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World’s largest green hydrogen plan to tap 45GW of wind and solar in Kazakhstan US bans imports from Chinese solar suppliers over 'cruel and inhumane' forced labour 'Technical challenges': Denmark halts gigawatt-scale offshore wind tender 'Local value': Vattenfall ties up with Fred Olsen for tilt at Scottish offshore wind play Masdar to add 2GW of renewable power in blackout-hit Iraq Acciona starts gigawatt-scale US solar push in red-hot Texas market Asia's richest man unveils $10bn 'giga-plan' to turn India's Reliance into clean energy major Saint-Brieuc under siege as fishing vessels turn screw on troubled French offshore wind pioneer No jack-up required: Vestas seals deal for 'gamechanger' floating wind turbine installation Chemicals steam into offshore wind as BASF buys half of massive North Sea project

World’s largest green hydrogen plan to tap 45GW of Kazakhstan wind and solar

US bans imports from Chinese solar suppliers over 'cruel and inhumane' forced labour

'Technical challenges' as Denmark halts gigawatt-scale offshore wind tender

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'Local value': Vattenfall ties up with Fred Olsen for tilt at Scottish offshore wind play

Acciona starts gigawatt-scale US solar push in red-hot Texas market

Asia's richest man in $10bn 'giga-plan' to turn Reliance into clean energy major

SPECIAL REPORT

Why new long-duration energy storage will soon dethrone today's Li-ion kings

No jack-up required: Vestas 'gamechanger' floating wind turbine installation set for Baltic

Masdar to add 2GW of renewable power in blackout-hit Iraq

Corporate Renewables

Chemicals steam into offshore wind as BASF buys half of giant North Sea project

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Energy Transition

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Asia's richest man unveils $10bn 'giga-plan' to turn India's Reliance into clean energy major

OPINION

The Recharge view | Turning between hope and despair as climate crisis looms larger

Masdar to add 2GW of renewable power in blackout-hit Iraq

Chemicals steam into offshore wind as BASF buys half of massive North Sea project

Amazon clicks 'buy' on power from Canada's biggest solar farm deep in oil sands country

Majority of wind and solar power installed in 2020 cheaper than new coal-fired production: Irena

'We're not ready to be replaced by turbines': lobster lobby shows its claws as US state bans offshore wind

ANALYSIS

Why new long-duration energy storage technologies will soon replace lithium-ion on grid

Trillion dollar decade for Asian wind and solar as fossils retreat: WoodMac

Spanish oil major Repsol’s transition speeds ahead with solar debut

Emissions-slashing floating wind-powered oil production design wins DNV seal

Green hydrogen blow as $36bn global flagship AREH ruled 'clearly unacceptable' by Australia

AGENDA

It’s Norway v Scotland, a coalition for change, and the call to ban blade dumping

OPINION

'Conventional nuclear has had its day, but fusion could yet be a silver bullet'

OPINION

'A blade landfill ban is just the start of wind power's journey to circularity'

EXCLUSIVE

Fossils' energy dominance 'as high as a decade ago' despite wind and solar boom: REN21

Wind and solar powered 30GW green hydrogen giant on horizon for Mauritania

Bill Gates-backed 'sunlight refinery' lands funds to speed novel technology's roll-out

Shell-led group angles at Norwegian offshore wind build with eye on hydropower link

'Execution machine': another huge swoop blasts BP solar venture past 3GW in Spain

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Anger as Merkel's party blocks renewables targets hike in German climate action plan

Saint-Brieuc under siege as fishers turn screw on troubled French offshore wind pioneer

Soaring raw materials could raise wind and solar power prices: BloombergNEF

RECHARGE ROUNDTABLE

'1970s tech and binned forecasts': renewables need digitalisation more than ever

China to spend billions on H2 vehicles despite limited supply of clean hydrogen

All typhoon-proof Hitachi turbines in at Taiwan's second offshore wind pilot

Like the North Sea on land: Nordex scores another big wind power deal in Brazil

Corporate Renewables

Amazon clicks 'buy' on power from Canada's biggest solar farm deep in oil sands country

Innovation

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No jack-up required: Vestas seals deal for 'gamechanger' floating wind turbine installation

ANALYSIS

Why new long-duration energy storage technologies will soon replace lithium-ion on grid

OPINION

'Conventional nuclear has had its day, but fusion could yet be a silver bullet'

'Rent-a-turbine' pioneer joins Siemens duo for giant mobile floating wind to clean up oil & gas

Wind and solar powered 30GW green hydrogen giant on horizon for Mauritania

OPINION

'A blade landfill ban is just the start of wind power's journey to circularity'

'Ban turbine blade dumping' urges European wind industry as waste mountain looms

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'Enormous demand means 10GW AquaVentus green H2 plan very likely to happen'

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'We absolutely see floating wind as complimentary to fixed in our core plays': Orsted Europe chief

Fill her up: Orsted joins plan to turn Baltic island into green fuel station for shipping

EXCLUSIVE

Offshore energy transition: 'We want to harness the exponential power of wind'

'Use old blades to build new wind farms': GE bids to square the turbine circle

China's first floating wind platform ready to sail to pioneering project

Green H2 leads off US energy earthshots in 'all hands on deck' technology call

Spiral-weld tower design aiming to put a new spin on next-wave wind build

Hybrid hopes: is wind power's future in India as solar's best friend?

Futuristic multirotor design could make floating wind competitive 'as soon as 2022'

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'World’s greenest battery': VW-backed Northvolt raises almost $3bn for gigafactory ramp-up

Fishing fleet raises its 'eSails' with green merchant market on horizon

IN-DEPTH EXCLUSIVE

'European wind power is not naive – of course we are potential espionage targets'

Hitachi ABB and BW Ideol build on past work for new-look floating substation

'Not ready to be replaced': lobster lobby shows its claws as US state bans offshore wind

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'I don’t want to pit green and blue hydrogen off against each other': Equinor's Eitrheim

'We must invest': US solar body calls for ten-fold expansion in home-grown manufacturing

EXCLUSIVE

Turbines halt at US pioneer Block Island over German offshore wind 'stress fatigue'

Green hydrogen blow as $36bn global flagship ruled 'clearly unacceptable'

Power Players

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Asia's richest man unveils $10bn 'giga-plan' to turn India's Reliance into clean energy major

US bans imports from three Chinese solar suppliers over forced labour

OPINION

Turning between hope and despair as climate ultimatum looms larger

OPINION

'Conventional nuclear has had its day, but fusion could yet be a silver bullet'

OPINION

'Europe's green plans will suffer unless it acts now to boost corporate renewable energy'

OPINION

'A blade landfill ban is just the start of wind power's journey to circularity'

EXCLUSIVE

Fossils' energy dominance 'as high as a decade ago' despite wind and solar boom: REN21

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'We absolutely see floating wind as complimentary to fixed in our core plays': Orsted Europe chief

'We are developing a portfolio that can create value in a net zero future': Equinor

OPINION

'To reach net zero, the mechanics of the renewable energy industry must evolve – and quickly'

Green hydrogen leads off US energy earthshots in 'all hands on deck' technology call

'We've listened': Norway to open more offshore wind acreage to meet industry demand

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

'Not seen the last of it': Vestas' de Baar expects Nordic wind power boom to continue

Vestas hires Orsted veteran as offshore wind chief as Thomsen steps down

OPINION

'Too far behind? Watch the US offshore wind sector gear-up to hit Biden's giga-scale targets'

EXCLUSIVE

Merkel government plans steep hike to Germany's 2030 wind and solar targets

Bill Gates small nuclear 'only option' for 24/7 power with wind and solar: Buffett utility boss

Norwegian industrial investment houses team up for bid in first national offshore wind tender

'It's not about the brag-a-watts': Orsted chief says green energy leader means more than capacity

'Big shoes to fill': new global sales chief and regional heads named in Vestas commercial shake-up

Clear majority of wind and solar installed in 2020 'cheaper than new coal': Irena

Cable giant Prysmian reels in $900m deal for 'first link in the US clean energy grid'

Floating wind start-up X1Wind gets multi-million-euro injection for 'commercial' scale-up

'Boost seabed leasing or miss offshore wind goals,' Orsted and Equinor CEOs warn

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OPINION

'Europe's green plans will suffer unless it acts now to boost corporate renewables'

China and Vietnam overshadow UK as offshore wind axis tilts eastwards: RCG

Trillion dollar decade for Asian wind and solar power as fossils retreat: WoodMac

Finnish joy for Nordex as sales spree continues in booming Nordic wind market

All turbines in at Baltic Sea's biggest offshore wind power plant

AGENDA

It’s Norway v Scotland, coalition for change, and blade dumping ban call

Emissions-slashing floating wind-powered oil concept wins DNV seal

Spanish oil major Repsol’s transition speeds ahead with solar debut

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'Stress fatigue' on turbines halts power output at North Sea offshore wind farm

Impact check for Equinor-BP US offshore wind giant set 'to power 1m New Yorkers'

'Execution machine': another huge swoop blasts BP solar arm past 3GW in Spain

Role model: Hexicon twin-turbine floating wind design sails though basin tests

OPINION

'Conventional nuclear has had its day, but fusion could yet be a silver bullet'

Acciona Energia sets IPO price range valuing renewable energy unit at $12bn

World's first 15MW floating wind units in frame as Spanish offshore gathers pace

'Oil leak' probe at Iberdrola's $3bn Saint-Brieuc in new French offshore wind blow

'Rent-a-turbine' pioneer joins Siemens duo to clean up offshore oil with floating wind

Iberdrola makes fresh expansion moves in Asia with South Korea wind and solar deal

UK offshore wind 'dragged into Brexit row as Brussels cries foul over local content'

'We can add $1bn': US to bundle-in turbine installers to offshore wind financing

Shell-led group angles at Norwegian offshore wind build with eye on hydropower link

Shipping veteran joins Ocergy board as US floating wind start-up gathers momentum

Wind and solar powered 30GW green H2 giant on horizon for Mauritania

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Fossils' energy dominance 'as high as a decade ago' despite wind and solar boom

EXCLUSIVE OPINION

'A blade landfill ban is just the start of wind power's journey to circularity'

'Ban blade dumping' says EU wind industry as waste mountain looms

Emerald Isle's green hydrogen flagship hires in Worley for engineering on pilot

Bill Gates-backed 'sunlight refinery' lands funds to speed market roll-out

'Most growth will come from offshore' after 2022 as onshore wind plateaus: BNEF

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Bumper day for wind OEM Vestas with big Ukraine and Brazil turbine orders

Offshore wind safety 'resolute' through Covid and record construction hours

Ocean Winds boosts South Korea offshore ambitions with gigawatt-scale plan

Siemens Gamesa typhoon turbines for Japan's largest on-land wind complex

World Bank and Rockefeller launch 'catalytic capital' fund for African energy transition

EXCLUSIVE

'Floating wind and fixed complimentary in our core areas? Absolutely': Orsted Europe chief

TotalEnergies joins Macquarie to bid in high-profile Scottish offshore wind lease

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

Huge demand means 10GW wind-powered H2 plant off Germany 'very likely to get built'

Baltic Power offshore wind giant ready to make a splash as Northland lands CfD