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Orsted and Equinor CEOs warn nations: 'boost seabed leasing or miss offshore wind targets' Majority of wind and solar power installed in 2020 cheaper than new coal-fired production: Irena 'I don’t want to pit green and blue hydrogen off against each other': Equinor's Eitrheim Trillion dollar decade for Asian wind and solar as fossils retreat: WoodMac Nordex Finnish sales spree continues with 200MW wind turbine order Cable giant Prysmian reels in $900m 'first link in the US clean energy grid' deal UK overshadowed by China and Vietnam as offshore wind tilts eastwards: RCG Spanish oil major Repsol’s transition speeds ahead with solar debut Turbines stop at US offshore wind trailblazer Block Island after 'stress fatigue' found in Germany All turbines in at Baltic Sea's biggest offshore wind power plant

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

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

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

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

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

EXCLUSIVE

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

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

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

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

Corporate Renewables

OPINION

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

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

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Energy Transition

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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

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

'Rent-a-turbine' pioneer joins Siemens duo for giant mobile floating wind plan

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

Orsted plans to build-in carbon capture at 'straw-fuelled' Danish power plant

Solar century: US passes 100GW milestone as industry 'doubles in size in three years'

Equinor steps up strategy 'to create value as a leader in the energy transition'

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

Oil giant BP adds Norway to swelling offshore wind ambitions

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

UPDATED

'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'

Innovation

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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'

UPDATED

'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'

Power systems' transformative move as Hitachi ABB unveils bespoke floating wind line

Giant E.ON-led offshore wind-to-hydrogen plan kicks off carrier-oil pilot

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'

Power Players

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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

Investment giant BlackRock backs calls for oil supermajor BP to 'accelerate' climate plans

Timmermans: EU states have two years left to act if bloc is to reach 55% emissions cut target by 2030

EXCLUSIVE OPINION

Stiesdal: Net-zero report shows IEA's renewables forecasts can finally be taken seriously

'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

UPDATED

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

ANALYSIS

'There's a dilemma': devil in the detail takes gloss off Taiwan offshore wind plans

Parkwind reaches financial close on Arcadis Ost wind project off Germany

Equinor steps up strategy 'to create value as a leader in the energy transition'

Solar century: US speeds past 100GW as industry 'doubles in size in three years'

US clean-energy titan Invenergy 'won't pay ransom' to notorious hacker gang

'Growth at scale': Oil giant BP adds Norway to swelling global offshore wind sails

Orsted plans to build-in carbon capture at 'straw-fuelled' Danish power plant

GLOBAL WIND DAY

'We're in': wind's biggest names join to urge massive ramp up to meet COP26 goals

German wind tender breaks 1GW for first time in years as permits start to flow

Fill 'er up: Orsted in plan to turn Baltic island into green shipping fuel station

Germany to tap Australia for 'industrial scale' green H2 imports via pact

Nordex shares surge as wind OEM nears gigawatt-scale Australia deal

Japan names first offshore wind winner after Goto Islands floating walkover

EXCLUSIVE

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

OPINION

'To reach net zero, the mechanics of the renewables industry must evolve – and fast'

Biden sets table for big New York Bight offshore wind lease bonanza in US east

AGENDA

A wall of turbines and a twisted tower, 'good paying jobs', and what's raising Asia ambitions?

Norway eyes joined-up thinking on zero-subsidy offshore wind and international links

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

'Old blades, new wind farms': GE bids to square the turbine rotor circle

'Stronger, better, larger': China Three Gorges renewables arm soars after record listing

North Carolina joins US offshore wind front rank as state raises target to 8GW

Enel turns on South America's largest wind farm – built for $750m amid Covid