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Researchers develop turbine control systems for improved grid stability

Researchers from the UK’s University of Birmingham have developed two new control systems for wind t...

Belgian power hub saves North Sea wind farm after cable failure – Elia

Despite a sudden cable failure earlier this month, a Belgian offshore wind farm continues to deliver...

‘Significant blow’ for New York offshore wind as governor vetoes grid act

New York governor Kathy Hochul has dealt the state’s offshore wind ambitions a “significant blow” af...

Opinion: We're undaunted by grid capacity challenges for ScotWind

Since the exhilarating announcement of the new ScotWind projects in January last year, many in our i...

'No grid access': South Africa rejects 4GW wind in tender

South Africa rejected bids for more than 4GW of wind capacity in its latest tender because it was un...

Ukraine’s DTEK chief: 'The more pressure Russia puts on us, the more we will resist'

Maksim Timchenko, the CEO of Ukrainian developer DTEK, has given a defiant interview in which he sai...

Mexico blames excess wind energy for power cut

Blame for December 2020 blackout likely to fuel government efforts to hinder Mexican wind sector, an...

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...

China faces ‘colossal task’ to hit 5,000GW of renewables in $5 trillion zero-carbon target

Record-breaking figures cited by Wood Mackenzie offer a breakdown analysis of the wind, solar and st...

Hornsea One owners agree payment after UK power cut

Hornsea One owners Ørsted and Global Infrastructure Partners have agreed to pay £4.5 million (€5.3 m...

Wind's role in UK power cuts probed

The UK transmission system operator (TSO) is investigating a large power outage in the UK, following...

US utility suffers cyberattack

A 'distributed denial-of-service' (DoS) attack was launched against an unknown utility on 5 March, t...

Hornsdale battery has 'significant impact' on market

AUSTRALIA: A report into the first year of operation at the Hornsdale Power Reserve (HPR) battery ha...

Grid constraints damage auction appetite

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

Tasmania site in frequency control test

AUSTRALIA: A wind project in northwest Tasmania will be the guinea pig in a programme examining how ...

Wind resource presents biggest risk to industry

WORLDWIDE: Insurance underwriter GCube has found wind resources pose the largest threat to an onshor...

Cable fault claims up 25% in 2015

WORLDWIDE: Insurance claims exceeding €60 million were made in 2015 in relation to incidents surroun...

Horns Rev 2 cable failure confirmed by TSO - updated

DENMARK: Dong Energy's 209MW Horns Rev 2 project is offline following a cable fault, Danish transmis...

Analysis: Grid deadlock halts 310MW of completed projects

BRAZIL: Brazil has 11 wind farms ready for operation with a combined capacity of 310MW but without g...

Anholt cable repaired, not yet reconnected

DENMARK: The export cable connecting Dong Energy's Anholt offshore project has been repaired and cou...

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