Wind

The sector’s eyes were on Scotland at 10am local time as the Crown Estate Scotland shared the winners of the ScotWind seabed tender.

The new year chimes had barely finished ringing when Germany and Austria hit out at European Union plans to label nuclear and natural gas as ‘green’.

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Let’s celebrate the true spirit of Christmas: accountability.

It is three weeks since Danish turbine giant Vestas revealed it had fallen victim to a major cyberattack. While the company said it was able to get most of its IT systems back up within a fortnight, the revelations have kept coming.

“The opportunity to be at the beginning of an industry in my home country Ireland was too great a chance to miss.”

Last week, Kimberly-Clark signed a power purchase agreement with Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust that will lead to the construction of a wind farm in Scotland that will power 80% of the company’s UK electricity needs.

“The stability we all depend on is breaking. This story is one of inequality as well as instability."

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

Emerging markets are an attractive proposition for many companies given the potential for higher returns on investment. But, in wind, some countries are putting up obstacles that are curbing progress and putting off investors.

There’s no shortage of investor interest in wind and solar farms.

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