1.4 GW offshore wind announced in Germany with zero public financial support

On 13 April, the German network regulator announced the results of the first offshore wind auction in Germany.

WindEurope explores synergies between wind and hydrogen energy

On March 22nd, WindEurope joined forces with the hydrogen community to hold a joint technical workshop exploring synergies between wind power and hydrogen energy.

WindEurope welcomed announcement made by Tennet and Energinet.dk at the North Seas Forum on their collaboration to develop the electricity grid offshore, and calls for joint action between industry and TSOs to make it successful.

Yesterday, Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope, took part in a hearing at the European Parliament on the proposed Renewable Energy Directive (RED).

Last week Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope, opened the Floating Offshore Wind Energy event in Marseille. His keynote focused on the industry’s vision to maintain European technological leadership in offshore in the coming decades.

WindEurope talks auctions for South East Europe

WindEurope participated in a one-day workshop on auctions organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Energy Community Secretariat in Vienna.

WindEurope wins “Overall Best European Association” at the European Association Awards 2017

WindEurope is honoured to have won the award for the Overall Best European Association at the European Association Awards 2017.

Wind generates enough to cover Denmark’s entire power demand on Wednesday

Denmark produced enough wind power yesterday (Wed 23 Feb) to cover all of its power needs.

Wind accounted for 51% of all new power installations in 2016, connecting a total of 12.5 GW to the grid across the 28 EU Member States – 10.923 MW in onshore and 1,567 MW offshore.

WindEurope launches Daily Wind Power Numbers

Today, WindEurope launches a unique digital platform in the presence of European Commission Vice-President Šefcovic.

WindEurope welcomes European Commission’s State of the Energy Union address

WindEurope welcomes today’s State of the Energy Union address from Maroš Šefcovic, Vice President for the European Commission in charge of Energy Union.

Europe added 1.5GW of offshore wind in 2016; record €18 billion invested

Europe installed 1,558 MW of new offshore wind in 2016 with cumulative capacity reaching 12,631 MW.

Giles Dickson met with Sweden’s Minister for Policy Coordination and Energy, Ibrahim Baylan, and Charlotte Unger, CEO of the Swedish Wind Energy Association, to discuss energy policy in Europe.

New Chief Policy Officer for WindEurope

Pierre Tardieu succeeds Kristian Ruby

EU’s Environment Committee passed a series of changes to the Emissions Trading System

WindEurope welcomes ENVI Committee vote to reform ETS as a step in the right direction

WindEurope welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to invest €2 billion in clean energy research and innovation over the 2018-2020 period.

Renewable energy accounts for 18% of primary energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Joint Undertaking yesterday.

WindEurope CEO underscores need for strong governance on EU’s 2030 package

The wind industry must engage with EU member states to ensure they set out ambitious plans for renewables after 2020, said WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson.

Kriegers Flak project demonstrates rapidly falling costs for offshore wind

Vattenfall has won a tender to build the 600MW offshore Kriegers Flak project in Denmark for a new record price of €49.9/MWh.

WindEurope applauds Turkish wind ambition

WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson addressed the annual Turkish Wind Energy Congress in Ankara on 2 November.

Energy intensive industries benefit financially from investments in the European wind industry, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson said at a BusinessEurope event yesterday.

WindEurope hosts workshop with military and defence experts

Defence experts attended a workshop at WindEurope’s offices this week to discuss how wind farms and military aviation can coexist and operate side by side.

WindEurope highlights merits of auctions in reducing offshore wind costs

WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson addressed the annual conference of the Swedish Wind Energy Association (Svensk Windenergi) in Stockholm this week.

Europe can integrate a larger share of renewables into the power system provided policymakers take significant steps to overhaul electricity markets, a new report finds.

European Commission Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic met with 11 chief technical officers from the wind industry last week at the WindEurope Summit 2016 in Hamburg.

WE CEO Giles Dickson has addressed the autumn conference of the Irish Wind Energy Association. He said Ireland was a model for the rest of Europe in how it was successfully integrating very high shares of wind energy in the electricity mix. And in how it was using corporate PPAs to reinforce long-term price signals for wind investments.

The WindEurope Summit conference session on corporate renewable power purchase agreements in Europe explored the changing models in the energy business. Finance experts and non-industrial investors from Google, ING and BT exchanged views on the potential of corporate renewable PPAs, electricity procurement and the challenges that come with such transactions.

On the occasion of his state of the Energy Union address in Strasbourg two weeks ago, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed to double the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and double its financial capacity.

WindEurope CEO says oil and gas sector future in offshore wind

WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at the annual Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) event in Stavanger, a major gathering of the offshore oil and gas sector last week.

The Port of Oostende and renewable terminal operator REBO invites the offshore wind industry to convene on 7 September in a forum to encourage ports to work together on offshore wind deployment.