Wind News
Lightning Protection Risk Management: Meteorage And Recase Cooperate For Better Lightning Protection in The Wind Sector
May 17, 2024 10:40 | Pau, France / Busdorf, Germany - Thunderstorms and lightning events pose a risk in the operation of wind turbines. Against this background, the French company Meteorage, which specializes in lightning protection risk management, and the German engineering firm Recase Regenerative Energien have agreed to cooperate. read more...
Priority For Own Power Generation Portfolio: PNE Sells Remaining Treasury Shares And Raises Millions
May 15, 2024 12:26 | Cuxhaven, Germany - PNE AG has sold the remainder of its treasury shares in order to strengthen the company's financial base. A total of 266,803 shares were sold on the stock exchange at an average selling price of euro 13.48. read more...
Growth Financing: Enertrag Secures Medium-Term Investment Loan
May 14, 2024 17:03 | Dauerthal, Germany - Enertrag has concluded new financing amounting to EUR 120 million. The loan agreement signed with Commerzbank serves to support the company's growth. read more...
Nordex With Strong First Quarter And Operating Profit - Full-Year Guidance For 2024 Confirmed
May 14, 2024 11:42 | Hamburg, Germany - Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has closed the first quarter of 2024 with solid sales growth and an operating profit. Nordex sees itself well on the way to more stable results, the Nordex share climbs by more than 8 percent to around EUR 15.70 in early trading. read more...
Romania Enters Offshore Wind Energy - Law Comes Into Force at The End of May
May 13, 2024 16:44 | Bucharest, Romania - Romania wants to play a leading role in the use of offshore wind energy in the Black Sea. At the beginning of April 2024, the Chamber of Deputies passed one of the most important energy laws of recent years in plenary session: the Romanian Offshore Wind Energy Law. read more...
First 9.5 MW Vestas Wind Turbine Installed at Iberdrola's Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm
May 13, 2024 12:06 | Berlin, Germany - In Germany, the commissioning of two further offshore wind farms with a capacity of 729 MW is planned for 2024. The offshore wind farm Gode Wind 3 (253 MW) will be built in the North Sea and Baltic Eagle (476 MW) in the Baltic Sea. read more...
11 MW Siemens Gamesa Wind Turbine: Ørsted's Gode Wind 3 Offshore Wind Farm Supplies First Electricity
May 13, 2024 06:52 | Hamburg, Germany - The expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany is picking up speed again, also thanks to increasingly powerful wind turbines. Ørsted has installed what is currently the most powerful wind turbine in the North Sea, and now the first wind power was fed into the transmission grid. read more...
PNE Makes a Successful Start to The New Year - Forecast For The 2024 Fiscal Year Confirmed
May 08, 2024 14:47 | Cuxhaven, Germany - PNE AG has made a good start to the new fiscal year. The high number of projects under construction and in preparation for construction pave the way for a successful year as a whole, the company announced. The Board of Management confirms the forecast for 2024. read more...
Vestas And Ørsted Present Figures For The First Quarter Of 2024 - Vestas Share in Reverse Gear
May 03, 2024 11:25 | Münster, Germany - Two companies listed in the renewable share index RENIXX World, Vestas and Ørsted, have presented their financial figures for the first quarter of 2024. While the Vestas share is coming under pressure this morning, the Ørsted share is holding its own. read more...
After Project Delays: Energiequelle Starts Construction of Wind Farm In Zeven, Lower Saxony
May 02, 2024 17:01 | Zeven, Germany - After the project had to overcome a number of hurdles before construction could begin, Energiequelle GmbH started construction of the Zeven wind farm in Lower Saxony a few weeks ago. read more...
Wind Market USA: Nordex Secures Major Order For Wind Farm in California
May 02, 2024 15:43 | Hamburg, Germany - Nordex has received an order from the USA for 25 N149/5.X turbines from the Delta 4000 series. The order has been placed by an unnamed customer. read more...
Ørsted Announces Transaction: Ørsted Sells French Onshore Wind And Solar Business
Apr 29, 2024 17:08 | Fredericia, Denmark - Danish energy group Ørsted has announced the sale of its French onshore wind and solar business as part of its strategic prioritisation of other European markets for onshore renewable projects. read more...
Deutsche Windtechnik And Japanese Meidensha Corporation Plan Leading Independent Onshore Wind Energy Service Provider
Apr 26, 2024 10:00 | Bremen, Germany / Tokyo, Japan - In Japan, the Japanese government's Strategic Energy Plan defines the expansion of renewable energies. Solar energy and wind energy (onshore and offshore) play a central role. Deutsche Windtechnik wants to help shape the development of the wind service market in Japan. read more...
Growth And Internationalization: VSB Group And Commerzbank AG Extend Syndicated Loan Agreement
Apr 26, 2024 09:39 | Dresden, Germany - VSB, the international project developer for wind energy and photovoltaics, has increased its existing syndicated loan agreement to a volume of EUR 160 million under the leadership of Commerzbank AG. With a term of around two and a half years, it will be used for general corporate financing, VSB announced. read more...
Successful Project: Energiequelle Celebrates Commissioning of The Bad Gandersheim Repowering Project
Apr 25, 2024 13:45 | Bad Gandersheim, Germany - Energiequelle GmbH has completed the Bad Gandersheim repowering project in Lower Saxony. The new E-160 wind turbine with a hub height of 166 metres and a capacity of 5.56 MW was commissioned in mid-February 2024. read more...