Wind power package for Europe to be presented in October
The European Union is planning to unveil measures to help its ailing wind sector next month, after supply-chain bottlenecks and higher financing costs have put a brake on projects.
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Europe invested £35bn in new wind farms in 2021, ‘well short’ of what is needed
Europe invested almost £35 billion in new wind farms last year, bankrolling 25 gigawatts (GW) of fresh capacity.
WindEurope calls for continent-wide landfill ban on turbine blades
A leading renewables trade body has called for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blade by the middle of the decade.
Wind industry heavyweight to join Semco Maritime board
Semco Maritime has nominated former-Vattenfall boss Gunnar Groebler to join its board of directors.
UK leads £37billion of Europe wind investment in 2020
Europe ploughed more than £37billion (€43bn) of investment into new wind farm projects in 2020, led by the UK, according to analysis.
Research and innovation key factors for future success of floating offshore wind, says WindEurope
Fostering research and innovation will be key if floating offshore wind is to become competitive in the coming decades.
Europe sets new record for wind turbine orders in 2020
European countries ordered a record 15 gigawatts (GW) of wind turbines in 2020, an increase of 74% on 2019.
Andreas Nauen appointed chairman of WindEurope
WindEurope has elected Andreas Nauen, chief executive of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE), as its chairman for the next 18 months.
Offshore wind starts squaring up to massive future decom challenge
Very few offshore wind turbines have so far been decommissioned anywhere -- and little significant activity is expected on that front until the end of the current decade.
Scotland must now embrace ‘ambitious’ EU offshore wind goals, trade body says
Ambitious offshore wind goals set out by the EU Commission must now be embraced in Scotland, an energy trade body has said in response to a new report.
Vattenfall chief becomes WindEurope chairman
Vattenfall's senior vice president of wind has been elected to the position of chairman by the board of renewable member organisation WindEurope.
UK led offshore wind construction in 2018, according to data
The UK led Europe in offshore wind construction in 2018, according to new data.
WindEurope to help outline economic impact of local wind farms
Member organisation WindEurope has unveiled a new wind energy toolkit to help map the economic and social benefits of local wind farms.
UK onshore wind projects ‘pushed through’ as future looks uncertain
Renewable lobby group WindEurope has suggested that a number of onshore wind projects were "pushed through" in the UK last year due to a fear over the imminent demise of feed in tariffs connected to the energy.
Sustainable energy groups to hold hackathon at WindEurope Conference
InnoEnergy and WindEurope have announced that they will hold their first ever joint hackathon aiming to solve industry challenges.
European wind capacity hits 6.1GW in first half of 2017
Europe has seen a sizable 6.1GW increase in wind capacity already in 2017, with the UK (1.2 GW), Germany (2.2 GW) and France (492 MW) leading the pack.