North America

Fires, floods, fury, and face masks.

“It is no different than when I was in bodybuilding. I could say at the age of 15: ‘I want to be bodybuilding champion of the world.’ But I had to have a plan.”

How can US wind companies adapt to changing corporate demands?

Talking exclusively to A Word About Wind, Hines told us why we should expect failures in the offshore floating wind market

The Texas blackouts show what the US wind sector will have to deal with during the Biden years – and how to handle it.

Over the last five years, the US has been one of the world’s most consistent onshore wind markets for growth.

“My month of February was going from a corporate office every day to, literally, my basement and doing business on Gmail.”

The US election is upon us and polling strongly suggests that the Democrats will be taking a full sweep in all the branches. But what would this mean for renewable energy?

Americans go to the polls in three weeks and it feels like the future of the US renewable energy industry is at stake.

Offshore wind is seeing more hook-ups and bust-ups than a student disco.

Last week we held our Financing Wind North America conference. One of the most interesting sessions was on the first day as Frank Getman, president and CEO at Great Bay Renewables, spoke to Bruce Hogg, managing director and head of power & renewables at CPP Investment Board, and Martin Torres, head of the Americas for renewables at BlackRock Real Assets.

This is Masdar’s second US deal, and it has hinted at more to come. Financial firepower certainly wouldn’t be a problem: Masdar is part of Abu Dhabi state-owned sovereign wealth fund Mubadala, which has assets under management worth $229bn. But is this a one-off or the start of a broader trend?