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Ireland approves competitors for first offshore wind tender

Ireland has approved maritime area consents for six offshore wind projects, making them eligible to ...

Project activity picks up in Swedish wind power sector

Activity has been brisk in the Swedish wind sector of late, with a number of deals being struck....

Vattenfall boosts Norfolk offshore wind trio to 4.2GW

Vattenfall has increased the offshore wind capacity of its Norfolk zone off the east coast of Englan...

Siemens Gamesa appoints new onshore chief as Siemens Energy moves to delist OEM

Richard Luijendijk has been appointed chief executive of Siemens Gamesa’s onshore wind business as m...

Vestas wins turbine orders for Ireland, Scotland and Italy

Vestas will supply 21 V150-6.0 MW turbines to Bord na Móna, for the 126MW Derrinlough project i...

Actis-backed Rezolv expands Romanian wind pipeline by 600MW

Rezolv has expanded its Romanian wind energy pipeline with the acquisition of a 51% stake in two pro...

RepowerEU: Member states resist higher renewables target

National capitals have stuck to a 40% renewables target for 2030 – despite calls for more ambition i...

Avangrid asks to abandon ‘uneconomic’ PPAs as utilities decline to renegotiate

Avangrid has asked Massachusetts regulators to abandon the power purchase agreements (PPAs) it had w...

Cost pressures 'spoil second German onshore wind tender' – industry body

Developers stayed away from Germany’s latest onshore wind tender with continuing cost pressures, mea...

Vattenfall to build Finland’s first gigawatt-scale offshore wind farm

Finland has selected Swedish power giant Vattenfall to build the country’s first large-scale offshor...

Siemens Energy ups ownership of wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa to 92%

Siemens Energy is to increase its ownership of Siemens Gamesa to 92%, paving the way for the delisti...

Ramboll eyes gigawatt-scale offshore wind-powered green hydrogen project

Energy consultancy Ramboll is to investigate how a group of energy heavyweights can pair gigawatt-sc...

Engie to build 200MW US wind farm to supply utility

Engie is to build the 200MW North Bend wind farm in South Dakota following the signing of a power pu...

Aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro eyes 300MW onshore wind farm in Norway

Aluminium smelter Norsk Hydro is exploring the potential for a new 300MW onshore wind farm to help p...

Fight over US wind permitting looms in 2023

A fight looms in the US Congress in 2023 over permitting of energy projects, including major wind po...

Virginia approves US’s largest offshore wind farm

Virginia regulators have approved a settlement regarding rules for the construction cost and perform...

Post-Brexit UK-EU pact boost for offshore wind and grids

The UK has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the EU and North Seas countries to co-ope...

Australia opens first offshore wind zone

Australia has formally declared its first offshore wind zone, paving the way for development to acce...

Oil major Repsol to buy 7.7GW European wind and solar portfolio

Spanish oil and gas major Repsol has agreed to acquire Asterion Energies and its 7.7GW renewable ene...

RWE backs self-erecting crane system for wind turbines

German utility RWE has signed a letter of intent with Norwegian firm WindSpider to help it further d...