Until the end of April the EU member states have to submit their 'recovery plans' for the use of the money from the EU recovery fund totalling 672.5 billion €. Various environmental organisations have been taking a closer look and scrutinising the plans: What will the money be spent on? Climate protection measures or rather climate-damaging actions?

The EU's economic stimulus package in combination with the EU budget 2021-2027 (=€1.8 trillion €), are making it the largest financial package ever put together in the EU. It is designed to boost the economy during the COVID-19 pandemic and make it fit for recovery. At the same time, the financial support will be used to implement the Green Deal to tackle the climate crisis and build more sustainable, resilient ...

Wood Mackenzie predicts the wind industry to install nearly 1 TW of new capacity from 2021 to 2030.

114 GW of new wind capacity was added globally in 2020, representing an 82% increase year-over-year (YoY), according to new ...

2020 was the best year in history for the global wind industry with 93 GW of new capacity installed (a 53% year-on-year increase), but it's still not enough!

2020 was the ...

Tthe 12th edition of the most comprehensive report on fossil fuel bank financing documents an alarming disconnect between the global scientific consensus on climate change and the continued practices of the world’s largest banks....

The number of people working in direct and indirect jobs in the UK’s world-leading offshore wind industry is set to rise significantly, from 26,000 currently to over 69,800 by 2026.

Most of the jobs will being created in ...

U.S. steel manufacturer Nucor has signed a long-term agreement to purchase energy from the 367 MW Western Trail wind farm in Texas.

"Western Trail will utilise Nucor steel, demonstrating our ability to develop multilateral supply chain relationships," said Vishal Kapadia, Senior Vice President and Onshore Chief Commercial Officer at Ørsted. "It's great to partner with Nucor in their efforts to improve the environmental sustainability in the steel industry."

The 130-turbine Western Trail ...

GE will deliver 492 x 2.X-127s and 39 x 2.X-116 turbines with varying nameplates and hub heights for the North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma.

GE Renewable Energy announced today ...

PNE AG closed the 2020 business year very successfully. Markus Lesser, CEO of PNE AG, comments on the good business results: "2020 was both an extraordinary and a successful year for PNE AG."

PNE AG closed the 2020 ...

The two companies have signed a partnership agreement to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms (OWF) to onshore grids.

Currently, the ...

Empire Wind is being developed by Equinor and BP through their 50/50 strategic partnership in the U.S and located south of Long Island.

Nexans has signed a preferred supplier agreement (PSA) with Empire Offshore Wind LLC to ...

A consortium of GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions and Sembcorp Marine has announced they have been awarded the full contract to supply a state-of-the-art high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission system for Sofia, one of the...

Prysmian was selected as preferred bidder in November 2020 and has now finalized its contract.

Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry, announces the ...

The Aloys Wobben Stiftung (AWS) and the EWE AG have successfully launched their joint venture for the project management and operation of onshore wind energy projects called Alterric.

The Aloys Wobben Stiftung (AWS) and the EWE ...

PNE AG commissioned two wind farms in Schleswig-Holstein with a total nominal output of 21 MW. The "Langstedt" and "Lentföhrden" wind farms were developed by WKN GmbH, a company of the PNE Group.

PNE AG commissioned two ...

To enable the long-term 100% green power supply on an industrial scale, Statkraft will supply further wind power and solar power to Daimler in the form of PPAs.

To enable the long-term 100% green power supply on an ...

A new wpd image film presents fascinating insights into the commitment of the project developer from Bremen, Germany.

wpd added a video to their Windfair.net profile offering fascinating insights into the commitment of the ...

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler and drive manufacturer Flender have joined forces to create a new, innovative and eco-friendly reusable packaging system.

Automotive ...