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Media Partnership: Reuters Events: Expanding Ports to Achieve Large-Scale Offshore Wind Deployment
European governments have pledged to deliver 160GW of offshore wind within the next decade, requiring €6.5bn of investment in port infrastructure by 2030 to meet these ambitions. In response to these announcements, ports are finding they will need to growing their business [...]
Wind power looks higher: review charts the promise and hurdles of airborne wind energy
A technical review of airborne wind energy systems — tethered kites and drones that harvest high-altitude winds — sets out the advances and the engineering hurdles still standing between the concept and commercial scale.
German renewables hit employment record, but Bertelsmann study warns of policy risk to jobs
Germany's renewable energy sector set a new employment record in 2025, but a Bertelsmann Stiftung study warns that a shift in federal energy policy could endanger thousands of jobs.
EU energy ministers seek deal on grids package, with EU funds to repair sabotaged undersea cables
EU energy ministers met in Luxembourg to agree a general approach on the European grids package, including EU funding to repair undersea energy infrastructure damaged by sabotage — a priority for the Baltic Sea region.
Night-time noise limits squeeze German wind project economics as auction prices fall
With German onshore wind auction prices down to 5.54 ct/kWh, night-time noise curtailment is becoming a decisive factor in whether projects are financially viable, sound-optimisation firm Dezibel Engineering says.
Europe’s largest energy trade fair closes in Munich with 105,000 visitors
Europe's largest energy trade fair alliance ended its 2026 edition in Munich, with organisers reporting 2,650 exhibitors and around 105,000 visitors under the banner of round-the-clock renewable power.
DNV invests in Vind AI and embeds its wind modelling in the platform
DNV has taken a strategic minority stake in renewable project platform Vind AI and integrated its CFD-ML wind modelling, giving developers high-fidelity simulations from a project's earliest stages.
Eurelectric report maps ‘Power Couples’ to scale up industrial electrification
A new Eurelectric report, based on 61 companies and 30 projects, sets out five replicable 'Power Couples' models to scale up industrial electrification by aligning demand, supply, grids and investment.
Swedish researchers send wind power fact-check to every municipal politician
The Swedish Wind Centre has sent a research-based fact-check on wind power to around 31,000 municipal politicians, aiming to give local decision-makers reliable answers on its effects.
Eurelectric urges EU to keep ETS as the backbone of climate policy in upcoming review
Eurelectric is calling on the EU to keep the Emissions Trading System as the backbone of its climate policy, setting out three priorities for the review: a predictable carbon price, industrial competitiveness and a just transition.
Netherlands opens 1 GW IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A offshore wind tender
The Netherlands has opened the tender for the 1 GW IJmuiden Ver Gamma-A offshore wind site, with €4.75bn in subsidy available and applications running from 26 November to 10 December 2026.