Renewables operator Valorem and Octopus Energy Investments have entered into a partnership to build and operate two wind farms in Finland which will generate 71MW of wind capacity for the country.   The projects, Saunamaa and Suolakangas, in the southwest of the country represent a total investment by Valorem and local partner Megatuuli of €80 […]

A member of the Hungarian ArchEnerg Cluster, János Brand, the executive of Aero Energi Ltd., patented the innovative system he developed to change the power supply of developing countries. His ‘invention’ was primarily developed for regions in which there is no power infrastructure or it functions only intermittently. The system gains its versatility from the […]

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The 212MW Lincoln Gap wind farm, located near Port Augusta in South Australia, has exported its first energy generation as project owner Nexif Energy said it had intervened to keep the project on track while Senvion sorts out its financial problems. The Lincoln Gap wind farm is one of the biggest new renewable energy developments […]

Renewable infrastructure fund Greencoat UK Wind is to issue up to 500 million shares over the next 12 months to finance new acquisitions and pay down debt. The shares will be issued through several tranches, with the initial placing and the initial offer for subscription launching today, as the initial tranche. The prospectus for the […]

Only 41 turbines accounting for 134MW installed in the first quarter German onshore wind farm installations dropped by 87% in the first quarter of 2019 in terms of generation capacity, according to an analysis by non-profit association FA Wind. Only 41 turbines were erected in the country in the period from January to March, accounting […]

France’s minister of Transport, Élisabeth Borne has announced a plan to invest €200 million in the development of electric, autonomous public shuttle transport, and new legislation to support autonomous vehicles. The government intends to invest the funding into shuttle transport in 16 rural and urban areas across France and, has committed to create the legal […]

The European wind energy industry invested a total of €65 billion ($73 billion) in 2018, including €27 billion on new wind farms which, thanks to cost reductions, will finance a record 16.7 gigawatts (GW) of new win d capacity. As the cost of wind energy technology matures it becomes cheaper, and according to the latest Financing […]

E.ON has signed a deal with renewables company Kyuden Mirai Energy to jointly develop offshore windfarms in Japan. The companies will begin by selecting a project for the Kyushu area in the southernmost island of Japan and they may then expand the partnership to other regions of Japan. The co-operation follows E.ON’s decision to enter the Japanese wind […]

In its first project in renewable energy in Poland in over three years, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced that it is supporting the 220 MW Potegowo wind farm with a local currency loan of up to PLN 209.1 million (€48 million). The plant in north-eastern Poland will be constructed and […]