Sep 01, 2026 14:47 | Fredericia – Danish energy group Ørsted has celebrated the completion of construction on its second gigawatt-scale offshore wind complex off the coast of Taiwan. With the addition of the Greater Changhua 2b and 4 wind farms, the existing Changhua offshore wind cluster reaches a new capacity milestone. read more... Aug 31, 2026 13:22 | Münster – The RENIXX World remained volatile during the reporting week and again closed trading below its 200-day moving average, posting a slight decline. After a low at the start of the week, the index recovered significantly by Thursday before losing ground again toward the end of the week. read more... Aug 31, 2026 08:47 | Münster - The energy policy realignment planned by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Katherina Reiche will lead to higher, not lower, electricity prices for industry and consumers, according to an analysis by the Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR). If the expansion of renewable energy is slowed and retiring coal-fired capacity is increasingly replaced by gas-fired power plants, the high costs of gas-fired generation will increasingly determine the exchange electricity price going forward. read more...News about wind energy
Taiwan Offshore Wind Expansion: Ørsted Advances 920 MW Wind Farm Complex off Changhua Toward Completion
Stock Market Week 35/26: RENIXX Under Fed Rate Pressure – JinkoSolar and Canadian Solar Down By Double Digits, Cadeler, Bloom Energy and Ørsted Lead Gains
Power: Reiche's New Energy Policy Course Shifts Control – Costly Gas-Fired Power Plants Drive Up Electricity Prices
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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26 Aug 2026
| - 24/7 control centre ensures reliable availability of renewable energy assets
Varel (renewablepress) - Deutsche WindGuard’s technical management division in Varel has reached a major growth milestone: For the first time, its 24/7 control centre is monitoring renewable energy assets with a comb... read more...
26 Aug 2026
| Frankfurt am Main (renewablepress) - Capcora has been mandated as exclusive M&A adviser for the intended sale of renewable energy project rights held by SoWiTec Operation GmbH and related companies of the SOWITEC Group. The mandate was awarded by the creditors’ committee following a proposal by inso... read more...
21 Aug 2026
| - Capacity market, EEG amendment and grid connection package shift control of the power system away from the competitive market toward grid operators and state-organized capacity mechanisms
Münster (renewablepress) - Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche promises supply security, predictabi... read more...
Press releases
Deutsche WindGuard: one gigawatt under technical management
Capcora mandated as exclusive M&A adviser for SOWITEC’s renewable energy project portfolio
Energy Policy: Reiche's Approach Will Lead to Higher Electricity Prices for Industry and Consumers
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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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