Nike deal kickstarts Spanish project

Spanish utility and global wind power operator, Iberdrola, has sealed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with sportswear giant Nike, for the power from the 111MW Cavar wind site, in Navarra, northern Spain.

Cañete warns against setting 'meaningless' climate targets

Increasing the ambition of the European Union's (EU) 2030 climate targets would be "meaningless" without introducing new policies to reduce emissions, climate commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete has said.

Corporate buyers match utilities in wind deals

Fortune 500 brands and other non-utility buyers purchased a record amount of wind power in 2018, according to a new Q4 report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

GE's orders and sales increase in 2018

GE Renewable Energy's revenue and order volume and value grew last year, while its operating profit declined, according to its 2018 financial results.

Ambitious Clean Line Energy 'wrapping up'

Did Clean Line's HVDC plan push for too much too soon? How the political climate and seemingly unsurmountable barriers for multi-state HVDC lines led to the demise of the independent developer's ambitious plans.

Onshore jobs plummet amid UK government inaction

Thousands of onshore wind jobs were lost in the UK between 2016 and 2017, while employment in offshore wind has more than doubled since 2015, according to government figures.

Wind Turbine of the Year 2018 - 3MW+: Nordex N149

PARTNER CONTENT. Why did Nordex's N149 win Best Onshore Turbine 3MW+ category in the 2018 awards?

Gujarat details land allocation policy to aid stranded projects

Gujarat's authorities have produced a new land policy in order to ease the logjam that is delaying nearly 2GW of federally-auctioned wind capacity from being built.

Mexico cancels clean energy auction - updated

Mexico's grid operator and regulator Cenace (the National Energy Control Centre) has scrapped plans for the country's 5.9TWh clean energy tender.

Canada's 2018 installations below ten-year average

Six wind farms with a combined capacity of 566MW were commissioned in Canada last year -- a 62% increase year on year, but below the country's ten-year average.