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Austria EIB backs Austrian repowering project - Enefit Green makes Finnish market entry
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Mainstream selects leadership team - Plans for 1.1GW Australian offshore wind
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Brookfield hires ex-Bank of England chief - Vestas secures Finnish order
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UK wind record broken - New Amazon project in Ireland
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Siemens Gamesa appoints new US service CEO - Nordex signs deal for eight turbines
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Japan Jera planning 520MW offshore wind farm - Foresight acquires two operational wind farms
German offshore wind industry demands action after expansion slows
Industry groups claim a recent lack of activity in the German offshore wind sector had led to job losses and company closures
US set to rejoin Paris Climate Agreement under Biden
Rejoining the Paris climate agreement was among the first executive orders rolled out by Joe Biden on his first day in office
Danish wind energy island moves step closer
Grid operators in Germany and Denmark sign agreement to evaluate options for building a 2GW energy island in the Baltic Sea
Turbine Technology
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Spain Acciona researching Spanish offshore wind-solar-green hydrogen hybrid
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‘Stunning’ test results offer longer lifetime hope for offshore wind foundations
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United States Congress approves tax credits boost for US wind
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United Kingdom GE boosts Haliade-X to 14MW for third Dogger Bank site
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Netherlands RWE and Equinor back ‘groundbreaking’ NortH2 green hydrogen project
Policy latest
Offshore wind spending reaches record high in 2020
A surge of offshore wind farm finance in 2020 set an all time record for the sector, smashing the old benchmark by more than 56%, new findings show
Massachusetts governor vetoes higher offshore wind target
A climate bill that would have raised the state’s offshore wind target by an additional 2.4GW has been stymied by the governor on the grounds that cutting emissions by an extra 5% in the next ten years would cost $6 billion
Massachusetts to increase offshore wind target
A new Massachusetts bill would raise its offshore wind target by an additional 2.4GW
Contracts
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Portugal EDP Renewables establishes new leadership team
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Norway Equinor offshore wind boss leaves for Aker Solutions
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Brazil South America takes biggest share of December onshore wind orders
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Ireland Aker Horizons to take control of Mainstream Renewable Power
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United States RWE sells further stakes in Texas portfolio
Tenders & investments
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Looking back on 2020 – Part 5: Politicians pledge green post-Covid recovery
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Denmark Six groups join race for Denmark's Thor offshore wind farm
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United States Equinor and BP victorious in New York offshore wind tender
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United Kingdom Falck and BlueFloat Energy eye Scottish offshore wind
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China Onshore wind operators face hit from grid parity in China
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