The French CRE (Commission for the Regulation of Energy) has selected 1007MW of onshore wind projects in its latest bidding round at an average price of €87.23MWh.   Of the 93 applications submitted during this session, 57 projects were selected, representing a cumulative capacity of 1007MW.   RWE has emerged [...]

A new report published today by RenewableUK shows London has an opportunity to secure a record number of new offshore wind farms and capacity in this year’s Contracts for Difference auction.   In a huge boost to the UK’s energy security, the study found the government has the potential to [...]

The first Siemens Gamesa 108-metre-long wind turbine blades have left its manufacturing factory in Hull for the Moray West offshore wind project in Scotland. Nine of the 180 blades destined for the 882 MW offshore wind farm were loaded onto the Rotra Mare transporter ship at the Siemens Gamesa blade factory in [...]

EnBW has commissioned its Lentföhrden wind farm (pictured) in Germany.   The project comprises 5 Nordex N133 wind turbines with a total height of around 190 metres and an output of 4.8MW each, located in the municipalities of Lentföhrden and Weddelbrook, in the Segeberg district of Schleswig-Holstein.   In the [...]

SCOTLAND’S green sector has delivered more electricity than Scotland used for the first time. The latest statistics show that renewable technologies generated the equivalent of 113% of Scotland’s overall energy consumption in 2022, the latest statistics show. This is the highest recorded to date, and marks a 26 percentage point [...]

Wind farms in the German and Dutch North Sea provided over 30TWh of power, according to figures from Dutch grid operator TenneT. According to the group, 19.24TWh of wind energy from the region was transmitted to the German grid in 2023, and a further 11.54TWh entered the Netherlands. For the [...]

Germany installed 3567MW of onshore wind capacity in 2023, comprising 745 turbines, according to data compiled for BWE and VDMA Power Systems. The 3.6GW of capacity added in 2023, exceeds forecasts of those two associations and is more than the 2022 total of 2.4GW. Deutsche WindGuard compiled the data on [...]

Europe’s offshore wind industry brought online a record 4200MW of offshore wind capacity in 2023. The amount was up 40% on the 1.7GW installed in 2022, according to figures published by WindEurope. Of the 4.2GW, 3GW was installed in the EU. The Netherlands, France and the UK installed the most [...]

Orsted (ORSTED.CO) said on Wednesday it had made a final investment decision on the Hornsea 3 project off Britain's coast, indicating it will proceed with what will become the world's largest offshore wind farm. The project, which will have capacity to power more than 3.3 million UK homes, is expected to cost [...]

Vestas has announced it will partner with RWE in preferred supplier and exclusivity agreements to take the 4200MW Norfolk Wind Zone in the UK forward. It follows yesterday’s deal between RWE and Vattenfall for RWE to take over the three sites that make up the develpment. The latest news comes [...]

RWE has doubled the output from the Elisenhof wind farm in Germany, following its repowering.   At the site in the Paderborn district in North Rhine-Westphalia, only two wind turbines are now in operation instead of the original nine while electricity production has also been doubled, to 11.4MW.   Katja [...]

The inclusion in the final agreement at COP28 in Dubai of the commitment to triple renewables by 2030 has been welcomed by the industry.   This is the first time in the history of COP the final text has specifically noted the important role of solar and wind as an [...]