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LATEST NEWS Vineyard delay poses 'no risk' of termination for PPAs: Avangrid CEO Climate groups tell 'no future' oil companies to get real about energy transition 'Offshore wind is a golden opportunity Australia can't afford to miss' Berkshire-owned US state utility to reach 'wind self-sufficiency' in 2021: Buffett EDF plans vast hydrogen production at UK nuclear plants Germany softens plan for 1km onshore wind distance rule New batteries, heat pumps and green hydrogen to supercharge energy transition's 'second phase' India boost for GE Renewable Energy as EDF wind farm places big order 'The Trump administration's true intentions toward offshore wind are not so clear' Investment push needed for EU to hit net-zero by 2050 will be 'hugely profitable'

EXCLUSIVE

EDF plans vast hydrogen production at UK nuclear plants

Berkshire-owned US state utility to reach 'wind self-sufficiency' in 2021: Buffett

Vineyard delay poses 'no risk' of termination for PPAs: Avangrid CEO

Germany softens plan for 1km onshore wind distance rule

New batteries and green hydrogen to drive energy transition's 'second phase'

OPINION

'Trump administration's true intentions toward offshore wind aren't so clear'

India boost for GE Renewable Energy as EDF wind farm places big order

OPINION

'Offshore wind is a golden opportunity Australia can't afford to miss'

GE 'must do better in onshore wind' says group CEO Culp

World-first offshore wind mono-bucket trial may be scrapped

Climate groups tell 'no future' oil companies to get real about energy transition

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In Depth

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Quarantine, red-tape and face masks: inside China's coronavirus-hit wind industry

New heavyweights tipped for Taiwan offshore wind debut in next 10GW wave

ANALYSIS

'Boris doesn't get it': sacking revenge sinks Johnson's COP26 launch as wind lockout jars

EXCLUSIVE - IN DEPTH

Middle East solar sector finally takes off, with 3GW added in 2019

FACE TO FACE

'In the next 5-10 years 50% of our offshore work will be non-oil'

AGENDA

Time for Big Oil to put its money where its mouth is over energy transition

IN DEPTH

Why insurance rates for wind and solar projects are rising by 20-40%

IN DEPTH

Spanish renewables hope 'climate emergency' will speed end to policy limbo

ANALYSIS

Will German stinginess and Polish blackmail wreck €1trn EU Green Deal?

IN DEPTH

Texas heatwave burns wind owners as hedge deals spark punishing losses

ANALYSIS

Tsai's Taiwan election landslide puts wind back in offshore sails

2020 Vision: five floating wind power technologies to watch this year

FACE TO FACE EXCLUSIVE

'There's no lack of interest in renewables in Spain – it's making it happen'

Seven emerging technologies vital for fighting climate change

We don't fear oil giants' competition: Enel Green Power boss

EXCLUSIVE

Iberdrola's super-scale UK offshore wind hub to use '14MW-plus' turbines

South Korean offshore wind set for $300 per MWh honey pot

Offshore wind already UK election winner as utilities warn over state control

EXCLUSIVE

Drilling starts for world's first offshore carbon capture network

'The gas grid is a resource vital for fighting climate crisis'

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OPINION

'Offshore wind is a golden opportunity Australia can't afford to miss'

'The Trump administration's true intentions toward offshore wind are not so clear'

Why the European wind industry needs a Clean Hydrogen Coalition

Is the coronavirus a threat to the energy transition?

OPINION

BP boss: 'I get the anxiety. I get the anger. It's an uncomfortable place to be'

OPINION

Why green hydrogen is key to the global energy transition

AGENDA

Time for Big Oil to put its money where its mouth is over energy transition

OPINION

'Fisheries and offshore wind must co-operate if Europe is to hit net zero'

OPINION

The six paradoxes slowing down the energy transition

OPINION

Ten reasons 2019 was an exciting year for distributed energy

OPINION

'Congress missed a chance to speed gigawatts of US offshore wind to grid'

'Lithuania: a small nation with big wind-power opportunities'

'These winds of change are mind-blowing — and can save humanity'

'Blockage-effect insight shows science of wind still evolving'

'German Nimbyism is a perverse problem that really shouldn’t exist'

'Renewable energy could save four million lives a year'

US wind developers are losing the online battle against Nimby groups

'New EU steel import quotas could harm Europe's wind sector'

Buying corporate renewable energy – a quick guide

'We must dare to think big, unconventional thoughts'

Japanese giant Sumitomo Heavy invests in liquid-air energy storage pioneer

EXCLUSIVE

World Forum Offshore Wind launches floating arm to globalise fledgling sector

Canada's Northland swoops for South Korean offshore wind developer

EXCLUSIVE

RWE and Saitec tie-up for global floating wind power push

Monopiles' steel cost could be slashed 'by 30%' after design debunk

Nordex's Latin American order spree continues with Chile win

Jury still out over 'uneconomic' US offshore wind: S&P

Repsol’s energy transtion plans see push for renewables and green hydrogen

OPINION

'Damp air inside turbines is often the root cause of failure — protection is crucial'

Battery storage might not be scaling up fast enough to meet demand: WoodMac

Renewables groups demand role at heart of EU industrial strategy

EXCLUSIVE

Equinor eyes upstate New York port for concrete gravity base foundations

CIP ties up $3bn project financing for Taiwan offshore wind build

Suzlon survival hopes boosted as main Indian banker backs debt plan

Innogy kicks off work on record-breaking 1.4GW Sofia offshore project

Renewables groups back plans to swap gas for hydrogen for millions of Australians

OPINION

Why the European wind industry needs a Clean Hydrogen Coalition

EXCLUSIVE

Orsted 'confident' over 2.4GW Hornsea 3 offshore project after bird fears delay

Oklahoma approves share of AEP's $2bn wind expansion plan

Shell: 'LNG use will double by 2040 — to support renewables'

EIB: EU should set target for green hydrogen to push gas out of market

Is the coronavirus a threat to the energy transition?

Record switch-on of offshore wind power as global growth ramps up

Vestas lands turnkey follow-on order for Mexico's Energía Sierra Juárez

Bigger turbines powering offshore wind to capacity factors of 'over 70%'

'Green hydrogen cannot be scaled up fast enough so we need blue H2': Equinor

'To speed up the energy transition, stop talking about climate change'

State Bank of India backs troubled Suzlon's debt plan: report

EXCLUSIVE

Quarantine, red-tape and face masks: inside China's coronavirus-hit wind firms

Goldwind hails South American milestone with Argentina start-up

German onshore wind slumps back into the red in first tender of 2020

Dane lands offshore power grid deal for EDF-Shell's Atlantic Shores

Shell mulls Makani energy-kite future as Google parent drops 'moonshot' project

New York set to launch offshore wind ports upgrade funding round

Portugal's oil & gas group Galp wants 10GW renewable energy base

World's largest offshore wind farm to power green H2 under UK plan

Vestas' wind lead narrows as Siemens Gamesa 'blows rivals away' at sea: BNEF

Minister: Germany should start world’s first green-hydrogen tender next year

Shell to trade power from 'Europe's largest battery' built by Chinese giants in UK

GE veteran Markhoff returns to head Grid Solutions

MHI Vestas grows Taiwan offshore wind order tally with Zhong Neng deal

Germany plans testing for 20MW wind turbines in new supersize signal

Corporate Renewables

Heineken to green Spanish breweries with Iberdrola solar added to wind farm

Europe's wind growth must double 2019 level to hit EU Green Deal goals: industry

World's first offshore solar array rides out storm Ciara off Netherlands

US wind power market 'at greatest risk of Coronavirus impact beyond China'

Amazon boss Bezos pledges $10bn to fight climate change

EXCLUSIVE

Governments are being 'sold a pup on blue hydrogen from methane’