With the advantages of clean, renewable energy, wind power has become one of the fastest-growing energy sources and one of the most economical solutions for electricity generation. There are already 350,000 wind turbines installed globally, with more than 650,000 MW...

The ten largest wind farms Windpower Intelligence has identified as coming fully online in June all have a capacity of 100MW or more and are all onshore wind projects. Global capacity reached 641GW by the end of June, according to Windpower Intelligence, the research...

Southern Power announced that the 200-MW Reading Wind Facility in Osage and Lyon Counties, Kansas, is now operational. This project, Southern Power’s 11th wind facility, is the first to be validated as a carbon offset project under the Verified Carbon Standard Program...

Enel Green Power started construction on the 199-MW expansion of the Cimarron Bend wind farm in Clark County, Kansas. The expansion, consisting of 74 turbines, will increase the wind farm’s capacity to 599 MW from the current 400 MW, making it the largest wind farm in...

The companies urged EU leaders to stimulate greater investment from the financial sector and enact policies that support the faster rollout of corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) in a forthcoming economic recovery package. They wrote a letter to the union and...

On 3 June, WindEurope participated in a press conference with co-organiser Hamburg Messe und Congress on the decision to postpone WindEnergy Hamburg until 1-4 December. Originally, WindEnergy Hamburg was to take place from 22 to 25 September 2020. Hamburg Messe und...

The 500MW round was slightly undersubscribed, with wind and solar developers entering 423.5MW of projects. Wind projects with a combined capacity of 405.9MW secured contracts, according to state agency Gestore dei Servizi Energetici (GSE) — less than the 495MW awarded...

Germany takes pragmatic approach on auctions Onshore wind auctions will continue to take place as planned despite the Coronavirus crisis, and bidders will be informed if they have been successful or not, said Germany's energy agency Bundesnetzagentur (BNA). But the...

The European Commission has called for a new Industrial Forum to be set up by September 2020, bringing together experts and policymakers to share knowledge that could be considered when preparing regulatory frameworks, availability of financing and trade defence...

The Danish developer named SGRE as preferred supplier for its 242MW Gode Wind 3 and 900MW Borkum Riffgrund 3 projects in the North Sea, which are expected online in 2024 and 2025 respectively. It is the first time SGRE has been contracted for a turbine with a...