The nature lovers won. After a storm of popular resistance and an avalanche of negative hearing responses, the Norwegian government now withdraws, dropping a national framework for expanding onshore wind energy.
SSE has nominated MHI Vestas as preferred supplier to Scotland's next big offshore wind project, Seagreen, of 1.1 GW.
The European Investment Bank has proposed to rearrange its credit portfolio so that it supports climate change mitigation. The countries that own the bank have postponed this decision until November.
The EU and UK have agreed on a Brexit deal, confirms President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker.
The global market for offshore wind cables will grow by 57 percent toward 2023, says new report.
Norway's energy directorate has found a 3.5 TWh increase in productivity at the country's hydropower plants, shows new analysis. This increase can't be explained by anything but climate change. Whether the changes are permanent or natural fluctuations, however, the directorate can't conclude.
Prosafe has spent USD 1.5 million on its planned merger with Floatel, a move that has yet to receive regulatory approval. The Norwegian Competition Authority will make a decision in late October.
Volvo Cars presented its first electrical car Wednesday. The fully electrical car is based on Volvo's SUV XC40 model.
"The stock price naturally reflects shareholders' expectation for the future, and I'm not in control of that, but we're aware of it," says Maersk Drilling CEO Jørn Madsen.
The German utility is building the country's largest solar farm without public support.
A PPA secures the economy of a new 117.6MW wind project in Canada.
Deutsche Windtechnik will be taking over the service contract for Trianel Borkum II as soon as development is complete.
The Federal US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has approved the design and installation method for a pilot offshore wind project that could surge from starting with two Siemens Gamesa wind turbines to landing at 2 GW.
Opposition to expanding wind energy in Norway has gradually become more rigid than the country's mountain granite. The Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate now says this resistance, in the worst-case scenario, could completely halt the expansion of domestic onshore wind.
When OX2 completes wind farms Kröpuln and Storbacken in 2021, Axpo will buy the electricity.
It's apparently normal for the Chinese government to halt production at several facilities during major events, according to researcher.
Out of seven original bidders for an Egyptian project rated at 250 MW, only Vestas remains, a domestic media reports. On the other hand, Siemens Gamesa announces a corresponding order and is said to await yet another.
The German manufacturer received orders for a total of 436 wind turbines during the third quarter of 2019.
Less than a week after denying any departure, Peder Holk Nielsen's resignation as chief executive at the strained company is announced, effective early next year.
The Danish utility has opened a trading office in Chicago to trade electricity in the US and secure the best prices.
The Finnish-Russian consortium contracted to develop around 2 GW of wind capacity in Russia has entered a deal with a regional government near the Kazakh border.
The British-Dutch fossil fuel supermajor's CEO, Ben van Beurden, says the world still needs investments in oil and gas.
The French government has sent a letter requesting domestic utility EDF to assess the possibility of building six new EPR nuclear plants over the next 15 years. This occurs despite the country's plan to reduce the proportion of nuclear power in its energy mix.
For the first time since the industrial revolution, fossil fuels – mainly coal – are displaced as the UK's main source of energy, thus giving way to a mix of wind, solar and biomass.
German shipyard Meyer Werft has joined forces with a number of other companies to develop hydrogen cells for use on an ocean-going cruise ship. DNV GL participates.
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