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Germany awarded power deals to more than 3.4GW of projects in its latest onshore wind tender, with the auction regulator receiving a near-record amount of bids
#windpower #renewables #energiewende
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September 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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The Trump administration has asked a federal judge to cancel its approval of a 2.4GW offshore wind farm planned off the coast of Massachusetts
#offshorewind #windpower #renewables
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September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Brazilian industrial conglomerate WEG has claimed a “technological milestone” by installing the most powerful onshore turbine in the Americas region at a wind farm in Brazil
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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September 18, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Australia has delayed its first offshore wind auction due to concerns from developers around funding and infrastructure
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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September 16, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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Germany will likely fail to meet its onshore and offshore wind targets for 2030, but its goal of having renewables meet 80% of electricity demand by that date is still feasible, according to a new government report
#windpower #renewables #energiewende
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September 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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US wind turbine blade maker TPI Composites has reached an agreement to sell its assets in Turkey as its ‘reorganisation bankruptcy’ proceedings continue
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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September 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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A US representative has dismissed the Trump administration’s stop-work order for Ørsted and Skyborn Renewables’ under-construction Revolution Wind project as “bullshit” in a heated congressional hearing
#offshorewind #windpower #renewables
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September 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Analysis: Can Siemens Gamesa restore its onshore wind reputation with relaunched 4.X platform?
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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July 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Siemens Gamesa has announced its first order for its 4.X onshore wind turbines since the discovery of widespread defects prompted it to pull the model off the market two years ago
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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June 30, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Windpower Monthly rounds up the latest patents for wind power technology granted and applied for in the last week
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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June 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Floating offshore wind firm Aikido Technologies is due to install a 15MW prototype in a bid to prove its technology. CEO Sam Kanner tells Windpower Monthly how the company’s foldable platform takes floating wind design ‘beyond copying oil and gas’
#windpower #offshorewind
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June 26, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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Germany’s government has been slammed as “greedy” for its proposals to divert some offshore wind auction revenues away from marine conservation and fisheries to the country’s federal budget
#windpower #offshorewind #energiewende
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June 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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The EU has mandated the use of non-price criteria in renewable energy auctions from the end of this year. But member states will have to balance the impacts of implementing them with cost pressures. Windpower Monthly investigates
#windpower #energytransition #renewables
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June 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Industry groups renewed calls for Germany to revise its offshore wind auction design after TotalEnergies beat only one other developer to secure the rights to another gigawatt-scale project in the North Sea
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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June 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Analysis: Concerns are growing about wake effect's impact, with major developers locked in disputes over offshore wind farms being built adjacent to one another. But how will wake effect impact project buildout, and can it be mitigated?
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May 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Oil major Equinor resisted shareholder pressure to scrap its wind power business and decommission all its wind projects at its annual general meeting
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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May 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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Chinese turbine maker Windey Energy plans to build manufacturing facilities in Brazil, it announced during a state visit of the South American country’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Lula), to Beijing
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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May 14, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Indian conglomerate Refex Group has launched a new wind power subsidiary targeting the country’s wind sector with a 5.3MW turbine
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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May 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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Emergency inspections are being carried out on Enercon wind turbines in Japan’s northern Iwate prefecture, as authorities investigate whether a falling blade killed a passerby
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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May 14, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Renewable energy co-operative Ripple Energy – which allows customers to co-own wind turbines for discounts on their energy bills – has been saved from collapse after a new owner successfully acquired the stricken firm
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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April 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Scotland-based SSE has confirmed plans to cut jobs as part of an “efficiency review”. Windpower Monthly understands that the bulk of the affected jobs are within the utility’s renewables business unit
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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April 8, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Offshore wind firm Corio Generation has confirmed it will focus on a smaller portfolio of projects and restructure its organisation accordingly amid reports that its owner has cancelled plans to sell the developer
#offshorewind #windpower #renewables
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April 8, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Siemens Gamesa has completed the installation of one the world’s most powerful wind turbine at the Østerild test centre in Denmark, Windpower Monthly understands
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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April 3, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Chinese turbine tower and offshore foundation manufacturer Dajin Heavy Industry has appointed BlueFloat Energy’s co-founder and former CEO to lead its newly formed floating wind division
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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April 2, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Norway’s state oil and gas fund has agreed to buy a 49% stake in two gigawatt-scale wind farms German utility RWE is developing in the North Sea
#windpower #renewables #energytransition
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March 31, 2025 at 9:52 AM