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Alterric raises syndicated green loan to €350m as onshore pipeline grows
Alterric has lifted its syndicated green loan from €300m to €350m, with Crédit Agricole CIB joining Commerzbank and ING, to match a development pipeline of around 11,000 MW.
Nordex wins 82 MW of community wind orders in Lower Saxony
Nordex will supply twelve turbines totalling around 82 MW for community wind projects at Erlte-Endel and the Bad Essen cluster in Lower Saxony, with commissioning planned for spring 2028.
How Germany is rewiring the economics of offshore wind
Germany's 70 GW offshore target now hinges less on ambition than on money. Three reforms — CfD auctions, the AgNes network-charge overhaul and cross-border grid links — are reshaping the economics, with clear lessons for the Baltic.
German onshore wind auctions in 2026: volumes, prices and who is winning
Germany's 2026 onshore wind auctions are heavily oversubscribed. A look at the volumes, prices and the developers — Qualitas, UKA, Alterric — shaping the market, and what it means for the Baltic.
ENOVA and Sosteneo launch new platform to grow German onshore wind fleet towards 1 GW
ENOVA has set up ENOVA Generation GmbH, majority-owned by Sosteneo, taking on eleven German wind farms (~350 MW) with a target of 1 GW.
Germany’s WindSeeG reform draft: BWO backs CfDs but wants a stronger auction design
Germany's BMWE has opened consultation on the 2026 WindSeeG amendment, introducing two-sided CfDs and a 35-year operating life. The offshore association BWO backs the direction but says the two-stage tender model must not turn price protection into a last resort.
ENOVA completes repowering of Gehrde wind farm in Lower Saxony
ENOVA has finished repowering its Gehrde wind farm near Osnabrück, replacing four 2002-era Enercon E-66 turbines with three E-138 machines for a combined 12.6 MW.
ENERTRAG opens wind-service training centre in Dauerthal amid skills push
ENERTRAG has opened a wind-service training centre in Dauerthal, training apprentices fully in-house and recruiting technicians from abroad as the sector's skills shortage bites.
German cabinet passes EEG 2027 and grid-connection package; Alterric warns of setback for renewables
Germany's cabinet has passed the EEG 2027 amendment and grid-connection package. Wind developer Alterric warns the rules could seriously slow the renewables build-out and urges the Bundestag to revise them.
VSB completes Vockenrod wind farm expansion in Hesse, bringing it to 28.5 MW
VSB has finished the Vockenrod wind farm expansion in Hesse, adding two Nordex N149-5.X turbines to reach five machines and 28.5 MW in total.
Qualitas Energy starts construction of 42 MW Ingstetten repowering in Baden-Württemberg
Qualitas Energy has started building the 42 MW Ingstetten repowering in Baden-Württemberg, swapping five old turbines for six Enercon E-175 machines.
Alterric warns Germany’s EEG reform and grid package could stall wind investment
Alterric says Germany's cabinet-approved EEG amendment and grid connection package risk raising generation costs and stalling the renewables build-out, and has urged the Bundestag to make corrections.
Qualitas Energy starts 42 MW repowering of Ingstetten wind farm in Baden-Württemberg
Qualitas Energy has started construction on the repowering of the Ingstetten wind farm, replacing five old turbines with six 7 MW Enercon E-175 machines for a total of 42 MW.
VSB completes expansion of Vockenrod wind farm in Hesse
VSB Deutschland has completed the expansion of its Vockenrod wind farm in Hesse, taking the site to five turbines and 28.5 MW of installed capacity.
The Baltic–German battery boom, in numbers
Sweden approved over 5 GW of battery parks in five years, Kyon Energy is building across three German states at once, and Alterric is co-locating storage with wind — a snapshot of the Baltic–German battery boom.
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