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Wind power

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The world’s renewable energy potential is gridlocked

    Transmission lines and energy storage solutions need to be deployed much faster

    Solar panels at the power plant in La Colle des Mees, Alpes de Haute Provence, southeastern France.
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    UK energy
    UK secures 131 clean energy projects in state auction

    Minister says new investment a ‘step forward’ for industry after no bids in last year’s round

    A close-up view of one of the wind turbines at Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire, with the ocean visible below. The image shows the turbine's blades and nacelle, featuring a red and yellow platform marked with "HB T29".
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    UK energy
    Hong Kong investor buys UK wind farms for £350mn

    Consortium leader CK Infrastructure, controlled by Li Ka-shing’s family, also announces secondary listing in London

    Wind turbines on a flat, treeless Scottish upland
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    UK energy
    Labour raises budget for renewable projects to £1.5bn

    Bulk of auction funding will go towards offshore wind farms

    Offshore wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour proposes to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind farms

    Party wants to allow more turbines as part of plan to boost renewable power if it wins election

    Onshore wind farm  in English countryside
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Special ReportEurope’s Climate Leaders
    Can Europe’s renewables cope with the Dunkelflaute problem?

    Prolonged periods with little wind and no sun are a challenge for wind and solar power

    Van Oord completes foundation and cable installation at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
  • Thursday, 9 May, 2024
    Energy Source
    Decline in US wind generation raises bigger concerns than El Niño Premium content

    While the energy source is inherently variable, the reduction last year comes at a moment of flux for the country’s electricity generation

    Wind turbines seen at sunset
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Supply chain strains pose threat to UK renewables targets, report warns

    Government-commissioned analysis outlines threats such as a lack of crucial parts and shortage of key skills

    Turbine blades manoeuvred into position in Brighton, England
  • Sunday, 7 April, 2024
    Renewable energy
    National Grid ‘throttling’ battery storage development with underuse

    UK’s largest battery storage fund says electricity system is not taking advantage of crucial technology that can cut emissions

    Insulators at the National Grid Plc Rayleigh electricity substation near Rayleigh, UK
  • Tuesday, 5 March, 2024
    Renewable energy
    Banks find clean-energy allies in fight against stricter capital rules

    Concern risk-weighting for renewable-power projects would rise fourfold under Basel III endgame proposal

    A highway in California flanked by solar panels
  • Monday, 19 February, 2024
    UK energy
    UK risks second troubled offshore wind auction round, RWE warns

    The government wants to have 50GW installed by 2030

    Offshore wind farm
  • Tuesday, 13 February, 2024
    Ørsted AS
    Ørsted chief vows to fight ‘with everything I’ve got’ to revive fortunes

    Mads Nipper plans to cut costs at world’s largest offshore wind company and rebuild investor confidence

    Mads Nipper
  • Wednesday, 7 February, 2024
    Ørsted AS
    Ørsted suspends dividend, cuts jobs and exits offshore wind markets

    Danish group says it needs to create ‘leaner and more efficient company’

    The Ørsted Block Island Wind Farm in the water off Block Island, Rhode Island, US
  • Thursday, 25 January, 2024
    NextEra Energy
    Power giant NextEra plays down Republican threat to US climate law

    Largest renewable energy developer says repeal of Inflation Reduction Act ‘unlikely’ as order list grows

    Field of wind turbines
  • Thursday, 11 January, 2024
    Lex
    Wind turbine makers must pause their battle to build mega machines Premium content

    Constraints on cash flows and the need to improve profit margins mean the sector requires a truce in the size war

    Vestas wind turbines in Germany
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    Renewable energy
    BP and Equinor scrap New York offshore wind contract as costs rise

    Plan to reset deal follows inflation, higher interest rates and supply chain problems

    Offshore wind turbine
  • Wednesday, 3 January, 2024
    News in-depth
    Britain turns to floating turbines to tap into ‘remarkable’ wind speeds

    Industry preparing to take next step in pioneering a key technology in push to hit net zero by 2050

  • Friday, 22 December, 2023
    Climate change
    UK advertising watchdog bans Equinor from repeating green claims

    Norway’s state-backed energy company falls foul by overstating environmental credentials

    A natural gas platform, operated by Equinor in the North Sea
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Vattenfall sells North Sea wind developments to RWE in £1bn deal

    UK disposal by Swedish group to German utility highlights divergent views on sector

    Wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 5 December, 2023
    UAE takes big stakes in struggling UK offshore wind market

    Proposed 49% holding in East Anglia wind farm is latest in string of Emirati deals in Britain

    A wind turbine off the Norfolk coast
  • Friday, 1 December, 2023
    Poland
    Poland’s incoming coalition faces early test with energy bill

    Donald Tusk maps out boost for wind turbines and tougher approach to state energy company Orlen

    A transport lorry passes a wind farm in Poland
  • Thursday, 23 November, 2023
    Elisabeth Braw
    Chinese-made wind farms could become a new sabotage risk

    These turbines cost less than half the average price of those manufactured elsewhere

    Offshore wind turbines silhouetted against a dramatic sunset
  • Tuesday, 21 November, 2023
    Siemens Energy
    Siemens Energy plans €400mn in cuts at struggling wind turbine business

    Move comes after group was forced to accept €15bn state-backed rescue package

    Wind turbine blades at a Siemens plant in Le Havre, France
  • Thursday, 16 November, 2023
    UK energy
    UK government to increase offshore wind subsidies by 66%

    Decision comes after developers shunned last auction as a result of ‘global challenges’ hitting the sector

    Wind farm in Irish Sea at Burbo Bank
  • Tuesday, 14 November, 2023
    Hedge funds profit from bets against troubled wind energy stocks

    Short bets reflect broader loss of enthusiasm for green energy stocks

    A wind farm in Switzerland
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