The Americans wanted to learn from the European offshore wind industry. At least until they would be able to develop their own industry. However, offshore giant Ørsted could now undermine such plans, as the Danes are working on a developer monopoly in the U.S. offshore sector.

So far, the record of the U.S. offshore wind sector has been a meagre one: Just one single wind farm with a capacity of 30 megawatts supplies electricity from American waters. There are some plans for further wind farms, though, with the know-how continuing to come from Europe primarily.

As the Danish world market leader in offshore development Ørsted (formerly DONG Energy) has now ...

The report describes an increasing momentum worldwide to focus on sustainable and climate-friendly solutions.

"We're at a decisive moment. The decisions we make today are crucial because it is urgent to stop ...

Wind remains the second-largest contributor to renewable capacity growth, while hydropower remains the largest renewable electricity source by 2023.

Renewables will continue their expansion in the next five years, ...

New IRENA outlook sets emphasis on a clean future for Egypt

Egypt has the potential to generate up to 53 per cent of its electricity from renewable ...

Urgent and unprecedented measures are required to keep global temperature rises to below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The IPCC warned that there is only twelve years for global warming to be kept to a maximum of 1.5C. Even half ...

Turbine manufacturer Nordex has closed the third quarter of 2018 with an order intake of 974 MW

Recently the company received orders in the United States containing 122 AW 125 and AW 132 turbines of differing ...

GE Renewable Energy announced the availability of a new ground-based blade inspection system, combining thermal imaging technology and wide-band acoustic spectral analysis

Today at Blade O&M Forum in Dallas, GE ...

The wind farm disposes of all necessary permits for ten wind turbines

Finnish wind farm operator Suomen Hyötytuuli acquired a fully developed project in Polusjärvi from ABO Wind in early October. The wind farm ...

Statkraft acquires wind development business in Ireland and the UK

The transaction comprises Element Power Ireland Ltd and three UK project companies, including the current organisation with around 50 employees ...

Funding for wpd’s Yunlin project is close to completion and the group of investors and banks will be finalised in a few weeks.

“As with all our previous projects, for Yunlin, too, we are ...

J Murphy & Sons Limited awarded Nexans with a contract worth over €35 million

The UK offshore wind farm market is continuing to lead the way in meeting Europe’s growing demand for renewable wind energy. With ...

It's the first larger wind farm with new N149 turbines

In September, the Nordex Group has received an order from project developer Neoen, for the installation of the 81 MW wind farm "Hedet". The project comprises 18 ...