Renewable energy

Companies in the wind industry find themselves under pressure every day to show a perfect green image.

In the face of federal inaction on climate change, US state governments, cities, utilities and private companies are setting “net zero” emission targets by 2050.

New year’s resolutions. We’ve all done it. Set a grand goal at the start of the year, tell people at work, and then quietly drop it in when it gets a bit tough.

The five-year extension of a key production tax credit in President Obama’s second term took the US wind industry by surprise. Never before had firms enjoyed such long-term clarity when making their investment decisions.

The team at Greentech Capital Advisors shares key views on the future of the US wind market as it transitions through the Production Tax Credit (PTC) ramp-down phase. Greentech will be sponsoring our Financing Wind North America conference on May 12th-14th 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts.

We speak to A Word About Wind community member Gary Bills, country director and MD for UK and Ireland at K2 Management, for his views on the wind market, including offshore wind, the supply chain squeeze, and more.

A strong brand can help your company to weather a tough market, but who's doing this best? We look at the results of the European Renewables Reputation Index report published by A Word About Wind's parent Tamarindo Group, and draw out some key insights.

Mortimer Menzel is a partner at Augusta & Co., and has worked in the investment banking and legal sectors for almost three decades. In this post, he looks at how the wind sector should respond to growing levels of merchant risk. Mortimer will be speaking at our Financing Wind Europe 2019 conference on 31st October in London.

Felix Fischer is one of the founding partners of infrastructure law firm, Chatham Partners. He specialises in advising developers and investors with regard to renewable energy facilities. Felix will be speaking at our Financing Wind Europe 2019 conference on 31st October in London.

Gill Howard Larsen is Global Director of Due Diligence, Renewables at UL. UL is Host Sponsor at Financing Wind Europe on 31st October in London and Platinum Sponsor at our European Wind Investment Awards. We caught up with Gill to find out more about UL’s expansion plans in Europe, trends in the wind sector and Brexit.

Deal or no deal? Brexit is set to be a big talking point at our Financing Wind Europe conference in London on 31st October. Richard Heap investigates the effects of Brexit.

Ilaria Valtimora looks at the ZX TM programme by Natural Power and ZX Lidars, ahead of our European Wind Investment Awards on 31st October.