(IN BRIEF) bp has agreed to sell its US onshore wind arm, comprising ten operating wind farms totalling 1.7 GW gross (1.3 GW net) in seven states, to LS Power. The business—including the experienced bp Wind Energy team—will join LS Power’s Clearlight Energy fleet, boosting … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged $20 billion divestment programme, 1.3 GW net capacity, 1.7 GW gross capacity, Auwahi, BP, bp Wind Energy North America, Cedar Creek 2, Clearlight Energy, Flat Ridge, Fowler Ridge, Goshen 2, low‑carbon energy, LS Power, Mehoopany, onshore wind, partnership, Paul Segal, regulatory approval, sustainability, Titan, William Lin, wind divestment
(IN BRIEF) wpd has secured a CPPA with Nomura Real Estate Development for the 7.48 MW Higashi Izu Furusato onshore wind farm in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Developed alongside GPSS Group, the project will deploy three Enercon turbines and begin operations in … Read the full press release
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Tagged Asia markets, corporate power purchase agreement, CPPA, decarbonization, Enercon turbines, GPSS Group, Hans‑Christoph Brumberg, Higashi Izu Furusato Wind Power Plant, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, NF Power Services, Nomura Real Estate Development, onshore wind, partnership, renewable energy, Shizuoka Prefecture, solar energy pipeline, sustainability, wind energy pipeline, WPD
(IN BRIEF) Iberdrola España and Renfe have signed a 10-year VPPA to supply 370 GWh per year of onshore wind energy—equivalent to a 190 MW wind farm—granting Renfe long-term price stability and advancing Spain’s green transition. The pact will cut … Read the full press release
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Tagged 10-year agreement, 370 GWh, Amazon, CO₂ reduction, David Martínez, electricity price stability, energy management roadmap, Iberdrola España, Iberdrola Group, industrial electrification, Marta Torralvo, Meta, Microsoft, onshore wind, partnership, Pexapark Renewables Market Outlook 2025, renewable energy transition, Renfe, sustainability, virtual power purchase agreement, VPPA, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) KfW IPEX-Bank is contributing EUR 140 million as co-lead arranger in a major financing package for a 350 MW wind farm in Québec, Canada, alongside several Canadian banks. The Pohénégamook-Picard-Saint-Antonin-Wolastokuk 1 (PPAW1) Energy Centre, featuring 56 Vestas turbines, … Read the full press release
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Tagged Alliance de l'énergie de l'Est, Canada renewable energy, CIBC, clean energy, community energy partnership, Desjardins Group, Dr Velibor Marjanovic, energy transition, forested hills, Green Infrastructure, Hydro-Québec, Invenergy, KfW IPEX-Bank, National Bank of Canada, onshore wind, partnership, PPAW1, Québec wind farm, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, sustainability, Vestas turbines, wind energy project
(IN BRIEF) RWE has started construction on a new 22.8 MW onshore wind farm near Papenhagen, Germany, with commissioning expected by mid-2026. The site will generate enough green electricity to power around 20,000 households. As part of a community benefit … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged energy transition, Federal Network Agency, Germany, green electricity, Grimmen, Katja Wünschel, land leasing, local communities, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, onshore wind, Papenhagen, partnership, renewable energy, RWE, sustainability, Vorpommern-Rügen, wind farm
(IN BRIEF) Equinor has established a new Power business area by integrating its renewable energy assets with flexible power solutions from its MMP division. This strategic initiative is aimed at addressing the growing global demand for electricity fueled by increased … Read the full press release
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Tagged Anders Opedal, appointment, artificial intelligence, competitive, data centers, electrification, energy storage, energy transition, Equinor, Executive Vice President, flexible power, gas to power, global demand, Helge Haugane, INNOVATION, leadership, low-carbon energy, Marketing Midstream and Processing, MMP, Net Zero Teesside, Offshore wind, onshore wind, Poland, Power business area, PWR, renewables, Solar, Strategic Realignment, sustainability, sustainable growth, Triton Power, UK, US, value creation
(IN BRIEF) At its 2025 annual event in Copenhagen, the European wind industry outlined a call to action to help Europe address growing energy security and competitiveness challenges amidst economic uncertainty and evolving energy dynamics. The industry highlighted that wind … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Annual Event 2025, auction design, Clean Industrial Deal, competitiveness, Contract for Difference, Copenhagen, electrification, energy security, European wind industry, grid build-out, Henrik Andersen, Industrial Growth, onshore wind, permitting rules, renewable energy, state aid, sustainability, wind energy, WindEurope
(IN BRIEF) NORD/LB and the EIB have launched a significant financing partnership to boost the transition to clean energy within the European Union. The collaboration will fund new small and medium-sized renewable energy projects, with targeted investments in photovoltaic systems, … Read the full press release
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Tagged battery storage, Bernhard Kluttig, clean energy, clean tech, economic growth, EIB, energy security, energy transition, European Investment Bank, European Union, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, France, Germany, Hannover Messe, Jörg Frischholz, Nicola Beer, NORD/LB, onshore wind, partnership, Photovoltaic Systems, renewable energy projects, small and medium-sized enterprises, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) The ORLEN Group has chosen Budimex as the contractor for the onshore portion of its installation terminal, designed to support offshore wind farms. Construction is set to commence in October and is expected to conclude by late 2024 … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Albania has announced the results of its first utility-scale bidder-selected site auction for onshore wind, part of the country’s third renewable energy auction. Three bidders, Total Eren, Guris, and Verbund, have been awarded a total capacity of 222.48 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged Albania, Auction, EBRD, Ekaterina Solovova, Gianpiero Nacci, Guris, onshore wind, renewable energy, Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Total Eren, VERBUND
(IN BRIEF) Germany’s onshore wind sector is experiencing a robust recovery, with approximately 1.6 GW of new capacity installed in the first half of 2023. The latest onshore wind auction awarded an additional 1.4 GW of capacity. The country’s rigorous … Read the full press release
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Tagged Germany, onshore wind, WindEurope
(IN BRIEF) RWE, the European energy company, is rapidly implementing its Growing Green strategy with substantial investments in the first quarter of 2023. The company added 4.9 GW to its green portfolio, spending €8.0 billion on acquisitions, including the Con … Read the full press release
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Tagged Biomass, Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, financial results, gas, Growing Green, Hydro, JBM Solar, Michael Müller, Offshore wind, offshore wind farms, Onshore, onshore wind, RWE, Sofia, Solar, solar energy, Thor, Wind, wind power
(IN BRIEF) Bert Nordberg, the Chair of the Board of Directors at Vestas Wind Systems A/S, will not be seeking re-election as a board member during the Annual General Meeting scheduled for April 12, 2023. Nordberg has been the Chair … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) BP has formed a joint venture with Deep Wind Offshore to develop offshore wind opportunities in South Korea. As part of the agreement, BP has acquired a 55% stake in Deep Wind Offshore’s early-stage offshore wind portfolio, which … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) FREDERICIA, 6-Dec-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Ørsted (CPH: ORSTED), a Danish leading operator of offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms, energy storage facilities, and bioenergy plants as well as the world’s most sustainable energy company, has announced a … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology
Tagged Anders Nordstrøm, Avedøre Power Station, electrolysis, green ammonia, H2RES, Idomlund, Niels Erik Madsen, onshore wind, Power-to-X, renewable energy, Renewable hydrogen, Skovgaard Energy, Solar PV, Ørsted
bp to take a 40.5% stake and operatorship of the AREH project in the Pilbara, Western Australia AREH to support development of up to 26GW of combined solar and wind power generating capacity At full scale AREH could produce 1.6 … Read the full press release
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Tagged Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, AREH, Asian Renewable Energy Hub, BP, CWP Global, equity stake, Frédéric Baudry, green ammonia, GREEN HYDROGEN, green hydrogen hubs, Green Investment Group, InterContinental Energy, Macquarie Capital, Nyangumarta people, onshore wind, Pilbara, renewable power, renewable power generation, renewables, solar power, Western Australia
bp erwirbt 40,5 % der Anteile und übernimmt die Betreiberschaft des AREH-Projekts in Pilbara, Westaustralien AREH unterstützt die Entwicklung von bis zu 26 GW kombinierter Solar- und Windkrafterzeugungskapazität Im vollen Maßstab könnte AREH 1,6 Millionen Tonnen grünen Wasserstoff oder 9 … Read the full press release
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Tagged Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath, AREH, Asian Renewable Energy Hub, BP, CWP Global, equity stake, Frédéric Baudry, green ammonia, GREEN HYDROGEN, green hydrogen hubs, Green Investment Group, InterContinental Energy, Macquarie Capital, Nyangumarta people, onshore wind, Pilbara, renewable power, renewable power generation, renewables, solar power, Western Australia
(PRESS RELEASE) BREMEN, Germany/ NEW YORK, NY, United States, 6-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd AG, a German developer and operator of wind farms on- and offshore and solar parks, has announced the sale of its wind business subsidiary wpd offshore … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News
Tagged Adebayo Ogunlesi, Björn Nullmeyer, Christian Schnibbe, GIP, Global Infrastructure Partners, IRPP, Offshore wind, onshore wind, renewables, Solar, WPD, wpd AG, wpd offshore GmbH
(COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE) BREMEN, Germany/ NEW YORK, NY, United States, 6-May-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — wpd AG, un développeur et exploitant allemand de parcs éoliens sur et parcs offshore et solaires, a annoncé la vente de sa filiale éolienne wpd offshore … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 24-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider, has announced its participation at the WindEurope Annual Event 2022 in Bilbao where more than 8,000 delegates and 300 speakers are expected to gather on … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Norway, Spain, Technology
Tagged digitalization, Ditlev Engel, DNV, energy transition, floating offshore wind, Juan Carlos Arévalo, Kim Sandgaard-Mørk, Lucy Craig, Neil Slater, onshore wind, Penda Sall, Santiago Blanco, solar energy, Spain, wind energy, wind power, WindEurope
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