Wind Energy News

An overview of the EU’s ambitions for offshore renewable energy

We explore the EU's offshore renewable energy ambitions and implications for the global transition to clean energy sources.

Reducing the offshore wind power cost-barrier globally

Find out how we can address the financial obstacles preventing the widespread acceleration of offshore wind power.

Net-Zero Industry Act introduced to advance EU green technologies, manufacturing, and jobs

The European Commission has unveiled the Net-Zero Industry Act, which aims to boost green technology development in the EU.

Cargo ships powered by wind could help fight climate change

Future cargo ships are set to be powered by wind once again due to a new project that retrofits large vessels with ultra-modern wing sails.

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How should the challenges facing the energy sector be dealt with?

David Wilson, Director of Development at MGH Offshore, outlines the challenges facing the energy sector and highlights how the company is working to overcome them.

Pioneering the energy transition with revolutionary heat storage systems

EIRES researchers have developed a way to utilise heat storage in a safe, sustainable, and loss-free way. Efficient storage and transport of heat is one...

System Integration: Toward informed decision making for the energy transition

The Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems is using a System Integration approach, which aims to model future energy systems to facilitate the green...

Wind Energy News Cont'd

Two large-scale offshore wind farms to be constructed in Finland

The Finnish Government has granted permits to lease its seabed to develop two large-scale offshore wind farms. State-owned forest and seabed administrator, Metsähallitus, obtained...

Renewable energy technologies: Reconstructing Ukraine’s energy sector

The European Commission and renewables associations unite to help reconstruct Ukraine’s energy sector with renewables at its core. The Russian invasion of Ukraine has revealed...

Floating offshore wind development: Essential in the UK’s race to net zero

The Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult’s Floating Offshore Wind Centre of Excellence has launched a report that will allow the floating wind industry to effectively...

Hurricane-resilient wind turbines to revolutionise wind technology

A research team from the University of Colorado Boulder has created hurricane-resilient wind turbines, effectively revolutionising the field of wind technology. Wind technology is expanding...

Research partnership to pioneer floating offshore wind technology

The National Decommissioning Centre (NDC) and ORE Catapult have formed a partnership to develop floating offshore wind technology. Each of the three projects led by...

How European wind energy expansion could contribute to energy security

Viktoriya Kerelska, Head of Advocacy and Messaging at WindEurope, explores recent developments in European wind energy policy. The war in Ukraine has opened everyone’s eyes...

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