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Enel faces up to $1.5 million fines in Russia over coronavirus delays

Enel claims it has faced force majeure circumstances in developing wind farms in Russia during the c...

Enercon-owner and EWE to form new wind development company

Aloys Wobben Foundation and German energy company EWE aim to develop onshore wind farms in Germany, ...

German onshore wind reverses trend with successful tender

For the first time this year, developers submitted bids for more capacity than was on offer in a Ger...

Iberdrola enters Polish offshore with 50% stake in 7.3GW pipeline

Iberdrola plans to use its foothold in Poland to expand its offshore wind capacity in other Baltic S...

Vestas invests in CIP to expand project development capability

Vestas has launched a new project development business unit and agreed to buy 25% of Copenhagen Infr...

GE boosts Haliade-X to 14MW for third Dogger Bank site

GE's newly uprated 14MW Haliade-X is now the joint most powerful offshore wind turbine in the world...

Wind balances Danish grid for first time

Forecasts of wind power's availability are so advanced that turbines can deliver what they have prom...

EU energy infrastructure proposals 'jeopardise carbon neutrality goals'

Industry group WindEurope warns the European Commission's new revision to energy infrastructure rule...

RWE signs PPA with E.on for UK offshore site

RWE Renewables has signed a 13-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with E.on UK for the entire elect...

Polish wind wins majority share in joint tender with PV

Onshore wind projects totalling 900MW secure contracts in a 1.7GW joint tender, but prices are far b...

Vattenfall's controversial Danish nearshore sites given green light

Vattenfall will be able to begin construction following permitting approval from the Danish Energy A...

Vestas closes deal to buy out MHI from offshore wind venture

Vestas' chairman describes deal as the start of a "new chapter" for the company, as it brought its o...

European Council targets 55% greenhouse gas emissions cut by 2030

President of the European Council Charles Michel says decision builds on Europe's leadership in the ...

Swiss investor takes 49% stake in BayWa’s renewables arm

Investment group Energy Infrastructure Partners has ploughed €530 million into German renewables fir...

Offshore wind-powered interconnector ‘black starts’ grid

Energinet and 50Hertz claim this was the first time a power plant was restarted using a land and sea...

Amazon knocks Google off top spot as 'world's biggest' renewable energy buyer

With the addition of 26 new utility-scale wind and solar projects in Australia, South Africa, Europe...

UK needs up to 125GW offshore wind by 2050 to achieve net zero

The UK government’s climate adviser has issued a ‘first ever routemap’ for the country to fully deca...

Vestas backs wind-powered commercial-scale green ammonia plant

Power-to-X project developed by Skovgaard Invest, backed by Vestas and chemical and refining special...

Vestas receives first 6MW turbine order

The commercial debut of Vestas' V162-6.0MW turbine will take place at a wind farm in western Finland...

Mining group sister company plans one of UK’s biggest onshore wind farms

Banks Group's subsidiary plans 300MW onshore wind farm in Scotland...