Offshore wind power is expected to reach a historic milestone in 2025. According to Rystad Energy, the wind turbines coming online this year will total 19 GW. China plays a central role in this growth. According to data, the country will account for 65% (12.35 GW) of the total estimated to come online. This progress … Continue reading Record Growth in Offshore Wind Energy in 2025
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“Wind Works for Europe” – how wind energy helps Europe to re-industrialise
On 26 February the European Commission launched the Clean Industrial Deal, its new vision for competitiveness and energy security. It aims to further strengthen Europe’s strategic clean tech manufacturing sectors. The European wind energy supply chain is currently investing over €11bn in new factories to meet the Clean Industrial Deal objectives. Today WindEurope launched its … Continue reading “Wind Works for Europe” – how wind energy helps Europe to re-industrialise
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The wind energy employers’ association EGA regrets the lack of progress in wind power development in Galicia
The sector regrets the lack of progress in wind energy development in Galicia in the last five years and assures that the 2,500 megawatts (MW) in projects halted by the judiciary, in reference to the precautionary suspensions of the High Court of Justice of Galicia, are “rigorously authorized” by the Xunta.“It is urgent to fully … Continue reading The wind energy employers’ association EGA regrets the lack of progress in wind power development in Galicia
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Building more wind is key to deliver the EU Clean Industrial Deal
Europe built 16.4 GW of wind energy, 13 GW in the EU, according to WindEurope’s 2024 Statistics out today. That’s less than half of what the EU needs to deliver on its energy security targets. Poor permitting, slow grid build-out and insufficient electrification are holding back the expansion of wind. Our latest Outlook for 2025-30, … Continue reading Building more wind is key to deliver the EU Clean Industrial Deal
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The Spanish Wind Energy Association urges the Government to transpose the community regulations during 2025
“Spain must implement the “higher public interest” in wind energy projects and transpose it into Spanish regulations during 2025 so that the wind energy sector can develop.” This is one of the requests that the directors of the Wind Energy Business Association (AEE) have made to the Government in the Ondas del Viento program.The European … Continue reading The Spanish Wind Energy Association urges the Government to transpose the community regulations during 2025
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Europe still takes too long to permit wind power plants
Europe is still not building enough wind farms. Slow and cumbersome permitting remains a key hurdle. National Governments were meant to transpose the good new EU permitting rules (from the Renewable Energy Directive) by July 2024. Most of them have still not done so. Or if they have, the implementation has not happened correctly. The … Continue reading Europe still takes too long to permit wind power plants
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Proposed US tariffs could increase onshore wind costs by up to 7%, says Wood Mackenzie
Protectionist measures would reshape the US wind supply chain and create a more expensive market, New trade tariffs and increased import restrictions in the US onshore wind power sector could lead to higher overall costs, threatening project viability and potentially slowing growth in the industry, according to a recent report from Wood Mackenzie. The report, … Continue reading Proposed US tariffs could increase onshore wind costs by up to 7%, says Wood Mackenzie
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Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump
Surge in solar, wind and battery capacity comes as president pledges to halt federal support for clean power. Estados Unidos tuvo un crecimiento récord en capacidad de energía renovable el año pasado, según muestra una nueva investigación, pero el futuro del sector es incierto en medio de las amenazas de la administración de Donald Trump. … Continue reading Record-breaking growth in renewable energy in US threatened by Trump
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Power shift: How the Baltic Synchronisation strengthens Europe’s energy security
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are celebrating the successful synchronisation of their electricity grids with Europe’s Continental European Network (CEN). At yesterday’s “Energy Independence Day of the Baltic States” the three Baltic States broke with a legacy of their Soviet past, the synchronisation of their electricity grids with Russia and Belarus. Connecting their electricity grids with … Continue reading Power shift: How the Baltic Synchronisation strengthens Europe’s energy security
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German consumers benefit from cheaper electricity than Spanish consumers on winter nights thanks to wind power
A recent analysis by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) on the behaviour of prices in the Spanish and German electricity markets reveals that although electricity prices in the German electricity market have been 7.5% higher on average in the last three months (Nov24-Jan25), during the night hours of highest consumption (especially residential), German consumers … Continue reading German consumers benefit from cheaper electricity than Spanish consumers on winter nights thanks to wind power
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EU boosts energy infrastructure with €1.25bn in grants
The European Commission has allocated nearly €1.25bn in grants under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF). The grants will support 41 cross-border energy infrastructure projects, among them three important wind energy-related projects. That’s good news for Europe’s wind industry and its wider energy transition. The European Commission announced the results of the largest funding round of … Continue reading EU boosts energy infrastructure with €1.25bn in grants
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Wind power is betting on the acceleration of electrification and the increase in the pace of project processing as priorities
The Wind Energy Association (AEE) is holding a new edition of the ‘Wind and Market’ conference, with the participation of more than 225 experts who analyse key issues such as the deployment of storage, auctions and PPAs, acceleration of wind power for the industry in the different autonomous communities, repowering, processing of wind power projects … Continue reading Wind power is betting on the acceleration of electrification and the increase in the pace of project processing as priorities
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U.S. withdrawal from wind power is ‘making China great again’
China must be very pleased (and puzzled) with the current administration’s policies on wind power. China loves using wind energy to generate electricity, because it is clean, cheap, and fairly easy to implement — what’s not to like? They’re winning the race to get smarter and cheaper artificial intelligence, and now they’re going to surge ahead … Continue reading U.S. withdrawal from wind power is ‘making China great again’
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President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hit the solar, battery, wind power and electric vehicle industries particularly hard
Clean energy has gotten steadily cheaper for years thanks to a global network of research facilities and factories. That’s over now. President Donald Trump’s decision on Saturday to slap steep tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China signals the birth of a new global trade regime: one focused on nationalist protections, with potentially expensive repercussions for … Continue reading President Trump’s new tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China could hit the solar, battery, wind power and electric vehicle industries particularly hard
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Questions over the Trump administration’s plans for solar photovoltaic and wind power
Restrictions on renewables development could conflict with the goal of boosting electricity supply. As President Donald Trump was hitting the headlines with the promised “shock and awe” of his initial fusillade of executive orders, his administration was making other significant changes that attracted less attention, at least at first. One was the order from the … Continue reading Questions over the Trump administration’s plans for solar photovoltaic and wind power
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Trump and populism’s anti-wind movement
The rise of right-wing governments from 2024’s spate of elections has spotlighted ‘climate populism’ – a movement founded on an anti-elite and traditionalist view of climate change, the energy transition and renewable energy as intrusions into national and economic liberty. Wind in particular has been villainised. Criticisms levied against wind power range from aesthetic complaints … Continue reading Trump and populism’s anti-wind movement
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EU Commission sets the direction for its competitiveness strategy
The European Commission presented its ‘Competitiveness Compass’ a blueprint for actions to restore the competitiveness of the European economy. The document is good. It emphasises the need to accelerate the clean energy transition and boost electrification. Crucially, the Compass says the EU must have flexible and supportive State aid rules to help energy-intensive industries to … Continue reading EU Commission sets the direction for its competitiveness strategy
Continue readingWhy Donald Trump hates wind power
It started with a feud at one of his golf courses. Wind energy is the cheapest source of new electricity in the U.S.—something that has been true for the past decade, according to annual energy reports from financial services company Lazard. When President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Monday to pause approvals for … Continue reading Why Donald Trump hates wind power
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ACP Statement on Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Wind Energy
The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from ACP CEO Jason Grumet in response to President Trump’s Executive Order on offshore wind and onshore wind leasing and permitting: “President Trump is correct that absent significant changes in energy policy, our nation will not be able to power our growth in manufacturing and achieve … Continue reading ACP Statement on Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Wind Energy
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Recent data from the International Energy Agency, the World Nuclear Association and Ember showed that solar power was deployed 100 times faster than nuclear power around the world in 2024 – and “five times faster than everything else combined” (hydro, coal, gas, nuclear and others), according to a new report by PV Mag. Net new … Continue reading
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