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Wind Turbine Orders and Supply Chain Investments Are Up – But Urgent Action Is Required on Grids, Permitting And Auction Design
In the first half (H1) of 2024 Europe added 6.4 GW of new wind energy capacity: 5.3 GW onshore and 1.1 GW offshore. The EU-27 built 5.7 GW of this: 4.7 GW onshore and 1 GW offshore. Germany built the…
Rostock: Regional Development With Wind Energy
Wind energy brings jobs and value creation to deprived rural and coastal communities. Eastern Germany is a classic example of a region that has benefited. WindEurope saw this first hand on a recent visit to Rostock. And there are many…
EU Member States Must Take Urgent Action on NECPs and Overriding Public Interest
On 30 June all 27 Member States were due to submit the final version of their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). This comes after the European Commission had reviewed their draft plans. The NECPs outline the national strategies countries…
Immediate Actions Needed to Unblock Grid Capacity for More Wind Energy
The EU wants to increase its wind energy capacity from 220 GW today to 425 GW by 2030 and 1,300 GW by 2050. Wind is key to energy security, affordable electricity and industrial competitiveness. In its recent revision of the…
PORTUGAL A COUNTRY OF GREEN IDEAS – A TRAIL THAT EVERYONE SHOULD FOLLOW
I started my visit to Portugal in Lisbon, one of the world’s oldest and most beautiful cities in the world. Thanks to the Pulse of Europe project – Media Trips to the EU, I had a unique opportunity to get…
INVESTING IN RENEWABLE ENERGY POWER PLANTS
In this article, I will focus only on those electricity sources that use renewable energy, which I know relatively well. These are small hydroelectric power plants, wind farms, solar power plants and power plants that use biomass that they burn…
NEW INVESTMENTS IN RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES ARE A SURE WAY TO THE ENERGY TRANSITION
The energy transition is a serious, complex, and longterm process that must be fair. It happens on two tracks – electric power through the construction of new renewable energy sources capacities and reduction of the use of fossil fuels, as…