"At the beginning of 2019, the lowest number of wind turbines ever during the past 20 years was built in Germany", concludes the German Wind Energy Association (BWE). Only 86 plants were built, a decrease of 82 percent compared to the previous year.

The number even shrinks to 35 wind power plants deducting dismantled wind turbines.
At the same time the support for an expansion of renewable energies has never been higher. Anyway the number of wind power opponents is increasing. Plans of new wind park projects often provoke controversial discussions. The most common reason is infringement of bird and bat species protection. Meanwhile more than 1000 ...

With wind generation growth set to continue, forecasting wind accurately will become increasingly important.

With wind generation growth set to continue, forecasting wind accurately will become increasingly important. ...

Targeted support in Research & Innovation will also strengthen supply chains, create local jobs and boost the global leadership of the European wind industry.

Europe needs a rapid ...

In an open letter to the European Environment and Climate Ministers, seven European energy companies support a carbon-neutral EU by 2050.

It is crucial that the EU speeds up the implementation of green energy solutions now to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. That's why seven energy companies call for the EU to increase its greenhouse-gas reduction target for 2030 from 40% to at least 55% compared to 1990 levels.

The seven energy companies behind the letter ...

Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa have agreed to extend the scope of supply for offshore wind project Hollandse Kust Zuid in the Netherlands from zone three and four to zone one and two.

As the two companies announced, the new high-performance Siemens Gamesa 11 MW wind turbines will be used there for the first time. According to current planning, the entire Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm zone will be equipped with a total of 140 units of the upgraded version of SG DD-193 offshore wind turbines. This capacity expansion can be achieved under certain site conditions and means ...

Business in Turkey continues to improve for the Nordex Group.

The turbine manufacturer has received an order from its new customer Karayel Elektrik: the Nordex Group is to install 16 N149/4.0-4.5 turbines for the 76.8 ...

The Nordex Group has received an order to supply and install a total of 40 AW132/3300 and two AW132/3000 turbines with a combined rated output of 138 megawatts. The order also includes a two-year Full Service contract. ...

Vestas has secured a 101 MW order from Puhuri Oy, a developer and investor in wind energy for the Parhalahti and Hankila projects located in Northern Ostrobothnia in Finland. This takes Vestas’ order intake in...

On November 29th, DNV GL granted SCADA International a component certification for medium and high voltage grid, conforming to the new electrical standards.

This certification ...

Covestro, a world-leading supplier of high-performance polymer materials, has signed a 10-year corporate power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy the output of 100MW from the planned Borkum Riffgrund 3 offshore wind farm. ...

The wind farm Wölsickendorf in Brandenburg has been sold by PNE.

WKN GmbH, which is a subsidiary of the PNE Group, sold the "Wölsickendorf" wind farm (Brandenburg), which has a total nominal ...

The Board of Management and Supervisory Board of PNE AG have independently from another assessed the total sum of compensatory measures, based on the offered price per ONE share, and continue to consider the offer as...

TÜV NORD completes prototype certification for the world's largest offshore wind turbine

"We are very pleased to support our partner Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy by completing this ...

The NnG offshore wind farm, located 15.5 km off the Fife coast, will generate 450 MW of green and renewable energy to supply clean and cost-competitive power to around 375,000 Scottish homes.

Prysmian Group, world ...