Offshore wind

This week, Italian utility Enel announced that its US subsidiary Enel Green Power North America has agreed to buy independent developer Tradewind Energy.

Anders Runevad last week announced his decision to leave as chief executive of the world’s leading wind turbine maker, which he joined in 2013.

We have seen continued activity in the Swedish market and completion of a sizeable deal by Ventient Energy to grow in Europe outside the UK.

Is the debate about renewables over? Wind and solar are both on track for serious growth in the next decade, and we see little argument in the energy world that both can play important roles in helping the world to hit ambitious decarbonisation goals.

We caught up with Principle Power's João Metelo to find out more about the development of floating wind projects, trends in the sector and the biggest markets for new offshore wind developments.

The US is set to be the next big market for offshore wind. But how big?

With Brexit due in three weeks’ time, it felt like a good time to look again at Brexit and its potential impacts on wind.

Is Betteridge’s law of headlines correct? This is the idea that an article is irrelevant if it contains a headline where the reader can instinctively answer ‘no.’

It's Valentine's Day tomorrow. Hooray! Yes, time for the media to crack out some truly terrible romance puns (it's the closest we get), and marketers to promote their products as love gifts.

As people in the European offshore wind industry went about their Christmas parties in mid-December, many were also watching an exciting event on the other side of the Atlantic.

Will General Electric hive off its renewables division?

Ten thousand. This was the number of people employed in the UK’s offshore wind sector at the end of 2017. It is set to increase more than threefold to 36,000 by 2032 as the industry prepares to reach 35GW of installed capacity, according to Aura Wind Energy.