Kategorie: Industry News

News about the renewables scene

Apr. 19

Revised EU Renewables Directive set to speed up wind permitting

Wind- and Solarenergy

The Environmental Impact Assessments for repowering will be limited to new additional impacts of the projects making the procedure much faster

März 31

Europe invested €17bn in new wind in 2022, the lowest since 2009

Wind- und Solarparks EcofinConcept Erneuerbare Energien

Europe invested just €17bn in new wind farms in 2022

Europe invested just €17bn in new wind farms in 2022. That’s down from €41bn in 2021 and the lowest investment figure since 2009 – a stark warning to Governments and policymakers. The EU wants to accelerate the build-out of wind energy to strengthen its energy security and ensure affordable electricity prices.

März 15

Wind industry commits to make its supply chains even more sustainable

Wind- and Solarenergy

Renewables are the driving force behind the decarbonisation of our economies but their supply chains are global and complex

März 14

Energy CEOs: Europe needs stronger wind supply chain and clear investment signals

We need investor certainty to get back on track. Imposing CfDs on new or existing projects, or extending emergency measures will not serve Europe’s purpose in delivering climate neutrality while protecting consumers.

März 01

Behov for hurtig udbygning af grøn strøm stiger

Wind- and Solarenergy

Samtidig ser vi, at udbygningen af vindmøller og solceller på land snegler sig afsted. Regeringen skal tilbage på banen med en løsning

Feb. 28

The EU built only 16 GW new wind in 2022: must restore investor confidence and ramp up supply chain

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

Europe built 19 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2022. 16 GW of those were in the EU. That’s 40% up on 2021. But it’s much less than what’s needed for the EU’s 2030 goals. And investments in new wind farms and new wind turbine orders were down in 2022: due to unhelpful Government …

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Feb. 27

Europe must get its Electricity Market Design right

Wind- and Solarenergy

Permitting bottlenecks persist: 80 GW of wind capacity is stuck in permitting processes across Europe

Feb. 13

Pause to Danish offshore wind scheme is absurd

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

The Danish Government has put on hold Denmark’s “open door” offshore wind development procedure

Feb. 06

Investments in wind energy are down – Europe must get market design and green industrial policy right

Wind- and Solarenergy

In March the EU Commission will table its proposal for a revision of the EU electricity market design to enable electricity consumers to benefit from the low costs of renewable power. Europe must avoid reversing 20 years of European energy market integration overnight. 

Jan. 12

EU wind installations up by a third despite challenging year for supply chain

Wind- and Solarenergy

The number of corporate renewable PPAs held up quite well in 2022 but would have been much higher if there were more investments in new wind farms coming

Dez. 27

Landmark emergency EU law to support rapid solar installations

Wind- and Solarenergy

In applying the regulation EU countries will each offer their own definition of what an ‘artificial structure’ is, which could include buildings, industrial and brownfield sites, and transport infrastructure such as carports or carparks, or along motorways and railways. 

Dez. 19

The Netherlands run another successful auction based on non-price criteria

This auction was a success. But there is simply not enough capacity up for grabs. Developers put a lot of resources into their bid to make sure their projects score well. Even those who do not win

Dez. 15

Slovakia has excellent wind conditions but must remove barriers to wind energy

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Clearer rules and guidelines would encourage investors. The Government also needs to support the expansion of the grid – and lower the disproportionately high fees developers need to pay to connect their wind farms.

Dez. 07

Germany approves tax benefits for small solar installations

Wind- and Solarenergy

Under the new tax rules, the operators of small solar power plants will not pay income and trade tax on the income from the feed-in of solar power

Nov. 23

Emergency measures on permitting are a step backwards

Windenergieanlage WEA VESTAS

Permitting is the main bottleneck for the expansion of renewables. 80 GW of wind energy capacity are currently stuck in permitting procedures across Europe

Nov. 17

WindEurope panel at COP27: permitting, permitting, permitting

Wind- and Solarenergy

Wind energy is highly scalable and cost-competitive. And the industry is ready to deliver these volumes.

Nov. 11

Grøn Energi Dag: Vi har nu produceret mere grøn strøm end i hele 2021

Wind- and Solarenergy

De danske solceller og vindmøller har i årets første 10 måneder produceret samme mængde sol- og vindenergi som i hele 2021

Nov. 03

Low wind turbine orders call for step change in Europe’s energy security strategy

The rapid deployment of wind energy has never been more urgent – for energy security, for the climate, and for affordable energy prices

Okt. 25

Europe needs to invest more in wind R&D to reach climate targets

Europe needs to invest more in R&I for the wind industry

Okt. 24

“Overriding public interest” is essential to the expansion of renewables

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

The rules and procedures for awarding permits are too complex. It’s taking far too long to get a permit. Not enough permits are being given

Okt. 03

European Parliament doing good job on Renewables Directive – it must now deliver on permitting

Wind- and Solarenergy

Combined wind and solar parks are a good thing. Wind and solar are complementary in their output profiles. Put them together and you get a power plant with a high overall capacity factor

Sep. 08

Emergency measures should target real profits only and support investment in renewables

Errichtungsbeginn VESTAS WEA in NRW

Renewables are the cheapest and fastest way to reduce Europe’s dependence on fossil fuel imports

Sep. 02

Baltic Sea Countries sign declaration for more cooperation in offshore wind

Wind- and Solarenergy

For the development of offshore wind this also requires massive investments in offshore grid infrastructure, port facilitates and vessels

Aug. 24

Vejle og Ringkøbing-Skjern vinder DM i sol og vind 2021

Wind- and Solarenergy

Vejle, Næstved og Thisted Kommuner producerede mest solenergi i 2021

Aug. 18

President Biden’s Signature on Historic Inflation Reduction Act Secures America’s Position as the Global Leader on Clean Energy

Wind- and Solarenergy

After months of negotiation, the Inflation Reduction Act is now law, and the United States is on a path to becoming the world’s unequivocal leader in clean energy

Aug. 09

Energy security: France takes emergency measures to boost renewables

Wind- and Solarenergy

France gets around 20% of its electricity from renewable sources – 8% from wind energy, but it needs more to meet its climate goals while reinforcing energy security.

Juli 18

Investors want to finance more wind energy – Governments need to back this

Wind- and Solarenergy

Investments in wind energy keep rising. Last year Europe invested €41bn in new wind farms. This translated into the highest capacity of new wind farms ever financed in one year – 25 GW

Juni 22

The EU must speed up renewables and renewable hydrogen to secure industry energy supplies and keep up the pace with green industry projects, say WindEurope and EUROFER

Nordex Windenergieanlage

The availability and affordability of renewables and renewable hydrogen for industries such as steel ready to decarbonise at large scale must become the EU’s top priority for reaching climate neutrality and accelerating independence from Russian fossil fuel supplies

Juni 10

The energy transition goes together with nature protection

Wind- and Solarenergy

The first and most crucial step is the siting and design of wind farms.  Appropriate siting and design greatly reduces the extent and severity of impacts.  Before construction all projects are assessed by a rigorously independent planning and approval process

Mai 27

Europe puts fast permitting of renewables at the heart of its energy security plan

EcofinConcept wind and solar energy

The Commission says faster renewables-based decarbonisation is key for both climate neutrality and energy security. They propose to raise the EU’s 2030 renewable energy target to 45% as part of the “Fit for 55” package

Mai 25

Landmark EU Solar Strategy SolarPower Europe Response

Wind- und Solarparks www.ecofinconcept.de

By 2030 the share of wind and solar energy in power production capacities should double from the current level of 33% to 67% 

Mai 19

World Installs a Record 168 GW of Solar Power in 2021, enters Solar Terawatt Age

SolarPower Europe’s flagship Global Market Outlook for Solar Power finds that, for the 9th consecutive year, global solar power has broken its annual installation record with 168 GW of new solar PV capacity in 2021. In 2022, global solar is expected to continue the decade-long record-breaking streak, installing more than 200 GW of solar for the first time.

Mai 10

WindEurope CEO on the RePowerEU Action Plan and the Financial Outlook

Wind- and Solarenergy

Thanks in part to the permitting problems, Europe’s wind supply chain is under huge strain at the moment. Because there aren’t enough permitting projects the market is only half the size it should be.

Apr. 08

Germany gets ready to deploy more than 10 GW of new wind per year with historic package

Wind- and Solarenergy

The Easter Package is an outstanding package of measures that will drive the expansion of wind energy, both onshore and offshore. Big auction volumes. A clear long-term auction schedule. And crucially, major steps to simplify the permitting of wind farms

März 21

Germany has turned the corner on onshore wind

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After almost two years of undersubscribed auctions it was the second consecutive auction that was oversubscribed. And that’s not the only good news for onshore wind in Germany. The permitting numbers are up. And the new Government wants to scale up the build-out of new onshore wind.

März 11

Statusrapport: Klimarådet efterlyser atter mere vedvarende energi

Statusrapporten dokumenterer, at Danmark har kurs mod underskud af grøn strøm frem til 2030, som Wind Denmark længe har advaret om. Vi deler hovedparten af Klimarådets anbefalinger, herunder at der bør opstilles klare VE-mål

März 10

Europe wants more renewables to increase its energy security

Wind energy is home grown and cheaper than imported fossil fuels. Every wind farm contributes to making Europe less reliant on fossil fuel imports.

März 08

EU Commissioners Breton and Simson call for scale up of European Solar PV Industry

Solarpark in Norddeutschland

30 GW of solar among which 1,5 million solar roofs will be installed by the end of 2022. The solar industry stands ready to increase these figures, given the urgency

Feb. 18

SolarPower Europe calls for ambition following the European Parliament draft report on REDIII

SolarPower Europe’s  Sustainability Best Practice Benchmark outlines how ground-mounted solar has huge potential in not just maintaining but improving soil quality and biodiversity

Feb. 08

Messy permitting leads to yet another undersubscribed wind auction in Italy

Italy has published the results of its latest renewables auction. 3,300 MW was on offer, including non-awarded capacity from previous undersubscribed auctions. But only 975 MW of utility-scale projects were awarded, of which 392 MW were onshore wind

Feb. 03

Tyskland satser massivt på landvind

En årlig udbygning på 10 GW landvind og reservation af 2 pct. af det tyske landareal skal blandt andet være med til at sikre, at Tyskland når sine klimamål for 2030. Den nye økonomi- og klimaminister, Robert Habeck, præsenterede på et pressemøde for nylig sine ambitiøse energi- og klimaplaner for, hvordan Tyskland skal nå sine 2030-klimamål.

Feb. 01

WindEurope CEO on the state of play as we enter 2022

Even more encouragingly, the new German Government is planning great things for wind

they want to build up to 10 GW a year of new onshore between now and 2030 (Europe as a whole installed 12 GW onshore wind in 2020) – and to set aside 2% of Germany’s land area for wind energy;

Jan. 28

PRESS RELEASE EcofinConcept GmbH successfully accompanies wind power transaction

Windenergieanlage WEA VESTAS

EcofinConcept GmbH, which focuses on renewable energies, has accompanied a strategic investor in the takeover of a wind farm operating company as part of a share deal. The previous Danish owner of the wind turbines would like to change his investment focus and not deal with continued operation or repowering of this wind farm himself.

Jan. 26

PRESSEMEDDELELSE EcofinConcept GmbH ledsager med succes vindkrafttransaktioner

Windenergieanlage WEA VESTAS

EcofinConcept GmbH, der fokuserer på vedvarende energi, har støttet en strategisk investor i overtagelsen af ​​en vindmølleparksdriftsvirksomhed som led i en firmasalg. Den tidligere danske ejer af vindmøllerne vil gerne ændre sit investeringsfokus og ikke beskæftige sig med fortsat drift eller repowering

Jan. 12

New EU subsidy regime for climate protection boosts solar

The new EU ‘state aid’ rules support projects for environmental protection, including climate protection and green energy generation. Now in line with the European Green Deal, the CEEAG prevents aid to fossil fuels, further restricts aid to natural gas, and otherwise integrates the Do No Significant Harm principle.

Jan. 11

New State Aid Guidelines allow technology specific auctions, endorse Contracts for Difference to deploy more wind

Nordex Windenergieanlage

The new Guidelines allow National Governments to hold technology specific auctions and endorse revenue stabilisation mechanisms notably 2-sided CfDs. These are pre-conditions for the accelerated deployment of wind energy towards climate neutrality

Dez. 17

New German Government to speed up wind energy expansion

The new Government wants to have 80% renewable electricity by 2030 compared to the earlier target of 65%. This is in line with the EU’s proposed new 40% renewable energy target for 2030.

Dez. 17

Yes to 45% RES! Scientists, cities, and renewable energy unite behind higher EU renewables target

A 45% renewable energy target, up from the current 40% proposed by the European Commission, is the most cost-efficient way to reach the EU’s 2030 55% greenhouse gas emissions reduction target, and would put the continent on track to deliver on the 1.5° Paris Agreement scenario.

Dez. 03

Renewable electricity growth is accelerating faster than ever worldwide, supporting the emergence of the new global energy economy

tronger policies and raised climate goals leading into COP26 are driving renewables to new records, but faster deployment across all key sectors is needed to reach net zero

Nov. 30

Wind will be half of electricity in a climate neutral Europe

Renewables are now 38% of all the electricity consumed in the EU, and that’s set to keep rising rapidly. But electricity is only one quarter of the energy we consume in Europe today.