In recent years, China has become a powerhouse in the expansion of wind power. Until now, it was mainly the massive addition of new capacity in the domestic market, but that is no longer enough: China is increasingly pushing into the European market. Can Europe counter?

Current developments are raising worry lines not only on the brow of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research (IW): the economy of Germany, Europe's largest country, is weakening. And while German products are playing an ever smaller role on the European market, Chinese goods are gaining in importance. Expressed in figures: at the turn of the millennium, German products accounted for around 14 percent of total EU imports; by 2022, the figure was only 12.5 percent. In the same period, the share of Chinese goods rose from 2.6 percent to 8.8 ...

Alongside the database, researchers at NREL released a summary report to help developers, utilities, and other stakeholders understand how current and future wind energy development might affect global material supply and demand. ...

The MOU will build on the partners’ successful existing collaboration, which has included student dissertations; hands-on grid-related workshops; support of STEM careers awareness events and...

A research project won a large amount of funding which will be used to investigate what environmental impacts the proposed development of a new generation of floating wind farms might have ...

From 2030 on,a new study finds, producing green hydrogen in a new plant could be as much as 18% cheaper than continuing to run an existing gray hydrogen plant in five major economies around the ...

Vestas' prototype V236-15.0 MW™ has set the world record for the highest power output from a single wind turbine in a 24-hour period: 363 megawatt-hours.

The prototype was installed in December 2022 at the Østerild National Test Center for Large Wind Turbines in West Jutland, Denmark. Since then, the turbine has undergone an extensive testing and inspection program.

"Seven months into testing, we are excited to see the performance of the turbine at full power at continuously high wind. The ...

The Gersweiler wind farm features cutting-edge technologies, including an Enercon E-138 EP3 turbine with a 4.2 MW capacity and an Enercon E-160 EP5 turbine with a 5.56 MW capacity. ...

GE Vernova has announced the acquisition Greenbird Integration Technology AS, a data integration platform company focused on utilities.

GE Vernova’s Digital business today announced it has acquired Greenbird ...

Following successful tenders, the project pipeline has grown to a record level of 16.6 gigawatts. This is also reflected in the figures after the first six months of 2023.

PNE AG closed the first half of 2023 very successfully. ...

The partnership between BayWa r.e. and Atmos underscores BayWa r.e.'s dedication to fostering sustainable growth in Australia.

The Karadoc solar farm represents ...

NKT has signed an order for the offshore export power cables for the Baltic Power Offshore Wind Farm.

Now, NKT has signed the order for offshore export power cables for the Baltic ...

The bidding entity Waterkant Energy has won the rights to build a 270 MW offshore wind farm in the German North Sea.

The site N-6.7 is located in an exclusive economic zone next to a ...

Under the agreement, DeepOcean will take charge of preparatory work, transport and installations of all inter-array cables, including trenching, topside pull-ins and terminations for the initial build-out phase.

The ...

Iberdrola has chosen fellow Spanish company Windar Renovables to manufacture 21 transition pieces for the Windanker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea.

Windar Renovables has ...

Italian electricity grid operator Terna and its Tunesian counterpart Steg have signed a Grant Agreement with the European Commission for € 307 million to support the ...

RWE is repowering the Elisenhof onshore wind farm in western Germany and wants to use the old turbine components in Spain.

A breath of fresh air for the Elisenhof wind farm: RWE is modernising its wind farm in western ...

Energy and technology company Octopus Energy has teamed up with UK Power Networks, the country's largest electricity distribution network operator, to offer households free energy to help the grid exploit excess renewable power. ...

Sandbrook Capital, together with the Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) and institutional investor IMCO, is committing to invest up to 750 million US dollars in ...

The 58 turbines of the Nyaninyuk wind farm located near Ballarat will generate 330MW of clean energy.

Australia’s leading renewable energy developer, ACCIONA Energía has ...

Global EV sales reached 7.7 million units in 2022, up from 1.4 million units in 2018, and are anticipated to reach 51.6 million units in 2035, GlobalData says in a new report.

Global ...