Wind News
Nordex Enters New Zealand Wind Market with First Order for 192 MW – 30-Year Service Agreement
Oct 22, 2026 16:56 | Hamburg – Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received its first order from New Zealand, a large 192 MW order. The customer is energy utility Mercury, which is building a new wind farm on New Zealand’s South Island. read more...
Hybrid Parks on the Rise: Swisspower Renewables Opens Solar Park in Brandenburg – Wind and Solar Share One Grid Connection
Oct 22, 2026 14:18 | Wainsdorf (Germany) – Swisspower Renewables has opened the Prösen Solar Park in Wainsdorf, Brandenburg. The photovoltaic plant shares the grid connection point at the Gröditz substation with the existing Elsterwerda Wind Farm. read more...
Battery Storage Boom in Lithuania: Capacity Rises to Almost 1,200 MW – Ignitis and Emsys VPP Expand Virtual Power Plant for Balancing Power
Oct 21, 2026 10:53 | Vilnius/Oldenburg – Lithuania’s battery storage market is growing rapidly: installed capacity rose from around 700 MW at the end of June to nearly 1,200 MW in early October 2026. Lithuanian energy company Ignitis and Germany’s Emsys VPP are expanding their cooperation so that battery storage assets can also be marketed for balancing power in future. read more...
Balancing Power Market in Transition: Vattenfall Enters with 200 MW of Offshore Wind Capacity
Oct 20, 2026 16:26 | Hamburg - With 200 MW of balancing capacity from the Veja Mate wind farm in the North Sea, offshore wind energy is playing a growing role in stabilising the German power grid. Vattenfall is entering offshore balancing power marketing in Germany for the first time. read more...
Lignite Regions Turn into Energy Hubs: RWE Expands Wind and Solar – Large-Scale Battery Storage Under Construction
Oct 19, 2026 10:55 | Essen – RWE has expanded the Garzweiler solar park at the opencast mine of the same name and commissioned the Düren-Merken wind farm in the Rhenish mining area. A large-scale battery storage system is also being built at the solar site and is scheduled to be connected to the grid in spring 2027. read more...
Stock Market Week 42/26: RENIXX Falls and Slips into Negative Territory for the Year – Nordex Surges – Bloom Energy, Plug Power and Ballard Power Lose Double Digits
Oct 19, 2026 09:53 | Münster – The RENIXX World lost 4.5 percent in the past trading week and slipped into negative territory for the first time this year. While Nordex rallied sharply on positive company news, hydrogen and fuel cell stocks plunged by double-digit percentages. read more...
Nordex Posts Sharp Earnings Jump in Third Quarter of 2026, Raises Full-Year Guidance – Shares Gain
Oct 16, 2026 15:37 | Hamburg – Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex more than doubled its EBITDA in the third quarter of 2026 and significantly raised its full-year guidance for the EBITDA margin. The shares are rising. read more...
PIK Study: Climate Action Opens New Economic Prospects – Fossil-Fuel States Face Challenges
Oct 16, 2026 09:32 | Potsdam – A new study by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) shows how climate action could affect the economic assets of 169 countries. While avoided climate damage and renewable energy offer economic benefits and new potential, 19 countries heavily dependent on fossil fuels could face economic disadvantages. read more...
Germany: Wind Capacity Additions Rise 63 Percent in January–September 2026 – Solar PV Additions Hold Steady
Oct 14, 2026 09:04 | Münster – Wind energy deployment in Germany grew sharply in the first nine months of 2026. Newly installed solar PV capacity remained almost unchanged despite a clear drop in the number of systems, according to IWR analyses of the Federal Network Agency’s Market Master Data Register (Marktstammdatenregister). read more...
Nordex Sharply Increases Order Intake as Türkiye, Germany and US Drive Business
Oct 12, 2026 16:04 | Hamburg – Onshore wind turbine manufacturer Nordex booked more new project orders in the third quarter of 2026 than in the same period a year earlier. The strongest individual markets were Türkiye, Germany and the US. read more...
Stock Market Week 41/26: RENIXX Marks New Annual Low and Recovers by Week’s End – Xpeng and Samsung SDI Lead, Plug Power and Nordex Fall Sharply
Oct 12, 2026 10:36 | Münster – The RENIXX World set a new annual low on a closing basis last Thursday, but it narrowly held its support zone and recovered somewhat by the end of the week. Battery and electric mobility stocks such as Xpeng, Samsung SDI and CATL were the week’s winners. Plug Power and Nordex were among the losers. read more...
VSB Starts Construction of Liethe-Lehmden Repowering Project: Its First Wind Farm in Lower Saxony
Oct 09, 2026 11:06 | Dresden – VSB Group has begun construction of the Liethe-Lehmden repowering wind farm in Rastede, Lower Saxony. read more...
Europe's Wind Market Heads for Record Year – Permitting Remains Key Challenge
Oct 07, 2026 17:01 | Hamburg/Brussels – Europe's wind market is heading for a record year in new installations, while permitting volumes are developing differently across individual markets. Against this backdrop, Nordex Group has received new orders from Türkiye and from Southern, Central and Eastern Europe. read more...
High Oil and Gas Prices Fuel Inflation: Vattenfall Calls for Faster Electrification in Germany
Oct 07, 2026 11:43 | Berlin – Vattenfall has warned of the economic risks of Germany's and Europe's heavy reliance on fossil energy imports, following the recent rise in oil and gas prices. The energy company is calling for faster expansion of renewable energy, power grids and storage, as well as greater electrification of heating, transport and industry. read more...
Capital from Abu Dhabi for Offshore Wind and Battery Storage: Masdar and Luxcara Explore Investments of More Than EUR 5 Billion
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...