GREECE: The Greek Regulatory Authority for Energy (RAE) has awarded 20-year contracts to sell electricity produced by seven projects successful in its first wind auction.
WORLDWIDE: Large project financings caused total investments in wind power to surge in the first half of 2018, while those in solar PV slowed, according to new figures.
UNITED STATES: A federal judge has fined Chinese turbine maker Sinovel Wind Group $1.5 million for stealing trade secrets from US technology firm AMSC.
UK: Using both met masts and remote sensing technology to measure project resources could reduce uncertainty, a consultancy has urged, instead of opting for a single-technology approach.
BRAZIL: Oil and gas giants Petrobras and Total have extended their partnership with a new memorandum of understanding to investigate wind and solar opportunities in Brazil.
MEXICO: Blade manufacturer TPI Composites will add two additional production lines at its site in Matamoros, after long-term customer Vestas exercised an option under the two companies' supply agreement.
FRANCE: Oil major Total is continuing its diversification into renewable energies, having completed an agreement to buy 73.04% of Direct Energie, France's third largest electricity supplier.
FRANCE: The offshore wind sector breathed a sigh of relief when president Emmanuel Macron announced late last month the government has reached agreement on new, lower tariffs for the six offshore projects awarded in 2012 and 2014, thus saving them from cancellation.
SWEDEN: The country's 2030 renewable energy targets will likely be met in 2021 following an expected surge in wind power installations, trade body Swedish Wind Energy Association (SWEA) has predicted.
UK: Onshore wind should be readmitted back into the contract for difference (CfD) auction scheme from the early 2020s, a new report looking at UK infrastructure has argued.
UNITED STATES: The head of the US' environment protection agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, has resigned from the role, following a scandal-hit 18 months in office.
WORLDWIDE: The EU and China are set to sign a joint statement on energy cooperation to further the global transition towards clean energy later this month, according to a leaked draft.
FRANCE: GE Renewable Energy plans to invest €46 million ($57 million) upgrading its factory at Saint-Nazaire in preparation for manufacturing its Haliade-X 12MW offshore turbine.
GERMANY: Turbine manufacturer Enercon has commenced testing on the generators for its new modular EP3 3MW platform at its facility in Aurich, northwest Germany.
SOUTH AFRICA: Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been awarded the turbine supply contract for two projects in South Africa being developed by Mainstream Renewable Power.
BELGIUM: Danish company Bladt Industries will build and install 24 foundations for the substation and 23 turbines at the 224MW Northwester 2 wind farm.
