Miguel Prado is CEO of EDP Renewables North America, heading up a significant regional presence for the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer. We spoke with him to discuss EDPR’s priorities as the PTC cliff approaches, evolving PPA structures and technological innovations in wind energy.
One of the first challenges facing the new Ukrainian president is no laughing matter: the country’s energy emergency. Ukraine’s energy sector heavily relies on coal and nuclear, but since 2014 the Donbass region, which is the heart of the country’s coal production, has been ravaged by military conflicts with Russia.
What were you doing on Valentine’s Day in 2018? For Balki Iyer, co-founder and chief growth officer at New York-based digital firm Utopus Insights, the answer is being acquired by Vestas – and it was, he told us, a whirlwind romance.
We sat down with Michael, an official speaker at Financing Wind North America in Denver tomorrow, to discuss the technology driving the development of large-scale wind projects in the US, and the transmission obstacles that are slowing it down.
Hello Denver! Yes, this week we are finally due to kick off our Financing Wind North America conference, in association with our headline sponsor FTI Consulting, and it is fair to say that we’re just a little bit excited. Go Nuggets!
The first three months of 2019 have been dense with interesting corporate M&A deals.
Before he speaks at Financing Wind North America next week,we sat down with Mark to find out more about his thoughts on innovations in project finance, transmission, and his career in renewable energy.
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.
Ashley Crowther, Global Vice President of ONYX InSight, discussed with us how utilities and wind asset owners in North America can make significant operations and maintenance (O&M) cost savings with an effective predictive maintenance strategy.
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.
Wind is undergoing a profound transformation. The industry has gone mainstream, which is good, but it also means developers and investors have to find new ways to preserve its growth and their profits.
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.