Craig Richard

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
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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
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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
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Australia has delayed its first offshore wind auction due to concerns from developers around funding and infrastructure
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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
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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
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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
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Analysis: Can Siemens Gamesa restore its onshore wind reputation with relaunched 4.X platform?
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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
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Windpower Monthly rounds up the latest patents for wind power technology granted and applied for in the last week
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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’
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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
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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
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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
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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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Oil major Equinor resisted shareholder pressure to scrap its wind power business and decommission all its wind projects at its annual general meeting
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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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Indian conglomerate Refex Group has launched a new wind power subsidiary targeting the country’s wind sector with a 5.3MW turbine
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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
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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
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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Siemens Gamesa has agreed to sell 90% of its wind business in India and Sri Lanka to a group of investors led by US private equity firm TPG
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Germany’s wind power association flagged “strong participation” in the country’s latest onshore wind auction, as the country awarded power deals to more than 4GW of capacity
#windpower #renewables #energiewende
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Irish utility ESB has put aside €135 million to cover expected credit losses on the delayed Neart na Gaoithe wind farm it is developing alongside EDF Renewables
#offshorewind #renewables #energytransition
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