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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Equinor backs Nexsphere’s multi-gigawatt offshore wind farm off Australia

Norwegian energy major Equinor and Australian developer Nexsphere have joined forces to develop an o...

Fierce competition in Taiwan's 3GW offshore tender

Taiwan’s latest offshore wind tender received bids for nearly triple the 3GW capacity on offer, Wind...

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...

Wind dominates technology-neutral tender in France

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

'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...

California floating wind auction closes at over $750 million

European developers dominated the US’s first floating offshore wind leasing round, which saw five se...

RWE commissions wind farm with ‘innovative’ foundations

RWE has commissioned a Spanish wind farm featuring “innovative” turbine foundations that the German ...

Ørsted eyes large-scale wind-powered green hydrogen in Denmark

Renewables giant Ørsted plans to work with compatriot Skovgaard Energy to jointly develop a power-to...

Industry heavyweights in hunt for Saudi Arabia's 3.3GW wind and solar auction

Saudi Arabia’s ministry of energy has announced 18 developers that are pre-qualified to bid in the 1...

French firm Eolink eyes 2024 start for pyramid-shaped floating offshore wind design

French floating wind startup Eolink is aiming to commission its flagship pyramid-shaped prototype in...

France to tender 2.5GW offshore wind

France is holding two new tenders for fixed-bottom offshore wind, with about 2.5GW of capacity avail...