Wind Energy

$757M Raised At Maiden Offshore Wind Auction In California

Developers contributed a combined $757 million during a two-day auction to decide who would build the first-ever offshore wind farms off the coast of California. On December 6 and 7, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management held an auction for...

UK Government To Abolish Onshore Windfarm Ban In A U-Turn

The UK government has reversed course on its ban on onshore wind and now says that turbines could be constructed, provided local populations accept the projects. In order to better understand how councils can show local support and respond to...

In 2021, Irish Wind Farms Gave €4.3mn To Local Communities

According to Wind Energy Ireland's annual Building Communities report, local projects in the area received more than €4.3 million in funding from wind farms last year through community benefit funds. This represents a rise of more than €300,000 from...

Nine New Countries Sign Up for Global Offshore Wind Alliance at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh

COP27 has seen nine new countries including Belgium, Colombia, Germany, Ireland, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK, the US join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), pledging to a rapid ramp up of offshore wind in order to tackle...

ABO Wind connects first wind farm in Poland

For the first time, ABO Wind has connected a wind farm in Poland to the grid. The nine Siemens Gamesa SG114 wind turbines have a total output of 20 MW and supply as much green electricity as approximately 15...

Europe’s latest wind offshore auction mainly using non-price criteria is a success

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) published the results of “Site VII” of the Hollandse Kust West (HKW) tender. It is the latest big auction using non-price criteria. Oranje Wind Power II, a subsidiary of RWE, won the auction. They...

9 Nations Agree To Grow Offshore Wind To 380 GW By 2030

At the UN-Conference of Parties (UN-COP27) climate summit, nine additional nations joined a global coalition and pledged to rapidly expand offshore wind power in order to address the climate and energy security issues. In September 2022, the International Renewable Energy...

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