Policy

This has been a momentous week for the US renewables sector.

A Word About Wind caught up with Lorenzo Palombi, global director of wind projects at BayWa r.e. Global, to talk about where offshore wind fits into the company’s plans; his views on floating wind; and pressures in key markets.

US onshore wind is poised for phenomenal growth this decade because of policies in the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act.

US President Joe Biden is due to jet in to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow in the next week.

The Spanish government has form for clobbering wind and solar investors.

“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.”

The Australian wind market is eerily quiet. Not a single onshore wind farm reached financial close in the first five months of 2021.

Are nations in Europe on track to meet wind targets in their National Energy & Climate Plans? And how can politicians unlock more investor support?

The new EEG amendments are intended to help Germany increase renewable electricity capacity from 50% of total production now to 65% by 2030.

US citizens are due to vote in the presidential election on 3rd November. For the renewables industry, the choice couldn’t be starker.

While a number of actions of the Trump administration have had a direct impact on renewables – most notably the 30% tariff imposed on imported solar panels in 2017 – most of the actions have been directed at making it tougher for renewables to compete against fossil fuels.

A Word About Wind spoke to Damkjaer for the first time since taking over the CEO role in February.