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Vestas picks up 1.8GW of turbine orders in December

Vestas has reported nine firm turbine purchase agreements (TPAs) in December so far, which represent...

Updated: Vattenfall leaves door ajar on Norfolk Boreas with 4GW Vestas deals for UK offshore wind projects

Swedish developer Vattenfall has left the door open on its UK Norfolk Boreas project as it signed a ...

Ørsted makes final investment decision on Hornsea Three mega project

Ørsted has made a final investment decision (FID) on the Hornsea Three offshore wind farm currently ...

Denmark closes 'open door' offshore wind scheme after failure to reconcile policy with EU rules

Denmark will close its so-called ‘open door’ scheme for offshore wind development and reject the rem...

Eolus eyes up to 25MW turbines for third gigawatt-scale Swedish offshore wind farm

Swedish developer Eolus Vind has announced plans to develop an offshore wind farm in Sweden’s Gulf o...

Iberdrola completes installation at French offshore wind project

Installation of all 62 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD turbines has been completed on schedule at Iberd...

German wind sector ‘positive’ after final onshore tender of 2023

The German wind sector is “positive” after nearly 2GW of projects secured contracts in the country’s...

CIP and Ignitis win Estonia's 1.4GW offshore wind tender with sole bid

Global renewables investor Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Lithuanian state utility Ign...

Vestas wins early-stage backing for Louisiana offshore wind project

Turbine maker Vestas has been given the green light to start formal development of an offshore wind ...

RWE wins big in Japanese offshore wind tender with plan for 18MW GE turbines

German utility RWE was the biggest winner in Japan’s latest offshore wind tender, securing the right...

Ørsted’s Sunrise Wind project passes key milestone – but turbine number reduced

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of Ørsted and Ev...

US startup eyes lower floating offshore wind costs with pyramid-shaped platform

US startup T-Omega Wind has launched a 1:16 prototype of its pyramid-shaped floating wind platform t...

‘No way forward’ for US’s first freshwater offshore wind farm

Development of what would have been the first freshwater offshore wind farm in the US has been tempo...

Does Colombia's first offshore wind tender signal it as a hot new market?

Colombia’s upcoming offshore wind tender could see the country establish itself as an attractive mar...

‘Just one country on track to meet 2030 offshore wind target’ – report

Only half of the offshore wind capacity needed for the sector to play its role in fighting global wa...

Wind power activity ticks up in emerging south-east European markets

Recent weeks have seen a number of developments across south-east Europe’s emerging wind markets, wi...

Engineer sues Siemens Gamesa after arm 'guillotined' in offshore wind accident

The High Court in London ruled that Siemens Gamesa’s breaches of duty led to an engineer losing his ...

US offshore wind’s ‘growing pains’ and sluggish Chinese projects drag Wood Mackenzie outlook

Energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie has flagged “growing pains” in the US offshore wind market and a s...

Iberdrola and Masdar eye €15 billion offshore wind and green hydrogen investments

Spanish energy giant Iberdrola plans to explore the potential for jointly developing offshore wind a...

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners targets 10GW renewables in middle-income countries

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is looking to raise $3 billion to help finance more than 10...