offshore wind
PPC acquires 216 MW pilot offshore wind project near Alexandroupolis
27 December 2023 - PPC is continuing to expand its investment program through the participation in a pilot wind power project offshore Alexandroupolis
Romania completes offshore wind power bill after severe delays
22 December 2023 - The Parliament of Romania will debate the first offshore wind power bill at its next session, under an emergency procedure
Bulgarian fishers oppose draft offshore wind power law
18 December 2023 - A group of legislators proposed a law to enable offshore wind power turbines to be built in the northern part of Bulgaria's Black Sea waters
Most countries expected to miss 2030 net zero offshore wind targets – report
08 December 2023 - Among the 19 nations with explicit offshore wind goals for 2030, only Poland and Ireland seem on track to achieve their respective targets
Greece announces offshore wind energy program, targets 4.9 GW by 2032
31 October 2023 - The draft offshore wind energy development program was presented today by HEREMA and the Ministry of Environment and Energy
Dogger Bank, world’s largest offshore wind farm, starts producing electricity
10 October 2023 - The Dogger Bank Wind Farm project has delivered several world-firsts in supply chain delivery, the investors said
Bulgaria could add as much as 42 GW from wind outside protected areas
29 September 2023 - A study found that Bulgaria is expected to increase its total wind power capacity by...
IRENA: Vast majority of new renewables in 2022 have lower costs than fossil fuel–fired electricity
30 August 2023 - Without renewables, the economic disruption from last year's fossil fuel price shock would have been much worse, according to a new report
Greece’s revised NECP targets much less energy storage, more natural gas
21 August 2023 - The Greek National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) was originally presented in January, but now it has been revised
Burduja: First wind farms in Romania’s Black Sea in 2027-2028
15 August 2023 - The World Bank has estimated Romania’s offshore potential at 75 GW, Minister of Energy Sebastian Burduja said
Turkey selects its first offshore wind power zones
09 August 2023 - Studies are underway for four maritime areas that Turkey intends to declare offshore wind power zones under the YEKA support mechanism
Wind turbine repairs at Siemens Gamesa amplify Siemens Energy’s multibillion loss
08 August 2023 - Siemens Gamesa took out EUR 2.2 billion from Siemens Energy's results due to quality issues and rising costs in the wind power business
Sweden blocks Vattenfall’s offshore wind project to protect nature, shipping
31 July 2023 - The proposed wind farm would have produced between 2.5 TWh and 3 TWh a year, an equivalent of 1.5% of Sweden’s electricity consumption
WindEurope to keep pushing back against uncapped negative bidding in auctions
18 July 2023 - BP and TotalEnergies have to pay vast sums to build offshore wind plants in Germany, which unsettled the industry. Giles Dickson says WindEurope would keep opposing the model.
BP, TotalEnergies win German auctions with EUR 12.6 billion in bids for offshore wind farms of 7 GW
13 July 2023 - The results confirm the attractiveness of investing in offshore wind energy in Germany, said Klaus Müller, President of the Bundesnetzagentur
Turkey targets over 20 GW in nuclear power capacity by 2050s
12 July 2023 - Turkey is making plans for its second and third nuclear power plants and the deployment of several small modular reactors