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Enel looks to triple renewables capacity by 2030
Enel plans to invest about €70 billion in renewable energy in the next decade, boosting renewbables capacity from about 45GW at present to 120GW by 2030
Exclusive: Vestas deploys remotely operated blade-correcting installation tool
Vestas has started using a new remotely operated blade installation tool that removes the need for handheld taglines
Wind developers avoid latest German wind-solar PV tender
No wind power developer has ever been successful in Germany’s technology-neutral tenders, which pit wind and solar PV against one another
Ørsted joins flurry of offshore wind projects in South Korea
Ørsted aims to develop South Korean offshore wind projects with a potential capacity of up to 1.6GW off the coast of Incheon City
UK offshore wind to compete in own CfD tender round
The UK government hopes to award contracts to 12GW of renewable energy capacity in the next auction rounds, which are scheduled for late 2021
India and the UK break into EY's top five investment markets
Australia, India and the UK continue a march up the top table of investment markets in EY's renewable energy country attractiveness index (Recai)
Goldwind prioritises larger rotors over higher ratings to reduce LCoE
Goldwind chief engineer Endi Zhai talks to Eize de Vries about the firm’s new models and technology development advances, and how it plans to adapt to looming cuts to state support in its home market
Europe’s ‘hidden demand’ for green hydrogen could hit 1,400TWh
Demand could see the technology become mainstream in three years according to a report from a new coalition backed by WindEurope, Nordex and RWE Renewables
RWE to sell 49% stake in Humber Gateway wind farm
RWE continues its strategy of selling stakes in its offshore wind assets to fund investments in further renewable energy development
Vestas launches probe as newly installed V150 collapses in Sweden
Vestas and developer Wpd have launched investigation after a newly installed Vestas V150 turbine collapsed at a Swedish wind farm over the weekend
GE 'in talks' to set up UK offshore wind turbine factory
GE Renewable Energy is understood to be negotiating with UK government officials over a wind turbine factory in north-east England or eastern Scotland
ORE Catapult plans 3D wind turbine blade printing
The UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult will invest in prototype blade manufacturing facility that uses additive manufacturing
‘Wind turbines don’t turn forever’: Industry issues new end-of-life guidance
WindEurope has issued new guidance on dismantling onshore turbines, many thousands of which are due to be decommissioned over the next three years
‘Melting’ blades offer glimpse of recyclable future
A thermoplastic composite turbine blade could “transform” the wind industry following validation at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)
Windtech: Click-on and go device promises fast turbine evacuation
Quick access to a safe way to escape from a turbine fire is key to saving lives. Eize de Vries finds out why a new evacuation system claims to have the edge over traditional rope-based rescue solutions
Offshore blade maintenance robot wins major backing from GE
Novel remote blade maintenance technique for offshore wind farms wins accolades in an important competition organised by GE Renewable Energy and renewable energy research groups
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Explainer: The hidden costs of oil storage
With the influx of renewables on the grid in recent years and the slump in demand due to Covid-19 health crisis, the price of oil has plummeted. So is there case to be made to store up oil at these low costs for when times are hard? Or should the global pandemic be the catalyst to leaving oil in the ground? We take a look at some of the figures.
Damage control - How quickly can Biden undo Trump's climate policy?
We look at where Biden can move fast to shift focus towards renewables and where he will face battles
Insight report: The 40 most promising wind turbine designs that fell short of expectations – 6-10
Part four in our countdown of 40 key innovative wind turbines developed during the past 30 years that ultimately failed to become a success as a commercial serial product
Insight report: The 40 most promising wind turbine designs that fell short of expectations – 1-5
The final part in our countdown of 40 key innovative wind turbines developed during the past 30 years that ultimately failed to become a success as a commercial serial product
Opinion
Sector's performance during crisis gives reasons to be cheerful
There are good grounds for optimism for the future of the global wind power industry.
Editor's view: a summer marred by losses
Wind power in Europe was not looking particularly healthy even before the pandemic struck.
SGRE: picking up the turbine pace
The merger of Siemens and Gamesa was never going to be a simple affair. Two major multinational wind-turbine manufacturers pursuing separate markets with different turbine technologies might have made all kinds of sense as a business plan on paper, but threw up all manner of questions about how that could actually be achieved on the production floors and at project sites.
Repowering is key to true 'transition'
There was always something slightly dispiriting about the phrase "energy transition". It represented something sluggish and recalcitrant -- a creeping, crawling process through conferences and committees about how shifting from dirty and resource-finite sources to clean and sustainable energy could be managed in the prevailing economic and political circumstances.
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