Poland to soften setback restrictions - updated
The Polish government plans to amend a setback rule that has hindered onshore wind development and auction 2.5GW of capacity this year, its deputy energy minister said.
Wind PPAs at risk as PG&E bids to renegotiate contracts
Bankrupt US utility Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is seeking to preserve the option of cancelling or renegotiating renewable energy contracts in a bid to cut costs, exposing a number of projects and developers.
France maps out wind development - updated
The French government's newly published energy plan (PPE) confirmed a strong trajectory for onshore wind in to the next decade, but brings little comfort to the offshore sector.
German installation slump prompts call for reform
The German wind energy association (BWE) has called for permitting processes to be streamlined, as annual onshore installations fell below already low expectations.
GE 'intensifies focus' on renewables
GE has moved its grids and renewable hybrids businesses from GE Power in to its GE Renewable Energy unit as the company "intensifies its focus on renewables", while reorganising its onshore wind set-up.
Six EU power trends from 2018
New wind installations in the European Union (EU) contributed to power sector carbon emissions across the bloc falling 5% last year. This is one of six key findings from a joint report by climate think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende.
Betting $1 Million on Offshore New Jersey Wind Paid Off Big Time
Over the past year, U.S. Wind got calls “every day” to sell a lease the energy company bought for $1 million in 2015 in its push to build a wind farm off the New Jersey coast.
Consumer demand drives record year for wind energy purchases, AWEA says
Fortune 500 brands and a range of other non-utility entities are catalyzing America’s growing demand for renewable energy by purchasing a record amount of wind power in 2018, according to a recent report by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Consumer demand combined with policy stability and low, stable prices helped wind power capacity installations rise to the third strongest quarter in the industry’s history.
FERC issues NOPR on expedited hydro licensing process
Late last week, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in the U.S. proposed to expedite the issuance of original hydropower licenses for certain qualifying facilities at existing non-powered dams and closed-loop pumped storage projects.
The Caribbean’s Untapped Renewable Energy Potential