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Flender expands USA service capacity with new Elgin facility
- Category: Company News
Flender has announced the expansion of its service centre in Elgin, Illinois, USA. The new facility, located next to the existing building, will include a large warehouse, in-house gear regrinding capabilities, and consolidated storage to improve access to spare parts.
Japan partners with Siemens Gamesa to support offshore wind supply chain
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has signed an agreement with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to promote public-private cooperation in offshore wind development. The initiative focuses on building domestic supply chains to support the country’s growing renewable energy sector.
Extended lifetime for Nysted and Middelgrunden offshore wind farms
- Category: Projects and Contracts
The Danish Energy Agency has granted permission for the Nysted and Middelgrunden offshore wind farms to continue generating electricity, extending their operating lives by ten and twenty-five years respectively. These are two of Denmark’s oldest offshore wind farms. Middelgrunden, located in the Øresund near Copenhagen, was originally commissioned in 2000, followed by Nysted, off southern Lolland, in 2003. The operators applied for lifetime extensions of ten years for Nysted and twenty-five years for Middelgrunden.
Spanish wind sector supports new legislation but urges regulatory clarity
- Category: Industry News
The Spanish wind energy sector has welcomed Royal Decree-Law 7/2025 as a positive step for renewable energy development, particularly for simplifying project procedures and supporting grid operation. However, the Asociación Empresarial Eólica (AEE) highlights several unresolved issues and calls for additional measures to ensure legal certainty and accelerate project deployment.
Meta expands clean energy procurement with Invenergy to 1,800 MW
- Category: Projects and Contracts
Meta has signed four additional agreements with Invenergy for the supply of wind and solar energy totalling 791 MW. These contracts will help meet the company’s near-term electricity needs and support data centre expansion and wider clean energy targets.
Bernhard Schulte Offshore christens new CSOV ‘Windea Curie’
- Category: Product News
Bernhard Schulte Offshore has taken delivery of its latest Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV) from Ulstein Verft in Norway. The vessel, named Windea Curie, was christened on 26 June and will be deployed under charter to TenneT, the offshore transmission system operator, to support grid connection infrastructure in the North Sea.
New EU State Aid rules to support industrial decarbonisation and clean tech manufacturing
- Category: Industry News
The European Commission has introduced a new framework for State Aid, known as the Climate, Energy and Environmental Aid Framework (CISAF), to support the Clean Industrial Deal. Published on 25 June 2025, CISAF enables EU Member States to fund strategic projects in electrification, industrial decarbonisation, and clean tech manufacturing. The framework will remain in place until the end of the decade, providing long-term policy and investment clarity.
Peak Wind appoints Nicolaj Mensberg as new CEO
- Category: Company News
Peak Wind has appointed Nicolaj Mensberg as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 August 2025. He succeeds Michael Rask Andersen, Co-Founder and current CEO, who will take up the role of Chair of the Board of Directors.
RWE offshore wind control centre reaches construction milestone in East Friesland
- Category: Company News
A topping-out ceremony has been held for a new office building in Jemgum, East Friesland, which will house a wind control centre for RWE. From this site in the district of Leer, RWE will monitor and operate its current and future offshore wind farms in Germany and across continental Europe around the clock.
KIER advances large-scale wind blade design with new platform and research facility
- Category: Product News
The Wind Energy Research Department at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER), led by Director Cheol Yoo, has developed a design platform and supporting research infrastructure to enable domestic development of large wind turbine blades. As part of this effort, the team designed a 12MW-class blade, which has been verified by the international classification society DNV.
- Opoura to supply hybrid controller for Goldbeck Solar's Austrian project
- Steen Hommel to lead public affairs and partnerships at Terma
- BaxEnergy to support Enlight Renewable Energy with multi-technology APM platform
- Moldova selects five wind projects in first large-scale renewable energy tender
- Global offshore wind capacity reaches 83 GW despite short-term challenges
- Nordex receives 160 MW turbine order for Yellice wind farm in Türkiye
- WindEurope: Investments in grid resilience are key to preventing blackouts
- DNV-led project advances validation of wind farm flow control technology
- Nordex receives 435 MW turbine order from UKA for projects across Germany
- Pedro Azagra appointed CEO of Iberdrola Group
- Oxan Energy begins permitting process for 900 MW offshore wind farm in Estonia
- Ares Management acquires 20% stake in Plenitude
- Ocergy launches RECORD15 project for 15+ MW floating turbine
- BayWa r.e. to develop 1.2 GW of onshore wind with Stora Enso in Sweden
- Fraunhofer IWES tests long-range wind radar
- Amprion prepares offshore cable route near Norderney for DolWin4 connection
- Wind sector training pilot builds cross-sector skills in Grangemouth and Aberdeen
- UK Government outlines new Industrial Strategy with focus on clean energy and manufacturing
- Worley Rosenberg selected for offshore substation at Sørlige Nordsjø II wind farm
- LiftOff introduces new vessel for offshore wind turbine component exchange
- UK government, Great British Energy and industry boost offshore wind supply chain investment
- Fugro to deliver site investigations for RWE and TotalEnergies wind farms in German North Sea
- Equinor secures floating offshore wind lease in UK Celtic Sea
- Suzlon wins order from Ampin Energy Transition in Andhra Pradesh
- Siemens completes listing of energy business in India
- Recycling challenges for carbon fibre in wind turbine blades
- HVAC construction starts for Princess Elisabeth offshore energy hub
- ARESCA seeks wind energy experts to support national standards adoption
- Muir Mhòr floating wind farm granted onshore planning consent
- Iberdrola and Renfe sign wind power agreement to support rail decarbonisation
