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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

GE eyes South Korea offshore wind factory with Hyundai Electric

GE Renewable Energy plans to build a factory for producing nacelles and generators for its Haliade-X...

Saudi wealth fund PIF buys into offshore wind developer Skyborn Renewables

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has acquired a stake in offshore wind developer Skyborn Renewab...

Skilled worker shortage UK offshore wind’s ‘biggest challenge’

Recruitment and retention of skilled workers is the biggest barrier to the UK’s offshore wind sector...

US renewables developer Pattern Energy announces new CEO

US renewables developer Pattern Energy’s only ever CEO Mike Garland is due to retire and be replaced...

Wind industry’s raw materials ‘face increasing link to modern slavery’

The wind power industry could be increasingly exposed to supply chains impacted by modern slavery an...

Eni to buy wind and solar developer PLT

Italian oil and gas group Eni’s retail power and renewable energy unit Plenitude has signed a deal t...

UK judge rules Siemens Gamesa offshore wind patent ‘invalid’ in GE case

GE Renewable Energy has been cleared to continue installing its Haliade-X offshore wind turbines in ...

Mainstream Renewable Power eyes Celtic Sea floating offshore wind tender

Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power is teaming up with Canadian partners to set its sights on t...

Google secures CPPA deal for Ocean Winds’ Moray West offshore wind farm

Tech giant Google and French utility Engie have signed a 12-year corporate power purchase agreement ...

Vestas expands blade supply partnership with TPI Composites

Vestas has signed a multi-year framework agreement with long-term blade partner TPI Composites (TPI)...

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 ...

Enel refocuses on core countries as it gears up for 21GW renewable boost

Italian utility Enel said it would exit Romania, Peru and Argentina and refocus its business on six ...

Is biggest best when it comes to turbines? In conversation with Vestas’ CTO, Anders Nielsen

Anders Nielsen, chief technology officer for the turbine manufacturer Vestas, discusses why the race...

Dutch 21GW ambition needs policy shift or offshore profits will plummet, report warns

Offshore wind in the Netherlands is likely to be unprofitable by 2030 under current policy without a...

‘Success potential of Siemens Gamesa enormous’ says incoming chairman

The potential future success of turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is “enormous”, according to its ...