Windpower monthly magazine

1. How powerful will wind turbines be in 2030?

   A new survey by market research institute Wind Research and industry conference Wind Energy Hamburg has revealed how powerful the wind sector expects new turbines to be by the end of the decade.

2. Dongfang claims success in direct seawater electrolysis at offshore wind farm

   Chinese researchers and wind turbine maker Dongfang claim to have successfully trialled a method to produce green hydrogen directly from seawater via electrolysis.

3. Inflation hinders Italian wind-solar auction

   Italian energy agency GSE has awarded 20-year contracts for difference (CfDs) to five wind projects with a combined capacity of roughly 214MW in Italy’s latest joint wind and solar auction, as inflation dented the business case for projects and discouraged auction participation.

4. Austrian utility EVN secures €110 million EIB loan for new wind farms

5. Masdar installs Uzbekistan’s first large-scale wind turbine

6. Machine-learning could see wind projects built faster and more safely

   A firm has launched a machine-learning tool for the renewables industry which it claims will help projects to be built more efficiently and safely.

7. Biden passes law to streamline US energy permitting

   Energy permitting will be streamlined in the debt ceiling bill signed into law by US President Joe Biden on Saturday (3 June), enabling a boost to wind development.

8. AES begins operations at Arizona's biggest wind farm

9. Ørsted enters Irish offshore wind with 5GW ESB deal

   Ørsted is due to enter Ireland’s offshore wind market after signing a deal with local utility ESB to co-develop a 5GW pipeline of projects.

10. Finland maps out lease areas for 3GW offshore wind