The European Parliament has established a common position on reforms to the Emissions Trading System after 2020. Policymakers voted to strengthen the Market Stability Reserve, a facility designed to remove excess carbon permits from the market. They also agreed to cancel 800 million allowances from the reserve, which comes into force in 2019. However, MEPs … Continue reading European Parliament agrees on measures to reform ETS after 2020
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Wind Power Chalks Up More Strong Numbers
The Global Wind Energy Council released its annual market statistics today: the 2016 market was more than 54 GW, bringing total global installed capacity to nearly 487 GW. Led by China, the US, Germany, and India; and with surprisingly strong showings from France, Turkey and the Netherlands, the global market was nonetheless less than 2015’s … Continue reading Wind Power Chalks Up More Strong Numbers
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Wind in power: 2016 European statistics
Wind accounted for 51% of all new power installations in 2016, connecting a total of 12.5 GW to the grid across the 28 EU Member States – 10.923 MW in onshore and 1,567 MW offshore. Europe installed 12.5 GW of gross additional wind capacity in 2016. This was 3% less than the new installations in … Continue reading Wind in power: 2016 European statistics
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WindEurope launches Daily Wind Power Numbers
WindEurope launches a unique digital platform in the presence of European Commission Vice-President Šef?ovi?. The Daily Wind Power Numbers platform will inform policy makers, stakeholders and citizens every day on: the share of wind in yesterday’s power mix in Europe, broken down by Member State; yesterday’s hourly electricity mix (all fuels and technologies), again broken down … Continue reading WindEurope launches Daily Wind Power Numbers
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WindEurope welcomes European Commission’s State of the Energy Union address
WindEurope welcomes today’s State of the Energy Union address from Maroš Šef?ovi?, Vice President for the European Commission in charge of Energy Union. Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope, said: “The Commission has reinforced its clear commitment to the energy transition in Europe with renewables at its heart. The Clean Energy Package is the … Continue reading WindEurope welcomes European Commission’s State of the Energy Union address
Continue readingEurope installed 1,558 MW of new offshore wind energy in 2016 with cumulative capacity reaching 12,631 MW
The industry announced a record €18.2 billion of investments in new wind farms to be built in the coming years. This represents a further 4.9 GW of new capacity across five countries, half of it in the UK. Giles Dickson, Chief Executive Officer of WindEurope, said: “It’s good to see the high level of investments … Continue reading Europe installed 1,558 MW of new offshore wind energy in 2016 with cumulative capacity reaching 12,631 MW
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WindEurope visits Sweden’s Energy Minister
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson met with Sweden’s Minister for Policy Coordination and Energy, Ibrahim Baylan, in Stockholm on 17 January. Charlotte Unger, CEO of the Swedish Wind Energy Association, also took part in the meeting. They discussed the EU’s Clean Energy Package, notably: the importance of Sweden deploying new renewable capacity beyond 2020 in a … Continue reading WindEurope visits Sweden’s Energy Minister
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WindEurope appoints Pierre Tardieu as Chief Policy Officer
WindEurope has appointed Pierre Tardieu as Chief Policy Officer to succeed Kristian Ruby who has become Secretary General of Eurelectric. He takes on the role with immediate effect. Tardieu has been at WindEurope – formerly the European Wind Energy Association – since 2011. He has coordinated the Association’s advocacy on a number of issues including … Continue reading WindEurope appoints Pierre Tardieu as Chief Policy Officer
Continue readingWindEurope welcomes ENVI Committee vote to reform ETS
On 15 December, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee passed a series of changes to the Emissions Trading System, a majority of which would come into effect after 2020. These include: Measures to speed up the removal of pollution permits from the market. The committee agreed to increase the annual linear reduction factor from 2.2% to … Continue reading WindEurope welcomes ENVI Committee vote to reform ETS
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WindEurope CEO highlights falling costs of grid integration: “€5-13/MWh”
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson plugged the falling costs of the integration of variable renewables at a G20 energy event in Munich. Responding to the German think-tank Agora Energiewende he noted that average system integration costs were now in a range of €5-13/MWh on top of LCOE, at least according to the Agora data. He highlighted … Continue reading WindEurope CEO highlights falling costs of grid integration: “€5-13/MWh”
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Offshore wind energy industry steams ahead with cost reduction
The Netherlands’ Minister of Economic Affairs has today awarded the consortium made up of Shell, Van Oord, Eneco and Mitsubishi/DGE the concession to build the offshore wind farms Borssele III and IV (700 MW). The winning bid came in at € 54.5/MWh excluding the cost of grid connection. This is 25% lower than for Borssele … Continue reading Offshore wind energy industry steams ahead with cost reduction
Continue readingWindEurope welcomes Commission’s €2 billion commitment to research and innovation projects
WindEurope welcomes the European Commission’s commitment to invest €2 billion in clean energy research and innovation over the 2018-2020 period. In a communication Accelerating Clean Energy Innovation, the Commission has identified four priority areas for investment including clean energy R&I, electrification of transport, decarbonisation of the building stock and integration of renewables. The wind industry … Continue reading WindEurope welcomes Commission’s €2 billion commitment to research and innovation projects
Continue readingWindEurope calls on EU Member states and Parliament to go beyond ambition of the European Commission on the Clean Energy Package
WindEurope calls on the European Parliament and EU Member states to use the Winter Package as a base to build greater ambition on renewables and market design toward 2030. Giles Dickson, CEO of WindEurope, said: “We welcome the Commission’s package on renewables and market design. But there is still a lot of work to do … Continue reading WindEurope calls on EU Member states and Parliament to go beyond ambition of the European Commission on the Clean Energy Package
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Wind energy can play key role in heating, cooling and transport
Renewable energy accounts for 18% of primary energy consumption in the heating and cooling sector, WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson told the Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Joint Undertaking today. Dickson addressed delegates of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Stakeholder Forum in Brussels. He highlighted that the transport and heating sectors will represent over 25% of energy … Continue reading Wind energy can play key role in heating, cooling and transport
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WindEurope gathered 90 wind energy experts to discuss wind turbine sound
WindEurope gathered 90 wind energy experts for a two-day workshop in Gdansk, Poland, to discuss the latest developments on wind turbine sound. The 3rd edition workshop addressed the characteristics of sound from wind turbines, its impact on humans and how this applies to low frequency and infrasound. Presentations addressed practical and operational issues such as … Continue reading WindEurope gathered 90 wind energy experts to discuss wind turbine sound
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WindEurope CEO underscores need for strong governance on EU’s 2030 package
When diplomats arrived in Marrakech for the next round of UN climate talks, they knew the conference would get off to a good start. Only a few days before the opening ceremony of COP22, the Paris Agreement formally entered into force. It gave diplomats renewed impetus as they began critical discussions on how to implement … Continue reading WindEurope CEO underscores need for strong governance on EU’s 2030 package
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WindEurope hosts workshop with military and defence experts
Defence experts attended a workshop at WindEurope’s offices this week to discuss how wind farms and military aviation can coexist and operate side by side. Currently, airports, radars and military training zones are limiting the buildout of wind farms in at least seven European countries. The workshop highlighted that early dialogue and collaboration remain vital … Continue reading WindEurope hosts workshop with military and defence experts
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WindEurope highlights merits of auctions in reducing offshore wind energy costs
WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson addressed the annual conference of the Swedish Wind Energy Association (Svensk Windenergi) in Stockholm this week. Sweden is expected to add around 500MW to its 6GW installed base of onshore wind this year. However, new investments are thin on the ground. The country’s joint certificate scheme with Norway, which is used … Continue reading WindEurope highlights merits of auctions in reducing offshore wind energy costs
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Big business hungry for more wind energy
The WindEurope Summit conference session on corporate renewable power purchase agreements in Europe explored the changing models in the energy business. Finance experts and non-industrial investors from Google, ING and BT exchanged views on the potential of corporate renewable PPAs, electricity procurement and the challenges that come with such transactions. Europe today has over 1.2 … Continue reading Big business hungry for more wind energy
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Extension of the European Funds for Strategic Investments
On the occasion of his state of the Energy Union address in Strasbourg today, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker proposed to double the duration of the European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) and double its financial capacity. WindEurope CEO Giles Dickson welcomes this announcement: “Well done to the Commission for launching the next chapter of … Continue reading Extension of the European Funds for Strategic Investments
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