COVID-19
RSS feedAs the Coronavirus (Covid-19) epidemic disrupts everyday life around the world, stay up to date with how the wind industry is coping with our latest coverage.
Covid-19 update: WindEnergy Hamburg goes digital
How the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is impacting the industry's 2020 goals.
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Macquarie buys one of Europe's largest wind farms
Macquarie will acquire a 600MW onshore wind farm, plus an energy distribution network, electricity and gas supply business, and 22MW of hydropower capacity
Insight Report: French wind passes coronavirus 'stress test'
Sector shrugs off H1 installation drop and hopes for 'ripple effect' as stimulus package homes in on energy transition
Wind to play central role in Spain’s economic recovery plans
Roughly 100 delegates attended the Spanish Wind Energy Association’s (AEE) fifth annual congress in person with over 200 joining online, due to Covid restrictions
Read Windpower Monthly online
November's edition of Windpower Monthly - a special report into wind turbine technology - published in a digital format due to Covid-19 restrictions in the UK.
Iberdrola buys US utility as profits rise
Iberdrola announced the deal alongside its results for the first nine months of the year, which showed an increase in net profit, adjusted Ebitda and investment in renewables
US bill targets 25GW of offshore wind by 2030
First national US target for offshore wind energy production set at 12.5GW by 2025 and 25GW by 2030 as Democrats push for change in the final weeks of the presidential election
Goldwind unveils onshore turbines at conference amid pandemic
Goldwind launched two new onshore wind turbines – the GW165-3.6/4.0MW and GW165-5.XMW – at China Wind Power 2020 conference in Beijing
WindEurope hammers out eight-point plan to realise national ambitions
Report addresses challenges for Europe's leaders over the looming 73GW shortfall from their climate change pledges to reach 397GW of wind by 2030
Germany seeks fix for ageing fleet
Government and industry have begun talks about what to do with 16GW of onshore wind capacity due to exit Germany's old support scheme by 2025
Covid-19 delays hit Nordex's Q3 order book
Manufacturer blames 27% slump in orders on continued delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic
Right Covid-19 response can set course to net-zero
Limiting global warming will need a massive rollout of renewables and increased power system flexibility. This can only happen with the help of the right energy policies
Turbine order recovery continues in Q3 following Covid-19 slump
Each of the five largest western turbine manufacturers recorded more firm onshore turbine deals in Q3 2020 than in the previous quarter and even in the same period a year ago, according to Windpower Intelligence
Wind to play central role in Spain's post-Covid recovery
Wind sector presents €1.17 billion plan to push technology and kick-start economic recovery
European renewable energy demand reaches record levels amid pandemic
Business and industry increasingly keen to show they are using renewable energy and where it is coming from
Six 100MW-plus projects come online in September
Project commissioning activity continued despite the coronavirus pandemic last month
Negative power pricing peaks in Europe during coronavirus
Negative pricing occurs when the market can not use as much power as is generated, and means that consumers are being paid to use power, and generators are being charged to produce it
'The technology works': How wind will fill the power gap
DNV GL CEO and wind industry veteran Ditlev Engel talks exclusively to Windpower Monthly about learning the lessons from the pandemic's effect on clean energy production
Why half of oil and gas workers are looking to offshore wind
Offshore wind and renewables were the most popular choices for a potential career change among UK offshore oil and gas workers in a new survey
Covid-19 Insight Report: Spain
Resurging sector proves resilient in hard hit Spain
Covid-19 Insight Report: Poland
Government support helps industry carry on and grow, but some call for higher targets
Covid-19 Insight Report: Italy
Covid-19 slows installations and maintenance, but manufacturing and tenders carry on
Insight report: Latin American wind sector hit by Covid-19 and debt
Some countries badly hit by virus and debt, but region's longer-term prospects look strong
Insight report: Indian wind sector 'robust' beyond Covid-19
Lockdown hits manufacturing and installations, but government push to meet 60GW target raises hopes
Special report: US election key for wind beyond Covid-19
Another strong year for wind is well under way, but the future of the industry will only become clear after November's election
How wind rode the first wave
We look at how some of wind power's major markets have coped with the virus to date, and their plans and policies for pushing development of the sector in the drive to cut carbon emissions and counter global heating
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