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Grid congestion reducing German North Sea wind production – Tennet

The delayed expansion of offshore grid connection systems in the Netherlands and Germany is having a...

Grid constraints cost UK £1 billion per year in wasted wind power generation

Insufficient transmission capacity for wind power means the UK is losing £1 billion (€1.17 billion) ...

UK energy regulator Ofgem probes claim wind farm operators 'overestimated' output

UK energy regulator Ofgem is investigating allegations that major wind farm owner-operators – includ...

COP28 warning: 2030 offshore wind ambitions will fail without urgent investment in grids

Regulators must urgently invest in grid action plans that rapidly build out electricity grids and in...

Report: ‘Zombie’ projects causing grid queues but US regulators removing roadblocks

Grid connection delays in the US remain severe but “the stars may finally be aligning” to enable sig...

National Grid ups capital spend on transmission infrastructure in UK and US

National Grid will spend from £15-19 billion (€21.7bn) on 17 projects under the UK’s accelerated str...

UK spending watchdog: Lack of grid expansion plan ‘threatens climate goals’

The UK government will fail to meet its renewables, net-zero and energy security goals unless it pre...

Victoria's offshore projects 'at risk' from transmission capacity crunch

The Australian state of Victoria will need to increase transmission capacity in the South East by 2G...

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...

Chile’s new grid access rules 'not enough' to help wind

Renewable energy industry claims LNG-fuelled power plants will continue to abuse inflexibility rules...

Australian wind and solar to overtake coal and gas from 2026

Analysts predict radical growth as 200GW of wind, solar and storage capacity are expected to replace...

Generating heat from excess wind

Local utility Stadtwerke Rostock and transmission operator 50Hertz will be using the oversupply of w...

Andhra Pradesh issues first payments after standoff

Generators in Andhra Pradesh are finally receiving some of the payments for power from their wind pr...

Curtailment reduction 'could double Chinese wind fleet'

Further reductions to Chinese curtailment rates will make inland provinces more attractive for wind ...

Andhra Pradesh throttles wind generation after court orders

After getting a rap from the court that stayed the tariff renegotiation order issued by the newly-el...

Plans unveiled for €1bn transmission expansion in Austria

Austrian network operator APG will invest more than €1 billion in three major transmission projects ...

Manufacturers group calls for India auction changes

INDIA: In the face of recent downscaling and delay of tenders, the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers...

German redispatch costs hit record high

GERMANY: The cost of stabilising the German grid reached a new high of €1.4 billion in 2017 as wind ...

German wind overtakes coal and nuclear

GERMANY: Only brown coal produced more electricity than wind power in the German market last year, n...

New projects to lose priority dispatch from 2020

EUROPE: The European Parliament's (EP) energy committee has approved a raft of new measures to moder...

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