Windar Photonics expands global sales and capacity in first half of 2025
- Category: Company News
Windar Photonics has reported interim results for the six months to 30 June 2025. Operational progress included controlling more than 20% of installed Vestas V82 turbines in North America, starting a direct test project at a Goldwind wind farm in China, and expanding into new manufacturing facilities in Copenhagen that could increase capacity fivefold. Demand is broadening in North America and Asia, with several test projects underway.
Greencoat Renewables reports lower generation in first half of 2025
- Category: Company News
Greencoat Renewables has reported results for the six months ending 30 June 2025. The company generated 1,830 GWh of renewable electricity during the period, 15% below budget due to weaker wind resource (H1 2024: 1,927 GWh).
Ørsted publishes prospectus and initiates rights issue
- Category: Company News
Ørsted is launching a rights issue to raise new capital through the offering of new shares with pre-emptive rights for existing shareholders. The subscription period runs from 19 September to 2 October 2025.
Europe’s independence moment: wind energy and clean tech
- Category: Industry News
In her 2025 State of the Union address, EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen emphasised the growing link between economic competition and national security. She underlined the need for Europe to invest in digital and clean technologies to secure its position in a shifting geopolitical landscape.
GE Vernova launches PlanOS
- Category: Product News
GE Vernova has launched PlanOS, a software suite for energy planners, utilities, and regulators to support integrated system planning.
Alpha Wind conducts first offshore tests of DragonSky blade pitch control system
- Category: Product News
Alpha Wind has completed its first offshore mission on the Saint-Nazaire wind farm to test its DragonSky blade pitch control system. The trials aimed to evaluate the system’s performance under real operating conditions.
Enercon launches Wind+Storage for hybrid energy projects
- Category: Product News
Enercon has introduced its Wind+Storage concept, combining wind farms with battery energy storage systems for the German market. The solution integrates storage and a hybrid controller into new or existing wind farms, aiming to support grid stability and open additional revenue streams.
Vestas secures 217 MW in Argentina
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Vestas has received two orders in Argentina totalling 217 MW. The first project, using V162-6.4 MW turbines, has a capacity of 186 MW and will be delivered and commissioned in 2026.
Burgum: no future for US offshore wind under Trump
- Category: Industry News
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said this week that offshore wind has no future under the Trump administration, citing cost and reliability concerns. Speaking at the Gastech conference in Milan, Burgum confirmed that the Department of the Interior is reviewing five offshore wind projects already under construction: Revolution Wind (Rhode Island), Vineyard Wind 1 (Massachusetts), Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind (New York), and Empire Wind (New York).
Global wind market outlook shows steady growth amid challenges
- Category: Industry News
Wood Mackenzie’s Global Wind Power Market Outlook (Q3 2025) projects that global wind capacity will continue to expand strongly over the next decade. The sector is expected to add its second terawatt of capacity by 2030, just seven years after reaching its first terawatt in 2023.
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- US Wind defends offshore project in federal court amid mounting opposition
- Octopus partners with Mingyang in the UK
- Stema Systems expands rental fleet with Sonardyne positioning technology
- Huisman to supply 2,600mt Leg Encircling Crane to Hanwha Ocean
- Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm starts construction of O&M base at Montrose Port
- Usens joins MEASNET as 30th member in Site Assessment competence area
- Iberdrola to increase stake in Neoenergia to 84%
- Buss Energy and Nordex partner on Liftra self-hoisting crane services
- BMW and E.ON launch Vehicle-to-Grid solution in Germany
- Ocean Winds installs first foundation at Dieppe – Le Tréport offshore wind farm
- Trianel starts construction of first wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
- Study highlights benefits of coordinated lifetime extension for German offshore wind farms
- Nordex wins order for 47.6 MW wind farm in Austria
- FairWind appoints Regional Head of Service for SESA region
- Aspen floating wind project submits offshore consent applications
- OX2 hands over 27 MW wind farm in Italy
- Bio-UV develops containerised ballast water treatment for floating wind
- SeaMe project tests new monitoring technologies at Kaskasi offshore wind farm
- Van Oord completes array cable installation at Sofia Offshore Wind Farm
- Onyx Insight acquires UK blade monitoring company Eleven I
- European Energy sells 33 MW wind portfolio in Germany
- deugro delivers 58 kilometres of HVAC subsea cables for Cyclades IV interconnector
- Rhode Island and Connecticut challenge federal halt of Revolution Wind project
- Bernhard Schulte Offshore takes delivery of second CSOV
- Vaisala introduces WindCube 2.1 XP lidar
- RWE forms partnership with Apollo for Amprion stake funding
- Vestas receives 86 MW order from WestfalenWIND in Germany
- Nordex receives a new order for 71 MW in Portugal
- NKT to supply power cable link for Bornholm Energy Island in Denmark