Wind

Wind Turbine

UK Wind Turbine Blade Recycling Takes a Front Seat

A Scottish startup that repurposes old wind turbine blades for benches and shelters has secured £50k grant funding.

Wind Power Project

Octopus Energy Identifies 2.3 GW Onshore Wind Potential in Britain

Octopus Energy Generation’s match-making platform for wind energy identifies 2.3 GW of potential new British onshore wind energy that could be unleashed where …

Offshore Wind Power

UK Government Moves to Defuse Parliamentary Row over Onshore Wind

Britain's government sought on Monday to defuse a simmering row over a push by some Conservative lawmakers to make it easier to build onshore wind farms by sayi…

Crude Oil

Exxon to Exit Equatorial Guinea Amid Wider Africa Crude Phaseout

Exxon Mobil Corp will wind down oil production in Equatorial Guinea and leave the West African country after its license expires in 2026, two sources close to t…

Wind Farm

ACCIONA Energía to Double Australia’s MacIntyre Wind Precinct to 2GW

Infrastructure developer ACCIONA Energía has announced plans to develop the 1000MW Herries Range Wind Farm, an expansion of the MacIntyre Wind Precinct in Quee…

Italy

Italy Applies 50% Windfall Tax on Energy Companies' Extra Income, Draft Shows

Italy plans to apply a 50% one-off windfall tax next year on income of energy companies that have benefited from the surge in oil and gas prices, a draft of the…

Offshore Wind Power

Scottish Offshore Wind Farm to Power Google

Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to purchase renewable electricity from a Scottish offshore wind farm.

Offshore Wind Power

China Expected to Be Part of Historic Offshore Wind Power Development

As climate change and energy issues are becoming more of a challenge, the offshore wind power industry has ushered in historic development opportunities.

China

China’s Solar and Wind Power Capacity Continues to Expand

China’s installed capacity of renewable energy has sustained growth momentum since the beginning of this year amid the country’s pursuit of green development.…

Wind Farm

Spain's Acciona to Build $1.3 Bln Wind Farm in Australia in Expansion Drive

Spain's Acciona SA announced plans on Monday to build a wind farm worth A$2 billion ($1.34 billion) in Australia, nearly doubling its investment and generation …

Spain

Spanish Windfall Tax on Banks, Energy Firms Clears First Hurdle

An amended windfall tax proposal for Spanish banks and large energy companies cleared its first hurdle in parliament in the early hours of Friday with the backi…

Nuclear Reactor

EDF Could Lose 5 Bln Euros from France's Windfall Tax -Les Echos

A planned French windfall tax on energy companies' profits during Europe's current energy crisis would likely cost debt-laden nuclear giant EDF around 5 billion…

Offshore Wind Power

Chinese Groups Unveil World’s Largest Offshore Wind Turbine

Two Chinese companies announced production of the largest offshore wind turbine built to date, a 16-MW unit developed by China Three Gorges (CTG) and Goldwind. …

Carbon Emissions

Volatilia, Uzbek Gov’t to Develop up over 400MW Renewables

It will be divided into solar, wind, and battery storage.

Offshore Wind Power

Engie and Google Strike Power Purchase Agreement for Scotland’s Moray West Offshore Wind Development Project

French energy company ENGIE and technology giant Google said they had agreed to undertake a 12-year 100 MW corporate power purchase agreement to support Scotlan…