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Norway sweetens deal for Equinor and EDF floating wind projects
Energy ministry has made changes to auction terms it hopes will help two planned floating offshore wind farms come to fruition
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‘Like catching a falling knife’: German energy storage owners cashing in, for now
Battery boom is turning storage into core infrastructure, but investors today are also 'catching a falling knife' as spreads will narrow, Statkraft's Urbanke says
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‘Stop, reset’: Over 600 wind assets exposed to cyberattacks across Europe, finds report
Dutch researchers found dashboards and control panels for wind turbines and solar assets accessible from the internet
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German energy minister denies choking renewables rollout, then scraps wind and solar unit
Katherina Reiche says government is keeping net zero target but wants new wind and solar steered to where grid can absorb it
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‘Even for Orsted and RWE’: The case for changing how wind farms are managed
Peak Wind CEO, a former Orsted vice president, makes case for greater use of independent wind power operators
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Vestas joins Neretek’s push into deeper-water offshore wind as hybrids challenge floating
Danish turbine OEM and foundation technology startup to develop cheaper than floating solutions for 60-130 metre water depths where some 10GW of UK opportunity lies
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Vestas turbine troubles at pioneer project ‘not just a floating problem’
Time-consuming tow-backs and major wind turbine component replacement operations have caused heavy losses on one floating project, but with 'tremendous' learnings for sector
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Worker dies at wind turbine tower factory in Portugal
55-year-old worker was crushed by a heavy object at CS Wind's site in Portugal
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Worst year ever for one Nordic nation’s wind industry
The companies that own Norway’s wind farms recorded a combined pre-tax loss of NKr850m ($88m) last year, according to a Europower analysis. With the exception of one year distorted by accounting technicalities, the figures have never been worse
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Prizes and ‘mega risks’ of a Uniper deal for RWE and Equinor
German and Norwegian giants would need to weigh gas-led opportunities with potential cost to strategic focus, say analysts
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Second Siemens Gamesa turbine issue at same Orsted offshore wind farm in two months
The turbine maker is leading the probe into the second incident at project since August
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Vestas hires new senior vice president to boost finance team
New hire said 'few companies matter more to the energy transition' than Danish wind power company
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Progress and challenges in the quest to grow offshore wind in Japan
Japan has been making quiet progress toward re-tendering three offshore wind projects relinquished by Mitsubishi and revamping the auctioning procedure, but improvements can be made, writes Mika Ohbayashi, Director of Japan's Renewable Energy Institute.
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How Masdar is playing the long game with its renewables spending
Returns at wind and solar giant have collapsed as it chases target of 100GW renewables capacity by 2030 – but Masdar is playing the long game and clues are there as to when its patient capital may start to pay off
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‘We were stubborn and arrogant’: Vestas boss on how he changed culture at wind giant
Henrik Andersen said ‘failure is not an option’ principle was having negative effect in an interview with Fortune, while also calling out what he believes is Chinese hypocrisy in debate over European market access
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CIP receives €1.2bn boost to latest flagship fund
Norwegian sovereign wealth fund makes huge cash injection into CIP-managed clean energy portfolio
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Floating pioneer faces ‘long and uncertain’ road to profitability after crippling turbine failures
One of the world's biggest floating offshore wind farms has barely made a dent in loan repayments, having been hit hard by repeat turbine failures
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Wind left waiting as US permitting overhaul targets wider energy bottleneck
Some Democrats are skeptical of Senate bill to speed approvals and may hold out until a new Congress sits next year
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Even Trump’s US beating Europe on electrification, warns industry CEO
Industry executives and policymakers point to regulation and taxes as obstacles to electrifying European industry at Eurelectric event
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Timeline | How a string of wind turbine failures rocked floating pioneer
Wind turbine failures at pioneering site highlight difficulties floating sector faces as technology matures
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Vestas wind turbine failures plunge pioneering floating project deep into red
Extent and cost of repair works needed raise new questions around the viability of floating wind, seen as a key renewables technology in years to come
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UK clean power czar stands down
Stark's appointment two years ago generated excitement in the wind power sector, and some industry leaders wonder if budget priorities are shifting
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Greenpeace threatens Crown Estate with lawsuit over ‘extortionate’ offshore wind lease fees
The Crown Estate argues its approach has helped build the UK’s world-leading offshore wind sector and that lease fees were determined by an auction process
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Fresh Chinese offshore wind push turns screw on UK
Envision Energy will be treated as a separate case to compatriot wind turbine maker Mingyang but experts say with OEMs queuing up, Britain needs to define its criteria
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Envision Energy hires top BlackRock executive to smooth global push
Ryan O’Keeffe joins wind and energy technology giant as it plans offshore wind push into Europe
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Orsted and CIP reportedly facing off in Taiwan offshore wind auction
Danish renewable energy developers have reportedly both bid major projects in latest auction round
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Vestas bags new onshore wind turbine orders totalling over 600MW
Denmark’s Vestas set to supply two major new renewable energy projects in Australia, with delivery set for next year
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From Saudi mega-batteries to factory heat: three under-the-radar storage developers to watch
Experts nominate the battery energy storage developers that are shaping the industry but remain less familiar outside their home markets
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RWE, Equinor and Brookfield ‘among Uniper bidders’
Big names said to line up for German power giant nationalised at height of Russia-Ukraine crisis
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UN blacklists wind farm developer over alleged ties to human rights violations
Renewable energy developer blacklisted for contribution to alleged human rights violations in the Palestinian West Bank, set against backdrop of Israel’s assault on Gaza
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UK plans new grid company to foster investment in key offshore wind bottleneck
Planned publicly-owned company will invest and compete for transmission projects in partnership with private companies but budget will be shared with GB Energy.
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Bring it on! One Japanese region is determined to make offshore wind work
Officials in Akita see offshore wind as a lever for reversing economic and demographic decline, while developers love the wind resource there
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Big boost for Scottish port as SSE makes its choices for offshore wind mega-project
SSE's choices for its huge Berwick Bank projects will have a major ripple effect on the Scottish and wider UK supply chain
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Four security criteria the UK should use to assess Chinese turbines and other power technology
Foreign wind power technology suppliers that can satisfy strict, verified security controls and deliver manufacturing value to the UK should be allowed to compete, argues Johnathan Reynolds, managing director at consultancy Opergy
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TotalEnergies aims for electricity to make up quarter of energy mix by 2035
Chief executive Patrick Pouyanne and members of executive committee to present supermajor's strategy and outlook in New York on Monday
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Why offshore wind’s ‘deal of the decade’ was truly remarkable
Huge deal between Iberdrola’s ScottishPower and Emirati big spender Masdar for stake in North Sea offshore wind farm development was sealed last year
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England’s largest onshore wind farm plan unveiled
The 300MW project in East Anglia would mark a huge step up for the largest UK nation, which spent a decade in the onshore doldrums
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Wind farm ban based on overstated modelling for UK nuclear monitoring site ‘risks £60bn investment’
The ministry admits its current model overestimates seismic vibrations from existing wind farms, as developer CWP Energy warns restrictions could put a £60bn wind and data-centre pipeline at risk
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The deals and launches you might have missed in Hamburg
Highlights from wind turbine giants such as Vestas and Envision and other key players as the industry gathered for WindEnergy Hamburg
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UK wind and solar auction results delayed until next year
UK energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh will be keen to build on record-breaking success for offshore wind and renewables generally in last auction round
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Germany must turn offshore wind awards into investable projects
Germany’s offshore wind reform can cut costs, strengthen investor confidence and give Europe’s supply chain greater certainty – if parliament gets the auction design right, writes new BWO chair Benedikt Scheel
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Germany’s wind lobby bypasses energy ministry in renewables reform fight
Locked out of talks with minister Katherina Reiche, Germany's wind power lobby turns to MPs, betting a slim 12-seat majority can be swayed on renewable energy reform
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US battery startup plays long game in long duration storage with China plant
California-based EnerVenue looks to capitalise on growing demand for high duration batteries but will face competition from lithium-ion incumbents and regulatory barriers
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Singapore giant says its ‘integrated solution’ can unlock floating wind
Seatrium is bringing turnkey-style solution common in oil industry to offer complete package to developers, but with an element of risk-sharing
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Make wind ‘as cheap as possible’ if you want to keep basic industry alive
BASF's procurement chief says at current energy costs German industry can't be competitive globally
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Inside CIP’s battery strategy: managing risk and the ‘special sauce’
Merchant exposure, investor sentiment and 'messy' grid connections: In part two of his interview with Recharge, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners' Rowan Parkhouse explains how the firm meets these challenges
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Vestas executive’s auction design advice: ‘Stop reinventing the recipe’
Anna Mascolo also said plans for a Scottish factory still depend on order volumes materialising
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Siemens Gamesa offshore chief: factory utilisation under pressure from lack of German FIDs
Marc Becker calls on government to find solution for 16GW of projects in limbo from 2023-25 tenders that could fail
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Envision chief claims £1bn factory could change offshore wind conversation with UK
Group already has big industrial footprint in Britain where compatriot Mingyang has faced offshore ban, says Christian Schrimpf, who also claims European developers are keen on Chinese wind turbines but 'no one wants to move first'
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China’s Envision launches offshore wind turbine into Europe: ‘duopolies aren’t healthy’
Envision Energy claims machine rated up to 17MW can overcome policy and cybersecurity barriers to offer alternative to Vestas and Siemens Gamesa in EU and UK
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Chinese wind giant claims lack of competition stifling project bankability
Europe head for Mingyang claims new entrants would help unlock more projects – but Siemens Gamesa executive insists European supply chain can deliver
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What Europe must do to protect its power grids from heatwaves
Europe must do more than simply adding wind and solar generation or energy storage to climate-proof its electricity networks, writes Philippe Arsonneau, senior vice president of infrastructure segments at Schneider Electric
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What lenders want to see from offshore wind projects: WindEnergy Hamburg panel
Skyborn, Northland Power and DNV chiefs discuss what developers must do to attract financing for offshore wind farms, and concerns that grid operators are incentivised to be inefficient
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New RWE offshore CEO: wind turbines should be optimised, not supersized
Tobias Keitel tells Recharge focus should be on optimising existing turbines to scale up manufacturing and push down costs
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California and New York sue Trump administration over offshore wind buyouts
Three lawsuits challenge agreements that could remove 23GW of planned offshore wind capacity and cost US taxpayers almost $4bn.
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Why Nordex and Enercon still shun offshore – despite Vestas-Siemens Gamesa duopoly
Nordex CEO José Luis Blanco insists German turbine maker to focus on 'significant growth opportunities' in global onshore wind despite 'fierce Chinese competition'
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