Oct 02, 2026 14:54 | Hamburg – Lower Austria raised its wind energy expansion target in 2025. In the district of Gänserndorf, WEB Windenergie AG is now having existing turbines replaced with N175/6.X turbines from the Nordex Group, which will be used in Austria for the first time. read more... Oct 02, 2026 12:09 | Münster – The global renewable energy stock index RENIXX World ended the first nine months of 2026 in positive territory, but most of the gains from the first half were erased in the third quarter. Samsung SDI joined the index on October 1 as another battery manufacturer after CATL. read more... Oct 02, 2026 12:02 | Münster, Germany – Solar feed-in in Germany rose well above the level of the same month a year earlier in sunny September. Feed-in from wind and hydropower was lower. This is shown by an IWR analysis of data from the European transmission system operators (ENTSO-E). read more...News about wind energy
Lower Austria Bets on More Wind Energy: Nordex to Supply First N175/6.X Turbines to Austria for WEB Repowering
RENIXX Under Pressure in Third Quarter – Year-to-Date Gain Shrinks – Energy Storage Gains Importance
Solar Power Feed-In Up 33 Percent in September – Renewables Up 9.5 Percent Year to Date
Windenergy up to date in Europe
| Global wind power generation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2015 [bn. kWh] | 2014 [bn. kWh] | |
| World | 700 | |
| Europe | ||
| USA | 191 | 182 |
| China | 154 | |
| Germany | 79 | 57 |
| Spain | 48 | |
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Last Update: 05.12.2016 Data: IWR, BMWi, GWEC, IRENA, EIA ©IWR, 2016 |
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02 Oct 2026
| - The M.O.E. Test Laboratory and the M.O.E. Certification Body, in collaboration with SMA, have completed a technically demanding verification process in accordance with VDE FNN Guideline 2.1
Itzehoe (renewablepress) - The manufacturer SMA has reached an important milestone in the development o... read more...
01 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received an order for 56 MW in Austria from WEB Windenergie AG. For the Auersthal RI repowering project in the district of Gänserndorf in Lower Austria, the Nordex Group will supply and install eight N175/6.X turbines. The order also includes a 25-year... read more...
30 Sep 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has secured new orders totalling 175 MW across three European wind energy markets: France, Portugal and Spain. The contracts comprise the supply and installation of 34 wind turbines and include comprehensive multi-year service agreements designed to ensure... read more...
Press releases
Grid-forming inverters: SMA and M.O.E. put a new verification method into practice
Milestone in Austria: Nordex Group receives 56 MW order from WEB Windenergie for first N175/6.X project in the country
Nordex Group secures 175 MW of new orders in France, Portugal and Spain
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