
EU Green Industry Plan falls short for Now
The European Commission presented its Green Deal Industrial Plan today. It consists of a Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA) aiming to strengthen the EU’s industrial base for clean technologies, a Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) to increase Europe’s capacity to source and...
DNV studies Offshore Wind Potential off Coast of Maine
By WPED Staff | March 3, 2023 DNV has completed a series of reports for Maine’s Governor’s Energy Office for the Maine Offshore Wind Initiative. The initiative was launched in June 2019 to outline a clear roadmap to develop floating offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine,...
EU Wind Installations up by a Third Despite Challenging Year for Supply Chain
The EU installed 15 gigawatts (GW) of new wind farms in 2022. That’s one third more than 2021. This increase in new installations is an encouraging result given the overlapping challenges the industry faced in 2022. And the 15 GW installed are an important...
Vestas unveils Circularity Solution to End Landfill for Turbine Blades
Vestas is presenting a new solution that renders epoxy-based turbine blades as circular, without the need for changing the design or composition of blade material. Combining newly discovered chemical technology developed within the CETEC initiative, and partnerships...
Green Light for Biggest Wind Farm in US North-East as Maine clears Longroad’s 1GW King Pine
Green light for biggest wind farm in US north-east as Maine clears Longroad's 1GW King Pine State regulatory clears way for giant project by Boston-based developer that will double Maine's onshore generation and include export of electricity to neighbouring...
Can a Carbon Capture Site and Wind Farm coexist at Sea? BP and Orsted are thrashing it out
Two energy giants - not quite alike in their green credentials - are competing over the same bit of sea floor. Oil major BP plans to build a vast carbon capture project beneath the North Sea that would help Britain hit its emissions targets. Danish firm Ørsted wants...
Ireland’s largest Wind Farm’ to get Vestas Turbine Giants as Emerald Isle goes Green
Vestas will deliver some of its most powerful turbines to a 126MW project in Ireland that the OEM said will be the nation’s largest single wind farm so far once built in 2024. The Danish group will supply 21 V150-6.0 MW EnVentus machines with 110-metre hub heights to...
How can the Wind Industry close its ‘Workforce Gap’?
More than two thirds (68%) of wind industry employers have had “some or great difficulty” locating qualified applicants, yet 83% of potential candidates have had trouble finding job opportunities in the sector, according to research from the National Renewable Energy...
Former PMs Back Move to lift UK Onshore Wind ‘Ban’
Conservative MP Simon Clarke has tabled an amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration bill to relax prohibitive rules on UK onshore wind development. The amendment has now been backed by former premiers, Liz Truss – prime minister for just 50 days – and Boris...
Dutch 21GW Ambition needs Policy Shift or Offshore Profits will plummet, Report warns
In a new study, the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) mapped out the economic risks relating to this based on two scenarios. One assumes low electrification of industry, while another assumes high electrification. "In the...