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Nordex Order Backlog Grows by Around 30 Percent - Net Profit Nearly Triples

Nov 06, 2026 08:30 | Hamburg – Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex continued its economic upswing in the third quarter of 2026 with a sharp rise in profit. Net profit nearly tripled, while operating earnings more than doubled. read more...


Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm Takes Shape: Vattenfall Completes Foundation Installation for Nordlicht I Ahead of Schedule

Nov 04, 2026 08:50 | Berlin - Vattenfall has completed the installation of all 68 foundations ahead of schedule at the Nordlicht I offshore wind farm in the German North Sea. With an installed turbine capacity of 1,020 MW, Nordlicht I is currently set to become Germany’s largest offshore wind farm. read more...


Solar Power Feed-In Up 40 Percent in October – Renewables Share Above 63 Percent Since Start of Year

Nov 03, 2026 10:11 | Münster – Solar power feed-in in Germany rose by around 40 percent in October 2026 compared with the same month a year earlier. Wind energy and hydropower, by contrast, fed in less electricity. This is shown by an analysis by the Internationales Wirtschaftsforum Regenerative Energien (IWR) of data from European transmission system operators (ENTSO-E). read more...


Esmera Partners Advises on Sale of Onshore Wind Farm with Repowering Prospect

Nov 02, 2026 16:15 | Grünwald/Konstanz – Renewable energy M&A advisory firm Esmera Partners has advised a German utility on the sale of an existing onshore wind farm in Germany. The transaction covers the ongoing operation of the wind farm as well as the prospect of a future repowering of the site. read more...


Four-Hour Gigawatt-Class Battery Storage: ADS-TEC Energy Expects Building Permit for 4 GWh Project

Nov 02, 2026 14:30 | Nürtingen – ADS-TEC Energy expects to receive the building permit shortly for one of the largest battery storage projects planned in Europe. The facility in Markgröningen, in the Ludwigsburg district of Baden-Württemberg, is designed to have a power capacity of 1 GW and a storage capacity of 4 GWh. read more...


Stock Market Week 44/26: RENIXX World Stabilises After Losses – Scatec and Ballard Surge, Enphase Plunges

Nov 02, 2026 12:11 | Münster – The RENIXX World, the international equity index for renewable energies, ended the trading week from October 26 to 30, 2026 with a slight gain. After the sharp losses of the previous week, the index rose 0.3 percent to 1,075.65 points. Scatec and Ballard Power posted particularly strong gains, while Enphase Energy and SolarEdge fell by double-digit percentages. read more...


Nordex and Denker Wulf Continue Cooperation: New Wind Power Order for Nordex in Schleswig-Holstein

Oct 30, 2026 12:15 | Hamburg – Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received an order from project developer Denker Wulf for nine wind turbines with a total capacity of 51.3 MW. The turbines are intended for the Bredenbek Wind Farm in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde in Schleswig-Holstein. read more...


Industrial Decarbonisation: Tennet Commissions New 380 kV Line for Low-CO2 Steel in Salzgitter

Oct 28, 2026 12:03 | Salzgitter – Transmission system operator Tennet Germany has commissioned a new 380 kV industrial line for the Salzgitter steel site. The extra-high-voltage line, around 11 kilometres long, adds grid capacity for the decarbonisation of steel production and strengthens regional power supply. read more...


Giga Storage Secures Financing and Grid Connection for 350 MW Four-Hour Battery Project

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...


Largest Offshore Wind Farm in the German Baltic Sea: Gennaker Reaches Key Milestone

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...