Windpower Monthly

From a former navy submariner to a civil engineer looking to make a difference, to a wind technician whose career choice was inspired by a trip to the Rocky Mountains – three wind turbine specialists discuss the challenges and benefits of working in some of the toughest environments on Earth Orlando Jenkinson Camilo Taboas LCGI Patricia de Rojas Garcia Moritz Leopold Schulter Nordex Group Siemens Gamesa GE Vernova #windpower https://lnkd.in/ehvSNvB5

Estonia’s latest offshore wind seabed leasing round failed after no developers bid for the rights to the Baltic Sea site on offer #offshorewind #windpower #renewables https://shorturl.at/skk3A

A coalition of pro-wind left-wing parties won the most seats in France’s legislative elections held on Sunday (7 July), defeating far-right parties that had proposed to dismantle the country's wind farms #windpower #renewables https://lnkd.in/eEeN7dpH

The UK’s recently elected Labour government has ended the de-facto ban on new onshore wind in England, with chancellor Rachel Reeves confirming that “absurd” obstacles to project development have been removed RenewableUK #onshorewind #windpower #renewables https://shorturl.at/nN4QL

Vestas has installed the prototype of its V172-7.2MW onshore wind turbine at the Østerild test centre in Denmark #windpower #renewables #energytransition https://shorturl.at/aVBKT

The centre-left Labour Party has won power at the UK general election with a massive majority, as renewable energy groups and businesses urged it to fulfil its pledges to promote new wind power development in the country #windpower #renewables RenewableUK Greg Jackson Ben Backwell Colin W. https://lnkd.in/ehM5i_6E

Technip Energies and SBM Offshore have merged to form a new platform provider – Ekwil –targeting the floating offshore wind market #offshorewind #windpower #renewables https://shorturl.at/w82ID

Belgium has confirmed a two-sided contract for difference (CfD) auction mechanism for its upcoming offshore wind tenders #windpower #offshorewind https://lnkd.in/e_Xp4afb

The German government will reportedly look “very closely” into Mingyang Smart Energy’s first turbine deal for a large-scale offshore wind farm in European waters, flagging concerns about Chinese involvement in "critical infrastructure" and fair competition #offshorewind #windpower #renewables https://shorturl.at/gANLP

Vestas has secured a deal for a large Invenergy wind farm in Quebec, replacing embattled rival Siemens Gamesa – which had initially been lined up for the project – as turbine supplier #windpower #renewables #energytransition https://lnkd.in/etm5hZQ7