Oct 27, 2026 10:08 | Amsterdam – Dutch storage developer Giga Storage has closed a EUR 260 million debt financing for its Albatross large-scale battery project in Lower Saxony. The 350 MW storage system with a capacity of 1,400 MWh is scheduled to start operations in early 2029. read more... Oct 26, 2026 12:51 | Hamburg – The two substation platforms Darß and Zingst have been successfully installed at the Gennaker offshore wind farm in the German Baltic Sea. The wind farm, with a planned capacity of just under 1,000 MW, is scheduled to start operations at the end of 2028. read more... Oct 26, 2026 11:31 | Copenhagen – Offshore wind specialist Cadeler has reached an acceptance rate of 89.5 percent in the share exchange for the planned move of its parent company from Denmark to the United Kingdom. Completion requires 90 percent, and the offer period has therefore been extended to October 28, 2026. read more...News about wind energy
Giga Storage Secures Financing and Grid Connection for 350 MW Four-Hour Battery Project
Largest Offshore Wind Farm in the German Baltic Sea: Gennaker Reaches Key Milestone
Cadeler Ahead of Group Restructuring: Offshore Wind Specialist Plans UK Parent Company – Share Exchange Nears 90 Percent Threshold
Windenergy up to date in Europe
| Global wind power generation | ||
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| 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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27 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group and DenkerWulf are continuing their collaboration in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, with a new wind energy project. For the Bredenbek wind farm, DenkerWulf has ordered nine N149/5.X wind turbines with a total capacity of 51.3 MW from the Nordex Group. Instal... read more...
22 Oct 2026
| Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group has received its first order from New Zealand. Mercury, one of New Zealand’s major electricity generation and retail companies, has ordered 40 N133/4.8 wind turbines with a total capacity of 192 MW for a wind farm in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South... read more...
19 Oct 2026
| - Virtual Power Plant Enables Balancing Services in Lithuania’s Electricity Market
Vilnius/Oldenburg (renewablepress) - Lithuania’s Ignitis and Germany’s emsys VPP are expanding their Virtual Power Plant (VPP) partner-ship to strengthen the stability of the Baltic power grid. As part of expande... read more...
Press releases
Nordex Group to supply DenkerWulf with turbines for a 51 MW wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Nordex Group enters New Zealand market with 192 MW order from Mercury
Battery Storage Enters the Balancing Market to Strengthen Grid Stability: Ignitis and emsys VPP Expand Partnership
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