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Enercon subsidiary probes factory fatality

By Craig Richard, 20 July 2018

GERMANY: A 28-year-old man was killed at MTA Metalltechnologie's factory in Lower Saxony on Monday.

SSE's profits fall due to lower winds

By Craig Richard, 20 July 2018

UK: Utility SSE partly blamed low output from its renewable energy projects for its expected £80 million (€89.5 million) profit shortfall.

Vattenfall posts "mixed bag" of results

By David Weston, 20 July 2018

SWEDEN: State-backed utility Vattenfall said results in the first half of 2018 were on par with the same period in 2017, as renewables "continued to grow in importance" for the company's earnings.

Seastar and Mermaid merge to form 487MW site

By Jan Dodd, 19 July 2018

BELGIUM: Two of Belgium's remaining offshore projects, Mermaid and Seastar, have been merged into a 487.2MW project known as Seamade.

Monobuckets set for Deutsche Bucht pilot

By David Weston, 19 July 2018

GERMANY: Northland Power has given the go-ahead to install two monobucket turbine foundations at the 252MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind project.

Fortum's wind unit losses fall

By David Weston, 19 July 2018

FINLAND: Developer Fortum has reported operating loss of €25 million in the first half of 2018 from its "other operations" business segment, which includes wind development.