an analysis by Lawrence Berkeley Nat...

WindEconomics: Why repowering is key to the energy transition

With some of the best sites in established wind markets occupied by small, 20-year-old turbines, rep...

WindEconomics: Why wind turbines are more reliable than wind

Analysis of long-term data shows that lower annual outputs tends to be down to below average winds r...

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