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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Shell and Eneco win Dutch zero-subsidy offshore wind tender

A joint venture of oil major Shell and Dutch energy firm Eneco has secured the rights to develop the...

Cost pressures ‘could limit UK renewables tender’

Renewables industry groups are concerned that planned price caps in the UK’s forthcoming contracts f...

EU plans state aid reform to accelerate energy transition

The EU plans to ease state aid rules in the new year as it moves to accelerate deployment of renewab...

Vestas launches standalone blade maintenance company

Danish turbine giant Vestas today (14 December) announced it is launching BladeRobots, a standalone ...

Valorem set to build high-altitude Greek wind farm

French renewables developer Valorem is set to start building its first Greek wind farm at an altitud...

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...

Wind dominates technology-neutral tender in France

Wind accounted for the largest share of capacity awarded in France’s latest technologically neutral ...