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HOW 5 EU COUNTRIES ARE FAST-TRACKING ONSHORE WIND TO BOOST ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
Germany, Poland and the Baltic States have suffered big economic damage from rising fossil fu...
VESTAS CEO HENRIK ANDERSEN ELECTED AS NEW WINDEUROPE CHAIR
WindEurope’s Board of Directors has elected Henrik Andersen, Group President and CEO of Ves...
BUILDING MORE WIND IS KEY TO DELIVER THE EU CLEAN INDUSTRIAL DEAL
Europe built 16.4 GW of wind energy, 13 GW in the EU, according to WindEurope’s 2024 St...
EUROPE GETS 20% OF ITS ELECTRICITY FROM WIND
Wind energy was 20% of all the electricity consumed in Europe. But Europe is not building eno...
NO OFFSHORE BIDS IN DENMARK - DISAPPOINTING BUT NOT SURPRISING
Denmark’s latest 3 GW offshore wind auction round ended without any bids. That’s a hu...
NORTH SEAS COUNTRIES SET OUT VISION ON WIND SUPPLY CHAIN AND GRID BUILD-OUT
The Energy Ministers of the 9 North Seas countries held their annual meeting today in Odense, Den...
GERMANY ACTS TO ENSURE LEVEL PLAYING FIELD AND DATA SECURITY IN WIND ENERGY
The German Economy and Energy Ministry issued a five-point Action Plan today to address current c...
UK AWARDS 5.3 GW OF NEW OFFSHORE WIND AND 990 MW OF NEW ONSHORE WIND
The UK has announced the results of its latest auction for new wind farms (AR6). 6.3 GW of new...
EIB ACTIVATES FIRST TRANCHE OF COUNTER-GUARANTEE FACILITY
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced it will provide a €500mn counter-guarantee ...
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS NEEDED TO UNBLOCK GRID CAPACITY
Getting access to the electricity grid is now the number one bottleneck to deploying renewables a...
NEGATIVE BIDDING CONTINUES TO BURDEN OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT
Germany and the Netherlands have recently issued the results of their latest offshore wind auctio...
ROMANIA MOVES TOWARDS ENERGY INDEPENDENCE
The Romanian Parliament adopts the country’s first Offshore Wind Energy Law This bil...
BALTIC SEA COUNTRIES PLEDGE CLOSER COLLABORATION
The Energy Ministers of 8 Baltic Sea countries - Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, L...
REBOUND IN WIND ENERGY FINANCING IN 2023
Investments in wind energy in Europe more than doubled in 2023 compared to 2022, driven by record...
GOVERNMENT AND WIND INDUSTRY SIGN SPANISH WIND CHARTER
At WindEurope’s Annual Event 2024 in Bilbao, Spain’s Minister for the Ecological Tran...
WINDEUROPE AND AZERBAIJAN JOIN FORCES TO ACCELERATE WIND ENERGY
On 1 March WindEurope and the Azerbaijan Renewable Energy Agency signed a Memorandum of Understan...
UPTAKE IN PERMITTING AND INVESTMENTS BRINGS 2030 WIND TARGET WITHIN REACH
WindEurope’s annual statistics and seven-year outlook published today show the EU wind ...
WIND ENERGY PERMITTING IS IMPROVING BUT GOVERNMENTS STILL HAVE WORK TO DO
Permitting remains a bottlenecks to the expansion wind energy in Europe. However, things are ...
NET ZERO INDUSTRY ACT THREATENS TO BE A BACKWARD STEP FOR EUROPE’S WIND INDUSTRY
Wind is 19% of the electricity consumed in Europe. Nearly all of Europe’s wind turbines are...
EUROPE INSTALLS RECORD-BREAKING 4.2 GW OF OFFSHORE WIND IN 2023
Europe’s offshore wind industry brought online a record 4.2 GW of new capacity in 2023 and ...
EUROPE SETS COURSE FOR COOPERATION ON CROSS-BORDER OFFSHORE GRIDS
Today the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) published E...
RECORD INVESTMENTS IN NEW OFFSHORE WIND IN EUROPE
Things are looking up again for offshore wind in Europe. 2023 saw a record 4.2 GW of new offshore...
EU GOVERNMENTS TO TAKE URGENT ACTIONS OUTLINED IN THE WIND POWER PACKAGE
In October the European Commission published the Wind Power Package: 15 immediate actions to stre...
GETTING AUCTION DESIGN RIGHT WILL MAKE OR BREAK THE NET ZERO INDUSTRY ACT
This week the EU Member States agreed on their position for the upcoming negotiations with the Eu...
REPOWERING WIND FARMS: A MAJOR OPPORTUNITY FOR EUROPE
WindEurope’s annual “End of Life Issues and Strategies” event (EoLIS 2023) show...
NORTH SEAS ENERGY MINISTERS ENDORSE WIND POWER PACKAGE
In the presence of His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands the 10 Energy Ministers o...
WIND POWER PACKAGE: GAME-CHANGER FOR EUROPE’S ENERGY SECURITY
In her State of the Union speech in September 2023 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen h...
NO ENERGY TRANSITION WITHOUT EXPANDED ELECTRICITY GRID
Europe needs to invest more in its electricity grids. It needs to accelerate the build-out of tra...
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTE SENDS STRONG POSITIVE SIGNAL FOR RENEWABLES INVESTMENTS
Today the European Parliament's Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) formally ag...
GERMAN OFFSHORE AUCTIONS AWARD 7 GW OF NEW WIND
Today Germany announced the results of its biggest offshore wind auction to date. 7 GW of new cap...
NZIA: ACT NOW OR EUROPE’S WIND TURBINES WILL BE MADE IN CHINA
The EU wants to massively expand renewables and strengthen Europe’s clean energy supply cha...
EU LEADERS TO AGREE RAPID BUILD-OUT OF OFFSHORE WIND IN THE NORTH SEAS
Nine Heads of State & Government and the President of the EU Commission meet today in Ostend ...
REVISED EU RENEWABLES DIRECTIVE SET TO SPEED UP WIND PERMITTING
After 18 months of political negotiations the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and ...
EUROPE INVESTED €17BN IN NEW WIND IN 2022, THE LOWEST SINCE 2009
Europe invested just €17bn in new wind farms in 2022. That’s down from €41bn in 2...
EUROPE NEEDS STRONGER WIND SUPPLY CHAIN AND CLEAR INVESTMENT SIGNALS
The European Commission is preparing a Net Zero Industry Act and changes to Europe’s Electr...
EU GOALS FOR NEW WIND IS FALLING BEHIND TARGET
The EU built only 16 GW new wind in 2022: must restore investor confidence and ramp up supply...
PAUSE TO DANISH OFFSHORE WIND SCHEME IS ABSURD
The Danish Government has put on hold Denmark’s "open door" offshore wind develop...
INVESTMENTS IN WIND ENERGY ARE DOWN
Investments in wind energy in Europe fell in 2022. Orders for new wind turbines were down 47% on ...
EU WIND INSTALLATIONS UP BY A THIRD DESPITE CHALLENGING YEAR FOR SUPPLY CHAIN
The EU installed 15 gigawatts (GW) of new wind farms in 2022. That’s one third more than 20...
THE UK RE-ENGAGES WITH THE NORTH SEAS ENERGY COOPERATION
The United Kingdom (UK) is re-engaging with the North Seas Energy Cooperation (NSEC). At a signin...
EUROPE TAKES EMERGENCY MEASURES TO REMOVE PERMITTING BOTTLENECKS FOR RENEWABLES
Europe takes emergency measures to remove permitting bottlenecks for renewables The European Com...
NEW WIND TURBINE ORDERS STALLING; EUROPEAN RENEWABLES TARGETS AT RISK
Wind turbine orders in Q3 2022 fell by 36% compared with Q3 2021. Europe urgently needs to solve ...
BALTIC SEA COUNTRIES SIGN DECLARATION FOR MORE COOPERATION IN OFFSHORE WIND
On 30 August 2022 the Heads of Governments and Energy Ministers of the 8 countries around the Bal...
SWEDEN IS MAKING UP LOST GROUND ON OFFSHORE WIND
Over the last few months the Swedish Government has made important announcements on offshore wind...
NEGATIVE BIDDING IN GERMAN OFFSHORE WIND LAW THREATENS SUPPLY CHAIN
The German Parliament has adopted a new Offshore Wind Law (WindSeeG). It makes important changes ...
10 GW OF NEW WIND FARMS A YEAR: GERMAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS NEW ONSHORE WIND LAW
The German Parliament has adopted a new Onshore Wind Law (WindLandG) which aims to expand onshore...
EU ENERGY MINISTERS ENDORSE FASTER PERMITTING OF RENEWABLES
The EU Energy Ministers have agreed their position on changes to the Renewable Energy Directive a...
TIME TO ACCELERATE RENEWABLE HYDROGEN AND REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS
Today, CEOs from leading companies across the value chain, top EU decision-makers, and hundreds o...
NORTH SEA OFFSHORE WIND TO HELP REPOWER THE EU
Today European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen participated in an Offshore Wind Summit ...
EUROPE INVESTED €41BN IN NEW WIND FARMS IN 2021
WindEurope has published its annual Finance and Investment Trends report. It shows investor confi...
THE US IS ABOUT TO BUILD LOTS OF OFFSHORE WIND – WHAT CAN IT LEARN FROM EUROPE?
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson moderated the US-EU Energy Council High-Level Business Forum on Offs...
UK ENERGY STRATEGY FURTHER INCREASES OFFSHORE TARGETS, LEAVES DOOR OPEN FOR O...
Last week the United Kingdom presented its new Energy Strategy. It is heavily influenced by the R...
WINDEUROPE ELECTS SVEN UTERMÖHLEN OF RWE RENEWABLES AS ITS NEW CHAIR
WindEurope’s Board of Directors has elected Sven Utermöhlen, CEO Offshore Wind at RWE ...
MESSY PERMITTING LEADS TO YET ANOTHER UNDERSUBSCRIBED WIND AUCTION IN ITALY
Italy has published the results of its latest renewables auction. 3300 MW was on offer, including...
WIND ENERGY DIGITALISATION DRIVES COSTS DOWN AND YIELDS UP
Digitalisation is playing an increasingly big role in wind energy but the industry has yet to...
EUROPEAN WIND INDUSTRY REINFORCES SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENTS
On 4-5 November the European wind industry meets in Brussels for WindEurope’s End-of-Life I...
THE EU NEEDS TO TAKE AMBITIOUS ACTION TO REACH ITS RENEWABLE HYDROGEN TARGETS
On 29 September the first ever Renewable Hydrogen Summit took place online. As well as ...
SPANISH MEASURES ON ELECTRICITY UNDERMINE EU GREEN DEAL
The Spanish Government has introduced a new charge on wind farms and other non-polluting power pl...
WINDEUROPE LAUNCHES EDUCATIONAL HUB TO TACKLE SKILLS GAP
Wind energy now employs 1.2 million people globally. But the transition from fossil fuels to rene...
THE EU COMMISSION WANTS 30 GW A YEAR OF NEW WIND UP TO 2030
The European Commission has tabled the Fit-for-55 package, a series of legislative proposals to d...
WINDEUROPE LAUNCHES “WINDFLIX”, AN ON-DEMAND WIND ENERGY VIDEO PLATFORM
After the success of last year’s WindTV, WindEurope is launching "WindFlix", a ne...
WIND INDUSTRY CALLS FOR EUROPE-WIDE BAN ON LANDFILLING TURBINE BLADES
Today WindEurope called for a Europe-wide landfill ban on decommissioned wind turbine blades by 2...
WIND-BASED ELECTRIFICATION WILL DRIVE EUROPE TO NET ZERO
Electrification is the most cost-effective way to decarbonise Europe’s economy according to...
UPSCALING EUROPE’S PORT INFRASTRUCTURE CRITICAL FOR OFFSHORE WIND DEVELOPMENT
Ports are key to offshore wind development. To deliver the offshore wind expansion set out in...
MONEY POURING INTO WIND, BUT ARE THERE ENOUGH PROJECTS OUT THERE?
Europe invested €43bn in new wind farms in 2020, the second highest annual amount on record....
INNOVATIONS IN FLOATING WIND TECHNOLOGIES KEY TO FUTHER COST REDUCTIONS
Floating offshore wind is maturing and has performed significant cost reductions over the past ye...
WIND IS NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH FOR EU ECONOMY TO GO CLIMATE-NEUTRAL
Europe installed 14.7 GW of new wind energy in 2020. 80% of this was onshore wind. Europe now...
WIND IS NOT GROWING FAST ENOUGH FOR EU ECONOMY TO GO CLIMATE-NEUTRAL
Europe installed 14.7 GW of new wind energy in 2020. 80% of this was onshore wind. Europe now has...
EUROPE INVESTS A RECORD €26BN IN OFFSHORE WIND
Despite COVID constraints, Europe confirmed a record amount of €26.3bn of investments in new...
ONSHORE WIND ENERGY SCORES LOWEST EVER PRICE UNDER NEW SPANISH AUCTION DESIGN
Spain auctioned a total of 3 GW of renewable energy capacity in its January 2021 tender. The ...
OFFSHORE WIND IN EUROPE: KEY TRENDS AND STATISTICS
Date: Thursday, 11 February Time: 11:00-12:00 CET Looking for an update on the offshore wind ...
EUROPEAN ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE MUST PRIORITISE RENEWABLES
WindEurope criticises the TEN-E revision presented today by the European Commission. The Commissi...
WINDEUROPE ELECTS ANDREAS NAUEN, SIEMENS GAMESA CHIEF, AS NEW CHAIRMAN
WindEurope’s Board of Directors has elected Andreas Nauen, CEO of Siemens Gamesa Renewable ...
RENEWABLE HYDROGEN COALITION WILL POSITION EUROPE AS WORLD-LEADER ON RENEWABL...
The new coalition will support and accelerate the uptake of renewable hydrogen solutions in Europ...
INDUSTRY READY TO DELIVER ON EU’S PLAN FOR 25-FOLD INCREASE IN OFFSHORE WIND
WindEurope welcomes the Offshore Renewable Energy Strategy presented by the European Commission t...
UK GOVERNMENTS TO DELIVER THE EXPANSION OF ONSHORE WIND NEEDED FOR THE GREEN ...
Europe wants to be climate neutral by 2050. And onshore wind will play a central role in that. Ac...
EACH NEW WIND TURBINE INSTALLED IN EUROPE GENERATES €10M OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
Wind energy is 300,000 jobs in Europe and contributes €37bn to EU GDP every year according t...
EIGHT GOVERNMENTS PLEDGE TO KICKSTART OFFSHORE WIND IN THE BALTIC SEA
At an Offshore Wind Conference, hosted by the Polish Wind Energy Association (PSEW), high-level r...
WINDEUROPE ELECTS PHILIPPE KAVAFYAN, MHI VESTAS OFFSHORE WIND CEO, AS NEW CHA...
WindEurope’s Board of Directors has elected Philippe Kavafyan, CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore W...
CLARITY AND VISIBILITY ON AUCTIONS KEY TO UNLOCK TURKEY’S ONSHORE WIND POTENTIAL
On 27 August WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson joined a panel with IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol ...
RESILIENT WIND INDUSTRY DELIVERS 17% OF EUROPE'S ELECTRICITY, PROVES SMART BE...
The new WindEurope publication “The impact of COVID-19 on Europe’s wind sector”...
EU ENERGY SYSTEM INTEGRATION AND HYDROGEN STRATEGIES: NO CLIMATE NEUTRALITY W...
With today’s presentation of the EU Energy System Integration Strategy and the EU Hydrogen ...
A RENEWABLES-BASED EU HYDROGEN STRATEGY CAN ENSURE SUCCESS OF GREEN RECOVERY
Ahead of the EU Energy System Integration Strategy and the EU Hydrogen Strategy, organisations hi...
THE BIRTH OF OFFSHORE WIND IN POLAND
On 1 July 2020 representatives of the Polish government and Polish wind energy industry signed a ...
IRELAND FORMS HISTORIC NEW GOVERNMENT - PROMISING A "REVOLUTION" IN RENEWABLES
After long and difficult political discussions, Ireland has succeeded in forming a new government...
A ROBUST WIND AND SOLAR INDUSTRY – AT THE CORE OF THE EUROPEAN GREEN DEAL
On 25 June WindEurope and SolarPower Europe joined forces for EU Sustainable Energy Week to host ...
UNLOCK CORPORATE SOURCING OF RENEWABLES TO DELIVER A CLEANER, STRONGER EU, SA...
The EU has the opportunity to lead the world in a green economic recovery after COVID-19, says a ...
EU RECOVERY STRATEGY TO BOOST RENEWABLE ENERGIES AND GREEN TECHNOLOGIES
This week the European Commission tabled its long-awaited “Recovery Strategy”. It&rsq...
CROSS-SECTOR INDUSTRY PLATFORM OUTLINES BEST STRATEGIES FOR THE RECYCLING OF ...
WindEurope, the European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) and the European Composites Industry A...
RENEWABLE HYDROGEN IS KEY TO UNLOCKING THE COMPLETE DECARBONISATION OF EUROPE...
Today eight industry leading companies, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope have launched “Cho...
SOLVING PERMITTING ISSUES IS KEY TO ITALY’S POST COVID-19 GREEN RECOVERY
WindEurope recently attended an online Parliamentary Workshop organised by the European Forum...
EUROPEAN COMMISSION UNVEILS INDUSTRIAL STRATEGY TO HELP MEET CLIMATE GOALS
This week the European Commission presented its European Industrial Strategy which aims to bo...
EUROPE INSTALLS A RECORD 3.6 GW OF OFFSHORE WIND IN 2019
Europe installed 3.6 GW of new offshore wind capacity in 2019, according to statistics released t...
WIND ENERGY READY TO HELP DELIVER EUROPE’S GREEN DEAL INVESTMENT PLAN
The European Commission unveiled today its Sustainable Europe Investment Plan, the financial pill...
BOOSTING R&D FOR WIND ENERGY IS KEY TO EUROPE'S GREEN DEAL
Targeted Research & Innovation is needed to accelerate the large-scale deployment of cost-com...
THE EU'S BIG GOALS FOR OFFSHORE WIND ARE ACHIEVABLE
The EU Commission’s big goals for offshore wind – between 230 and 450 GW by 2050 &nda...
EUROPE INSTALLS 4.9 GW OF NEW WIND ENERGY CAPACITY IN FIRST HALF OF 2019
Europe added 4.9 GW of new wind energy capacity in the first half of 2019, according to figures r...
EUROPE INVESTED €27BN IN NEW WIND FARMS IN 2018
Europe invested €27bn in new wind farms in 2018, which will finance a record amount of f...
WINDEUROPE ELECTS VATTENFALL WIND CHIEF, GUNNAR GROEBLER, AS NEW CHAIR
WindEurope’s Board of Directors has elected Gunnar Groebler – Senior Vice President, ...
WIND NOW PROVIDES 14% OF EUROPE'S ELECTRICITY
Wind energy provided 14% of the EU’s electricity last year, up from 12% in 2017, according ...
CORPORATE WIND ENERGY PPAS ARE BOOMING
Companies around Europe have now signed nearly 5 GW of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with wind...
MAJOR ENTSO-E REPORT SUPPORTS FURTHER ELECTRIFICATION OF EUROPE’S ENERGY MIX
On 22 January WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson spoke at an event organised by ENTSO-E (the associatio...
RESTRICTIONS ON STEEL IMPORTS COULD JEOPARDISE THE EU'S 2030 RENEWABLES TARGET
EU countries will discuss tomorrow a proposal from the European Commission on protective measures...
WINDEUROPE PRESSES ECONOMIC CASE FOR WIND ENERGY IN EU-UZBEKISTAN ENERGY COOP...
On 14 December WindEurope took part in the EU-Republic of Uzbekistan energy cooperation meeting i...
ONSHORE WIND PERFORMS WELL IN DANISH MULTI-TECHNOLOGY AUCTION
Onshore wind secured 165 MW in this week’s multi-technology auction in Denmark. The auc...
POLAND’S NEW ENERGY STRATEGY TO ALMOST PHASE OUT ONSHORE WIND
Poland this week revealed details of its draft energy strategy to 2040. It plans to increa...
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT GIVES FINAL GREEN LIGHT TO NEW EU 32% RENEWABLE ENERGY TA...
The European Parliament this week gave its final approval for a binding EU-wide renewable energy ...
GERMANY REACHES POLITICAL AGREEMENT ON ADDITIONAL ONSHORE WIND VOLUMES
The German government has reached a political agreement on an additional 4 GW of onshore wind by ...
POLISH WIND BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT AFTER LOCAL ELECTIONS
Wind energy continues breaking new ground in Poland. After a dormant period, things are looking u...
WORLD’S SECOND FLOATING OFFSHORE WIND FARM GETS EU FINANCE BOOST
The European Investment Bank today announced a €60m loan to help fund the world’s seco...
WIND ENERGY TO CONTINUE TO GROW OVER NEXT FIVE YEARS BUT CLOUDS ON THE HORIZON
Wind energy in Europe is on track for solid growth over the next five years. But policy uncer...
EXPLORING THE PROSPECTS FOR OFFSHORE WIND IN NORWAY
WindEurope was at the Offshore Northern Seas (ONS 2018) event in Stavanger this week to promote t...