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Analysis: Is Bulgaria’s decade of dormancy giving way to a wind revival?

After a decade in the doldrums, Bulgaria’s wind energy sector is showing signs of life but can it ov...

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...

French startup looks to onshore wind for green hydrogen

Construction starts on a pioneering green hydrogen plant powered by onshore wind turbines leaving th...

Industry’s hydrogen experiment steps up a gear

Major offshore wind developer Ørsted is leading a group of Danish businesses from the demand and sup...

Peak-demand tender marks wind's shifting role in India

A hybrid tender in India awarding 1.2GW for an assured supply during peak demand periods using a com...

Financing offshore projects in a post-subsidy world

Developers should exploit multiple revenue streams as offshore wind increasingly participates in a m...

German climate policy has "lost direction"

Germany's new climate protection law, passed by parliament on 15 November, has crushed the sector's ...

Oil and gas sector's lessons for floating offshore wind

Learning from the oil and gas industry can help accelerate floating offshore wind development and cu...

Electricity market reforms could save consumers $7bn

Electricity-market reforms to enable more renewables generation and storage in the Midwest, Great La...

Is offshore transmission owner system 'unfit for purpose'?

As the UK targets more than tripling its offshore wind capacity over the next decade, questions are ...

Wind and solar make case for US ancillary services

The use of renewable energy in providing ancillary grid services has not been discussed in the US in...

Regulator insists Facebook must pay for New Mexico line

New Mexico regulators have unanimously refused to rehear a case in which they demanded that Facebook...

Wind boom could be shortlived as economic crisis hits

Argentina's Renovar programme has made the country a promising emerging market, but now recession an...

Ambitious Clean Line Energy 'wrapping up'

Did Clean Line's HVDC plan push for too much too soon? How the political climate and seemingly unsur...

Time to throw out the rulebook

UK: The rapid rate of change in the energy markets is forcing businesses across the spectrum to adap...

Construction activity and new tender rekindle optimism

SOUTH AFRICA: Renewed political support and frantic action on the ground promise to end the three-ye...

Grid constraints damage auction appetite

INDIA: Since early 2017 India has seen nearly 7.5GW of capacity procured through auctions, but the i...

Grid needs upgrading but India's wind states are coping

INDIA: As suppliers and developers works towards the Indian government's goal of achieving 60GW of w...

Indian banks find wind a 'safe bet'

INDIA: The Indian wind industry can see the annual market size reaching 8-10GW in the next couple of...

Startup promises to 'bring wind power to the masses'

UNITED STATES: Using blockchain technology to finance projects will allow members of the public to i...