Distance Rule scrapped From German Coal exit law Draft
The latest draft for Germany’s coal exit legislation seen by Recharge no longer contains a damaging distance rule for onshore wind planned by the country’s government. A previous version of the law proposal that is part of a wider climate package had still contained a...
Danish Wind Nearly subsidy Free
A total of seven renewable energy projects secured subsidy payments in the country’s second joint-technology tender, including two wind projects totalling 72MW and two wind-solar hybrid sites for 97MW. Bid prices included the cost of grid connection and will be paid...
ESB joins Neart Na Gaoithe
Irish utility ESB has bought a 50% stake in the 54-turbine project 15km off Scotland’s east coast. ESB opened a Scottish office in 2017 to pursue development of renewable energy projects. In mid-November, it also joined hands with Norwegian developer Equinor to...
Equinor and ESB Τarget Irish Οffshore
An ESB spokesman told Windpower Monthly the partners’ strategy is to have the sites ready to enter tenders anticipated "from the mid-2020s to 2030 and beyond". He added that while the companies do have a capacity target, they are currently "not in a position to make...
Suzlon joins Enercon and Senvion on OEM Crisis List
Losses widened — a net loss of INR 7.78 billion (US$108 million) in the second quarter of its financial year – against INR 2.8 billion one year earlier. In the report attached to its Q2 financials, auditors Deloitte, Haskins and Sells stated Suzlon has "defaulted in...
UK floating Wind Groups Plot Route out of Brexit Policy Mire
As the UK floating wind industry calls for innovation funding, developers like Cierco are building alliances to gain a competitive edge. A snap election in the UK on December 12 has raised uncertainty over Brexit and wider policy support for the emerging floating wind...
SGRE meets Guidelines for Financial Year – updated
SGRE, which runs its financial year October to September, saw revenues in all segments grow. Its service division, particularly, witnessed a 17% growth in revenue compared to the previous year totalling €1.49 billion. Its turbine business also saw an 11.3% rise in...
Global Wind Fleet to grow 62% by 2024 — IEA
The IEA forecast 1.22TW of new renewable energy capacity being installed worldwide between 2020 and 2024, including 351GW of new wind capacity, while offshore wind almost triples in capacity. Total wind power capacity is expected to grow 62% in the IEA’s main case...
NREL publishes Journal Article on Three Challenges in Wind Power innovation
Wind energy researchers from the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are among a team of authors inviting the scientific community to address three challenges that will drive the innovation needed for wind to become one of the...
Groix and Belle-Ile OWF Selects MHI Vestas
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Vestas Wind Systems A/S and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has been selected as the preferred supplier for the Groix & Belle-Île floating offshore wind project in France. At a royal signing ceremony today in Paris,...