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EDF to pay regulator for breaching wind farm curtailment rules

EDF Renewables is due to pay £5.53 million (€6.45 million) after UK energy regulator Ofgem found it ...

UK electricity regulator welcomes government’s new ‘Connection Action Plan’

The UK’s electricity regulator Ofgem has welcomed the government’s new ‘Connection Action Plan’ (CAP...

ERBD to fund transmission line for 2.1GW of Egypt wind power

A €165 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to the state-ow...

UK opposition party promises faster energy grid connections

The UK’s opposition Labour Party has pledged to “rewire Britain” and unlock £200 billion (€230 billi...

Analysis: Golden decade for Chilean renewables becomes ‘perfect nightmare’ as firms face financial ruin

After a golden decade, Chile’s renewable industry boom is facing a reckoning and some of its biggest...

How the turmoil in energy markets has changed perspectives on renewables

With European electricity prices peaking at $400/MWh in 2022, the move towards renewables gained add...

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...

WindEconomics: How outdated grids push down the value of wind

US research shows value of wind and solar output falls as renewables supply bigger share, but prices...

Wind operators suffer $4bn hit in Texas cold snap

The average financial impact across all wind farms analysed in a study was $44.4m, with the highest ...

UK network operator sees wind top renewable growth by 2050

Wind triumphs in the future of Scotland’s energy generation capacity, according to all three visions...

Sweden unveils plans to reduce offshore wind connection costs

The Swedish government intends to carry out proposals for making offshore wind more cost-effective l...

Acciona researching Spanish offshore wind-solar-green hydrogen hybrid

EU backs first-of-a-kind green hydrogen experiment project with €6m to establish an industrial-scale...

Sweden's developers offer Europe's 'cheapest wind PPAs'

Developers in Sweden offered power purchase agreements for an average price of €29/MWh in the third ...

Ireland awards 480MW to wind in first green auction

Ireland has taken a ‘big step’ with its first clean energy tender, but prices can be cut further, cl...

'Tens of thousands of turbines': Biden looks to wind for green deal

The Democrats' presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has unveiled a $2 trillion package of clean energy...

'Plunging investment may harm energy transition', IEA warns

Wind power investments are set to fall 2% in 2020, while total energy spending could see its largest...

Covid-19 weekly updates: 4-8 May

Here are the key ways that the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has impacted the wind power industry ...

Earth Day 2020: How fast the industry has grown

The current century has seen the wind industry move into the mainstream, becoming a legitimate sourc...

Health benefits 'to repay global decarbonisation costs'

Global decarbonisation requires $130 trillion of investment in new renewables, system flexibility, a...

Ørsted raises expectations for 2020

Ørsted has increased its full-year earnings guidance by DKK 1 billion (€130 million) as it gets clos...