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UK investment firm Downing will buy a majority stake in a 100MW wind farm in Lake Vänern for around €29 million

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

Nordex received more than 6GW of orders in 16 countries in 2020 thanks to strong demand in Q4

Vestas has removed from operation 150 turbines of its V150 turbines, following a collapsed turbine at a Swedish wind farm last year.

The Danish Energy Agency has prequalified sector giants and energy companies from across Europe to develop the up to 1GW offshore wind farm — the country's largest yet

Wind farm commissioning ramped up significantly in the US towards the end of 2020, according to Windpower Intelligence, the research and data division of Windpower Monthly

Equinor and BP have been selected to build nearly 2.5GW of offshore wind off the coast of New York, taking the US state’s total offshore commitments with the energy giants to 3.3GW

Even though new wind power additions are expected to fall sharply in 2021, wind will still account for a third of total new US generating capacity this year, government data suggest

Vestas plans to cut about 220 jobs as it integrates MHI Vestas into the company

Siemens Gamesa and its parent company aim to install an array of electrolysers inside the manufacturer's 14MW offshore wind turbine

Danish energy giant Ørsted expects to report full-year operating profit above its latest forecasts

Rapid wind power expansion must include radical changes to development, cheaper local electricity and jobs for the unemployed, according to leaders at Vattenfall, Valorem and Falck Renewables

Nordex will replace its outgoing CFO Christopher Burkhard with the head of its European business division Ilya Hartmann

The manufacturer described the associated job losses as "tough, but necessary"

German manufacturer hands over the first turbines at one of the wind farms in the Markbygden onshore wind cluster in north-east Sweden

A consortium including Ørsted, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, ITM Power and Element Energy has landed a €5 million funding boost from an EU research programme

Enel Green Power and the Qatar Investment Authority have agreed to form a new joint venture to develop wind and solar PV projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Wpd places 188MW order in Finland with the Nordex Group for turbines to supply electricity to paper company UPM through a corporate PPA

Coordinating policies and investment to support the creation of the entire green hydrogen value chain will take a vast effort but bring huge rewards, according to wind industry experts

Falck Renewables and the newly formed BlueFloat Energy plan to apply for at least one Scottish seabed lease