First national US target for offshore wind energy production set at 12.5GW by 2025 and 25GW by 2030 as Democrats push for change in the final weeks of the presidential election.Democrats have introduced legislation in the House of Representatives that...

Philippe Kavafyan's briefing to industry leaders and specialists, and key EU policymakers at the launch of the WindEurope report highlighted wind power's requirements for engineers, technicians and support staff. “It is the biggest challenge we face," he said. "My job...

Each of the five largest western turbine manufacturers recorded more firm onshore turbine deals in Q3 2020 than in the previous quarter and even in the same period a year ago, according to Windpower Intelligence The apparent recovery of turbine purchasing that began...

Negative power prices have been increasingly common in Europe during the first nine months of the year, with wind-heavy markets especially vulnerable, according to new analysis European countries on average saw negative day-ahead prices 0.8% of the time, which is...

Four out of five UK oil and gas workers want to quit the fossil fuel industry, with a majority favouring a move to offshore wind and renewables, according to a new survey. Campaigners Platform, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Greenpeace UK found 81% of workers they...

Vestas will supply ten V100-2.0MW turbines for a 20MW wind farm being developed by infrastructure firm Elecnor and energy company Isagen – its first turbine order in Colombia. It will also provide operation and maintenance services at the 20MW Guajira I wind farm for...

Oil demand may have already peaked as it is replaced by fast-growing renewable energy sources such as wind and solar PV, according to oil and gas major BP. Demand for oil may never fully recover after the coronavirus pandemic and may begin falling in absolute terms...

The turbine manufacturer will supply 65 SG 5.0-145 wind turbines along with a multi-year service agreement, with delivery by summer of 2021 and commissioning by the end of next year. Shannon Sturgil, CEO of Onshore North America at SGRE, said: “An order of this size...

The sale will add 31 wind farms, with 320 turbines, to the 103 onshore projects in the UK, France, Belgium, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Spain that Ventient currently operates. Ventient's agreement with Iberwind's owners, CK Infrastucture Holding and Power Assets...

The new ORE Catapult demonstrator project will be built over the former Blyth power station Northumberland, northern England, as part of a £30 million energy park, dubbed Energy Central. Run by ORE Catapult, the project will host one large prototype turbine at a time...