Wind

The world’s five largest wind turbine makers reinforced their dominance last year according to FTI Intelligence, but falling prices, political shifts and solar are all affecting their corporate strategies.

As part of our member Q&A series, we spoke to Georg Obert of wpd invest GmbH about his views on the industry.

It is four years since Mexico opened up its energy market to private and foreign investment, and the government is still grappling with regulatory challenges.

This month, US telecoms giant AT&T announced it has signed power purchase agreements with NextEra Energy Resources to buy electricity from two wind farms, totalling 520MW, in Texas and Oklahoma.

Project finance activity in the Mexican wind and solar markets rocketed last year – but growth in the wind market is steady rather than spectacular.

Lloyd’s Register has published its latest Technology Radar report, in which it asked nearly 800 industry experts share their views on when wind and solar energy should reach parity on price with conventional fossil fuels. Which will be first?