Global wind capacity additions surged to a record high of 118GW in 2023, according to a new report by BloombergNEF (BNEF). BNEF’s 2023 Global Wind Turbine Market Shares report finds that develo...
SSE Renewables and Bord na Móna have announced a new 50:50 joint venture aimed at delivering up to 800MW of new renewable onshore wind energy in Ireland. The partnership will focus on developing...
UAB Renerga, a wind energy project developer in Lithuania and part of the Achema Group, has contracted the Nordex Group to supply 40 N163/6.X turbines. These turbines, from the Delta4000 series, ...
RWE has completed the acquisition of three offshore wind projects in the UK from Vattenfall. The three projects – Norfolk Vanguard West, Norfolk Vanguard East, and Norfolk Boreas – each with...
Corio Generation and Brazilian port developer Prumo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the use of the Port of Açu, north of Rio de Janeiro, for the deployment of Corio’...
Erste Group Bank, together with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has approved a financing package worth €91.4 million for the construction of a new wind farm in Serb...
Palfinger Marine has received a follow-up order for the Hai Long offshore wind farm in Taiwan. The Hai Long order entails an equipment package for two substations.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner, Shawn M. LaTourette, and New Jersey Board of Public Utilities President, Christine Guhl-Sadovy, have announced the award of nea...
The Danish Energy Agency has approved the feasibility study report, which includes an environmental impact report, for Thor Offshore Wind Farm. The approval from the Danish Energy Agency for the ...
Sunrise Wind has received its Record of Decision (RoD) from the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM). Additionally, Ørsted and Eversource announced they have ...
Stonepeak has completed an investment in TerraWind Renewables (TerraWind) in partnership with Shizen Energy. As part of the transaction, Stonepeak has acquired an 80% interest in TerraWind, with ...
Hsinyuan Wind Power, a subsidiary of wpd, and Bank SinoPac, a Taiwanese bank, have closed the financing for wpd’s Hsinyuan wind farm in Taiwan.
The Nordex Group has received an order from Holmen Energi for 98MW in Sweden. The order also includes a service agreement for the turbines over a period of 30 years.
Vestas has received a firm order from Energa Green Development, a subsidiary of the Orlen Group, for the Szybowice project in Opolskie, Poland.
http://www.windtech-international.com/projects-and-contracts/vestas-wins-37-mw-project-in-poland
The Italian Ministry for Environment and Energy Security has granted approval for the 7SeasMed Floating Offshore Wind project.
Thistle Wind Partners (TWP), a consortium comprising Deme, Qair, and Aspiravi, has awarded Ramboll the contract for pre-FEED (Front-End Engineering Design) of the foundations for its Bowdun offsh...
Renewable Parts has launched its inaugural overseas operations base in Houston, Texas, USA. The company will replicate the specialist refurbishment centres it operates in Renfrew and Lochgilphead...
Deutsche Windtechnik has unveiled the launch of Deutsche Windtechnik Belgium B.V. Geert Timmers, Managing Director of Deutsche Windtechnik's Netherlands branch, will supervise the operations of t...
The Nordex Group has received an order to supply and install 57 N163/5.X turbines from the Delta4000 series in South Africa.
The US Department of Energy's (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO) has announced plans to invest $5.1 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in research and technology development...
Swire Renewable Energy (SRE) and Tien Li Offshore Wind Technology (Tien Li) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deliver operations and maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind...
Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has announced that it has appointed Nate Graham as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In the newly created CTO role, Graham will be responsible for all aspects of en...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced it will initiate an environmental review of Vineyard Northeast’s proposed offshore wind energy project, located 29 miles offshore Nant...
Masdar has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50 percent stake in Terra-Gen Power Holdings II (Terra-Gen), an independent renewable energy power producer in the USA,...
http://www.windtech-international.com/company-news/masdar-to-acquire-50-stake-in-terra-gen
RWE has joined forces with the Port Authority of A Coruña to facilitate the scaling-up of the port capacity for handling floating wind projects.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has shared findings from the Atlantic Offshore Wind Transmission Study, a two-year analysis of transmission options to support offshore wind energy deployment ...
Nabrawind has finished assessing the design and manufacturing of its latest tower range, the Nabralift 3.0, and has completed the initial prototype. UL Solutions has issued the Component Certifi...
http://www.windtech-international.com/product-news/nabrawind-receives-the-ul-component-certificate
Spain’s Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, and the President of the Spanish Wind Energy Association, Juan Diego Díaz, have endorsed the ‘Spa...
OEG Energy Group (OEG) has announced that Hughes Subsea, an OEG Renewables (OEGR) business, has secured the contract for the unexploded ordnance (UXO) identification and clearance campaign on th...
The neighbouring Norrbäck and Pauträsk wind projects in Sweden, which form Vattenfall's largest onshore wind energy endeavour to date, have been granted their final environmental permit.
The development of the N175/6.X, the latest Nordex turbine, and its planned first tower variants is proceeding on schedule. In the course of this year the Nordex Group is to install the first tw...
RWE and Nordex have entered into a multi-year contract for the supply of wind turbines, totalling 800MW. Over the next two and a half years, RWE will procure approximately 120 wind turbines from ...
EcoVadis, WindEurope and five wind energy industry organisations - ENGIE, Hitachi Energy, Siemens Gamesa, Statkraft and Vestas – announce the launch of the ‘Wind Energy Initiative’.
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) provided counsel on the €488 million financing of Masdar's 49% stake in the 476 MW Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm situated in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Ger...
Ørsted has announced updates to its executive management structure to simplify the structure. As part of the new management structure, Ørsted establishes a new Commercial organisation under Ras...
http://www.windtech-international.com/company-news/orsted-appoints-rasmus-errboe-as-deputy-ceo
Investments in wind energy in Europe more than doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, driven by record financing of offshore wind projects. An easing of inflationary pressures, greater certainty in el...
MEASNET, the International Network of Wind Energy Measurement Institutes, has published a public report on Power Performance proficiency testing.
Tadek has completed a study assessing the performance of Tension Leg Platforms (TLP) in comparison to Semi-Submersible alternatives for Floating Offshore Wind Turbines (FOWT).
Ventyr, a consortium comprising Parkwind and Ingka Investments, the investment arm of Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, has announced its success in the Norwegian auction for developing the...
The US Department of the Interior has announced its proposal for a second offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico. The proposed lease sale includes four areas offshore Louisiana and Te...