Offshore wind recorded it second-best year for annual installed capacity in 2023 as key policy developments set the foundations for accelerated expansion over the next decade, according to a new GWEC report. Last year, despite the macroeconomic challenges faced by the sector in some key markets, the wind industry installed [...]

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities will move the state's fifth offshore wind solicitation forward, and will open the round over a year earlier than previously scheduled.   The NJBPU announced that it move the solicitation from the third quarter of 2026 to the second quarter of 2025.   [...]

UK-based consultancy Wood Thilsted has been appointed as the front end engineering design (FEED) turbine foundation designer for the 1500MW Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind project located 33 miles (54km) off the Lincolnshire coast.   Upon completion, Outer Dowsing Offshore Wind will be one of the UK’s largest offshore sites producing [...]

After less than two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power plants.   These findings are from a peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, which also states that within six [...]

At the helm of this $20 billion endeavor is Pranav Adani, the 30-year-old executive director of Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) and nephew of billionaire industrialist Gautam Adani. His namesake Adani Group struck it rich moving coal but is now seemingly moving hard into sustainable energy sources. There's an unmistakable [...]

Flotation Energy and Vårgrønn, a joint venture between Plenitude (Eni) and HitecVision, have announced that their 560MW floating offshore wind project Green Volt has been granted offshore planning approval. With onshore consent announced earlier this month, Green Volt has now received all its planning approvals and remains on track to [...]

Ocean Winds has installed the first of 60 Siemens Gamesa SG 14-222 DD wind turbines at Moray West offshore wind farm in the outer Moray Firth, Scotland. Supplied with "Power Boost" each turbine can generate up to 14.7 MW output. The pre-assembly activity of the 60 turbines is being managed by [...]

A new study shows worldwide wind power production is very predictable, with annual variations remaining within a ±3% range. The report comes from wind and solar resource assessment consultancy Eoltech, which aimed at assessing the variations of the global wind resource over the last 15 years. The results are based [...]

The adjacent Norrbäck and Pauträsk wind project in Sweden, which together make up Vattenfall’s largest land-based wind power project to date, have received a final environmental permit. This means the developer now has the necessary permits for the plans for a wind farm with up to 111 wind turbines and [...]

EcoVadis, WindEurope and five wind energy industry companies have launched an initiative to accelerate the uptake of sustainable practices. The Wind Energy Initiative aims to foster strong collaboration between trading partners and amplifying positive impacts across their value chains. The five companies are Hitachi Energy, Siemens Gamesa, Statkraft, Vestas and [...]

Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has laid out 40 actions to develop the country’s offshore wind sector by 2025. Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, the first strategy of its kind for Ireland, aims to build a successful, vibrant and impactful offshore wind energy industry. The [...]

RenewableUK has revealed the UK has installed 15,000MW of operational onshore wind capacity. The project which enabled the UK to cross the threshold was EDF Renewables UK’s 30.1MW West Benhar onshore wind farm in North Lanarkshire, consisting of seven turbines. The UK now has 2631 operating onshore wind schemes. This [...]