Siemens Energy ‘fired engineers behind faulty onshore wind turbines’ – chair
Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch has dismissed engineers behind Siemens Gamesa’s faulty 4.X and 5.X onshore wind models, the chair
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Wind Energy
Analysis: Why is slow US wind growth set to continue despite the IRA?
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), introduced by President Biden in 2022, has been hailed by senior industry figures as a
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‘Worst is over’ for wind turbine giant Siemens Gamesa – parent company’s chair
The “worst is over” for Siemens Gamesa after widespread failures with its flagship onshore wind turbines caused billion-euro losses, the
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Iberdrola and Norway’s oil fund double down on renewables in Spain and Portugal
Spanish electricity giant Iberdrola and Norway’s oil-based sovereign wealth fund have doubled their ambitions for new wind and solar projects
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Vestas and WindEurope call for ‘crucial’ wind auction reforms
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas and industry body WindEurope have called for reforms to the way wind power auctions are
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German onshore wind auction recovery ‘can drive continuous expansion’ – Nordex
Nordex credited the apparent recovery of the German onshore wind market with turbine orders in its home market increasing by
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Record EU wind installations ‘not enough’ to hit climate targets – WindEurope
A record 17GW of new wind power capacity was built in EU member states in 2023, but this is only
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COP28 triple-renewables goal ‘still in reach’ despite wind power struggles — IEA report
The COP28 target of tripling renewables capacity in a bid to head off the worst impacts of the climate crisis
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New podcast: Can blade recycling unlock sustainable wind energy?
In the latest edition of the Wind Power podcast, Lisa Ekstrand, head of sustainability at Vestas, joins Carbon Rivers’ chief
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Seatrium suffers NY offshore wind substation cancellation blow
The cancellation follows a decision by project developers Equinor and BP to scrap their offshore wind renewable energy certificate (Orec)
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Vestas blade snaps at RWE offshore wind farm in UK North Sea
A 20-metre section of a blade has broken off a Vestas turbine at an RWE wind farm in the UK
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