Oct 06, 2026 09:27 | Hamburg/Berlin – Abu Dhabi-based investor Masdar and Hamburg-based asset manager Luxcara are exploring a partnership for investments in offshore wind energy and battery storage in Germany. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during the state visit of the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Masdar also signed a separate MoU with RWE. read more... Oct 06, 2026 09:04 | Oslo/Cairo – Norway's Scatec and France's EDF Power Solutions have started construction of the 900 MW Shadwan onshore wind farm in Egypt. The project, with an investment volume of USD 716 million, is expected to generate around 4 billion kWh of electricity per year. The first phase is scheduled to begin operations at the end of 2027. read more... Oct 05, 2026 10:35 | Münster – The RENIXX World set a new annual low last week. The index of the renewable energy sector recovered somewhat by the end of the week but still closed marginally lower on a weekly basis. The composition of the RENIXX was adjusted last week as part of the regular major rebalancing date. read more...News about wind energy
Capital from Abu Dhabi for Offshore Wind and Battery Storage: Masdar and Luxcara Explore Investments of More Than EUR 5 Billion
Egypt Turns to Wind Energy: Scatec and EDF Start Construction of 900 MW Shadwan Wind Farm
Stock Markets, Week 40/26: RENIXX Tests Annual Low – New Constituents Samsung SDI and SMA Solar Gain Strongly – XPeng, Cadeler and Grenergy at Bottom of Index
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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06 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - End of September, the Nordex Group received several orders for the supply and installation of 35 wind turbines for projects in multiple countries in Europe. Together, the turbines will provide a total capacity of around 228 MW. The contracts include a Service of the turbin... read more...
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...
Press releases
Nordex Group secures 228 MW across South, Central and Eastern Europe
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
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The wind energy sector is currently the most well-developed area of industry in the renewable energy sector around the world. Over the past 30 years, an efficient wind energy sector has developed due to the development of research and funding programmes in many countries. With its entry into the offshore wind energy market, what was previously a niche market has now become a global market with major prospects for exports and increasingly powerful wind turbines.
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