It was almost lost among all the bad news about the war of aggression Russia is waging on Ukraine: The latest IPCC interim report once again does not bode well. Will war now lead to more climate protection?

It was nothing less but a "turn of the times (= Zeitenwende)" that German chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in his speech at a special session of the German parliament: Germany is making a 180-degree turnaround in its defense and security policy, drastically increasing its military spending in the coming years. In addition, the country will reduce its dependence on Russian gas. Instead, Germany will be supplied primarily with renewables in the future. Initially, liquefied gas will be used as a transitional technology. Thus two corresponding terminals are being built in ...

Clearer than ever before, scaling up energy savings and the deployment of renewable energy are needed to leave fossil fuels behind, says CAN Europe.

MEPs should give a high ...

With the upcoming election in mind, French President Emmanuel Macron recently presented his vision for the country’s path to carbon neutrality by 2050.

For offshore wind the plan is good news. There are no fully ...

Scientiests try to understand the fundamentals of what happens when turbines meet ice which could finally bring offshore wind farms into chillier waters.

In the great outdoors, ice can form, break, melt and refreeze many ...

Skills shortages are the greatest barrier to growth for the energy industry, followed by a lack of policy support.

Energy industry leaders say the energy transition is accelerating faster than ever, and that 2022 is set to ...

Europe isn't building enough new wind turbines to meet its energy and climate targets, according to European wind energy association WindEurope. It's approval procedures mainly that delay expansion.

According to WindEurope's 2021 annual statistics, the EU built only 11 GW of new wind farms in 2021 and will build 18 GW annually in 2022-26, says a forecast. To meet its 2030 renewables targets the EU will need 30 GW per year of new wind power.

81% of new wind capacity in Europe last year was onshore ...

The Nordex Group has informed the workforce at the rotor blade production facility in Rostock, Germany, of its intention to discontinue production at this site at the end of June 2022. This will affect 600 jobs.

A reconciliation of interests and a social plan are to be negotiated with the works council in the short term in order to make the planned job cuts socially acceptable for those affected. The discontinuation of production in Rostock would affect around 600 of the roughly 8,600 employees worldwide. In Germany, the Nordex Group ...

Statkraft opens an office in Espoo, Finland to provide more PPAs in the Nordic region.

The new office makes Finland the 19th country with Statkraft presence on the ...

The project shall deliver the cable connection along a route which runs between the UK converter station located on the Isle of Grain in Kent (UK), passing through UK, Dutch and German waters to the landing point in Lower Saxony in Germany...

Horizonte is a wind farm that will have an installed capacity of 778 MW generating 2,400 GWh per year, equivalent to the consumption of more than 700 thousand homes in the country. ...

Shell has announced its intention to exit its joint ventures with Gazprom and related entities to cut its ties with Russia over the war with Ukraine.

“We are shocked by the loss of ...

wpd denies sales reports, speaks of misinformation.

Contrary to various false reports of the past days, there are no wpd AG shares for sale and Nomura Greentech has no consultancy mandate for wpd AG. No other ...

ABO Wind and John Brazil, 27.5 percent minority shareholder of the SPV, have sold the Irish project Clogheravaddy Wind Farm Ltd to Luxembourg Encavis Infrastructure Fund IV, an alternative investment fund catering to credit ...

Portugal is Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2022, where it presents itself as an international technology center that is open to foreign investment.

Portugal is Partner Country at HANNOVER MESSE 2022, where ...

This worldwide patented technology utilizes unique rotor stacks in low water speed and conventional wind turbines to extract large amounts of power.

Waterotor International Corp., a ...

The wind energy lease sale will create tens of thousands of high-skilled U.S. jobs, strengthen coastal economies, and deliver vast amounts of reliable, clean energy to America’s largest population centers, says ACP.

The ...

“We are all deeply troubled by the invasion of Ukraine, which represents a terrible setback for the world, and we are thinking of all those who are suffering because of the military action,” says Anders Opedal, President and CEO of ...

Ørsted stops doing business with Russia.

Regarding the gas from Gazprom that is supplied to Denmark, Ørsted recommends a clear and coordinated effort from the EU and the UK. Shortfalls in gas supplies will, as ...

The next step for RWE to fully meet requirements is to engage in community outreach with local tribes, the fishing industry and other ocean users; engage with the domestic supply chain to create new local jobs and private investments; and also enter...

The Department of the Interior today announced the results of the nation’s highest-grossing competitive offshore energy lease sale in history, including oil and gas lease sales, with the New York Bight offshore wind ...

bp will exit its 19.75% shareholding in Rosneft with immediate effect after Russia invades Ukraine.

The bp board today announced that bp will exit its shareholding in Rosneft. bp has held ...

Vattenfall stops deliveries of nuclear fuel from Russia to Vattenfall's nuclear power plants.

We are deeply concerned by the serious security situation in Europe and ...

Three newly imtroduced measures combined put a heavy financial strain on the entire (non-hydro) electricity supply chain in Romania.

First, domestic and corporate consumers receive ...

Funding has been awarded as part of the Longer Duration Energy Storage (LODES) Competition by Subsea 7 and FLASC.

Subsea 7 and technology partner FLASC B.V., are pleased to be awarded a grant from the UK government ...

TenneT will be constructing three offshore grid connections (BalWin1, BalWin2 and BalWin3) in the North Sea off the German coast. The company is now launching the tendering procedures for the sea and land stations for these grid connection systems....