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Floating wind on US west coast needs $35 billion in port upgrades — report

Port infrastructure for floating wind on the US west coast would require up to $35 billion of invest...

Global wind investment falls amid high costs and faltering policy support – BloombergNEF

Global wind power investment fell in the first half of 2023 even as overall renewable energy investm...

US wind power PPA prices up 13% in Q2 due to lack of projects

Wind contract prices in North America have risen in the second quarter by 13% to an average of $58/M...

Denmark postpones North Sea energy island tender

Denmark has postponed the tender for a North Sea energy island planned to connect at least 3GW of of...

Germany scraps return option for ‘toxic’ onshore wind contracts

Germany’s decision to drop plans to allow onshore wind developers to return power deals secured at a...

Germany to allow wind auction winners to return old contracts

Germany’s cabinet has agreed to allow developers of up to 5GW of onshore wind projects that were suc...

WindEurope: New wind investments hit 13-year low in Europe

Cost pressures and regulatory uncertainty drove investments in new wind farms in Europe to a 13-year...

US construction major plans new wind tower plant after $750m Inflation Reduction Act boost

US construction major Arcosa plans to build a new wind turbine tower factory in New Mexico to fulfil...

Inflation drives Asia Pacific onshore wind costs up in 2022

Onshore wind costs rose in the Asia Pacific region amid inflation last year, while offshore wind cos...

Falling EU wind turbine sales and investments an ‘alarm bell’ – WindEurope

Wind farm investments and turbine sales fell in European markets last year, according to industry bo...

Ørsted feels inflation squeeze for wind farms before investment decision – CEO

Rising costs are "very challenging" for projects that have been successful with low strike prices at...

Irish wind industry fears investor flight after operators hit with cap on revenues

Ireland's wind energy sector has reacted with disappointment as its government set a revenue cap of ...

Wind’s cost-competitiveness to outweigh short-term inflation – DNV

Inflationary pressures and supply chain disruptions pose short-term challenges to renewables growth,...

Industry slams UK government plans for ‘windfall tax’ on renewable energy

Emergency legislation from the UK government which would see “excess revenues” made by some renewabl...

‘Eye-watering’ price of UK energy makes case for wind

A sharp rise in the energy price cap for households in the UK shows the urgent need for a swifter tr...

Wind costs continue to fall as competitiveness over fossil fuels strengthens - Irena

The cost of electricity from wind continued to fall in 2021, according to the latest research from t...

Renewables competitive with fossil-fuel power on price despite higher costs – BloombergNEF

Researcher finds that the price gap between new wind and solar projects and fossil fuels continues t...

India needs $223 billion to meet 2030 renewables targets

Ambitious wind and solar goals mean India may need to tap into new sources of finance, BNEF report s...

CfD reform could attract £175bn in wind investment

RenewableUK manifesto outlines a framework for sweeping reforms to meet 2035 net-zero goal...

Wind gets cheaper as industry gets smarter – US study

US researchers calculate impact of across-the-board learning on cost of wind power development...

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