European citizens and businesses want affordable, secure, and clean energy. Homegrown wind energy helps boost Europe’s competitiveness, security and prosperity while delivering on decarbonisation.
Schlagwort: permitting
Apr. 09
Wind industry launches ‘Copenhagen Call to Action’: 3 steps to boost Europe’s energy independence and competitiveness
energy-intensive industries want more wind. It’s cheaper than fossil alternatives, even when the grid and system costs are taken into account. Wind helps European businesses to electrify and cut their energy costs
März 11
Building more wind is key to delivering the EU Clean Industrial Deal
The EU built 12.9 GW of new wind energy capacity in 2024. Europe built 16.4 GW. 84% of that was onshore wind. Germany installed the most new wind capacity, more than 4 GW. The UK, France, Finland, Türkiye, Spain and Sweden all built more than 1 GW.
Jan. 17
Europe gets 20% of its electricity from wind. But not enough new wind farms being built. Urgent action needed on permitting, grids and electrification
Wind energy was 20% of all the electricity consumed in Europe. But Europe is not building enough new wind farms.
Sep. 25
New EU Commission: what it means for wind
Wind energy already helps to bring down electricity costs and makes Europe less dependent on fossil fuel imports. And clean and cheap wind power is key in helping EU heavy industries decarbonise and electrify. Europe is also a global technology leader in wind energy
Sep. 17
Wind turbine orders and supply chain investments are up – but urgent action is required on grids, permitting and auction design
In the first half (H1) of 2024 Europe added 6.4 GW of new wind energy capacity: 5.3 GW onshore and 1.1 GW offshore.
We now expect the EU to build 15 GW of new wind farms this year, compared to 16 GW in 2023.
Mai 28
REPowerEU – EU presents new initiatives to strengthen energy security and accelerate transition to renewables
REPowerEU was a milestone in European energy policy
Mai 02
EU Grid Action Plan will help renewables, but urgent action needed on excessive connection queues
Delayed grid connections are now one of the main bottlenecks to the expansion of wind energy the EU wants
März 01
Uptake in permitting and investments brings 2030 wind target within reach
Denmark had the biggest share of wind in its electricity mix
Feb. 19
Wind energy permitting is improving but Governments still have work to do
Europe approved significantly more permits for new onshore wind farms in 2023 than in previous years
Juli 28
Germany installed 1.6 GW new onshore wind in the first semester; rigorously implements EU permitting measures
Onshore wind in Germany continues to recover. Today the German onshore wind associations presented new data on the expansion of wind energy in Germany.
Juli 17
New permitting rules & tools available for Governments to speed up renewables expansion
Germany is a good example of a country that has taken action already. They want to start building 10 GW of new wind each year by 2025 which would not have been possible under their old permitting rules
Juni 19
NZIA: act now or Europe’s wind turbines will be made in China
Our existing green supply chains bring jobs, growth and investment to thousands of communities. We’ve got to wake up and preserve that AND build on it. NZIA is our chance.
Apr. 19
Revised EU Renewables Directive set to speed up wind permitting
The Environmental Impact Assessments for repowering will be limited to new additional impacts of the projects making the procedure much faster
Jan. 12
EU wind installations up by a third despite challenging year for supply chain
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
Nov. 23
Emergency measures on permitting are a step backwards
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 energy is highly scalable and cost-competitive. And the industry is ready to deliver these volumes.
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. 24
“Overriding public interest” is essential to the expansion of renewables
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
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. 02
Baltic Sea Countries sign declaration for more cooperation in offshore wind
For the development of offshore wind this also requires massive investments in offshore grid infrastructure, port facilitates and vessels
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
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
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
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 10
WindEurope CEO on the RePowerEU Action Plan and the Financial Outlook
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
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
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 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
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. 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
Apr. 13
Permitting the key obstacle to EU wind investments – WindEurope
Despite investor appetite, inadequate permitting frameworks mean there are insufficient available projects
Feb. 03
Germany: Latest Renewables Law will hold back expansion of onshore wind
Wind was 27% of German net electricity last year. And renewables in total were over 50%. But changes to the Renewables Law threaten to undermine the progress renewables are making – and in particular hold back the expansion of onshore wind
Juni 09
Wind wins lion’s share in Italian renewable energy auction
Wind won 406 MW of the 425 MW awarded in an undersubscribed auction – 500 MW were on offer. The primary reason for the undersubscription is Italy’s cumbersome and lengthy permitting process
Okt. 14
Significant uncertainty over the growth of wind energy in Europe over the next five years
If Governments end up producing clear and ambitious National Energy & Climate Plans (NECPs) and they improve the permitting arrangements for wind farms and they keep investing in new grid capacity, then Europe’s wind energy capacity would grow by 88 GW to 277 GW by 2023. But that’s a big if.
Aug. 23
Permitting issues behind yet another under-subscribed German onshore wind auction round
Just 208 MW worth of wind farm projects won capacity in the latest German onshore wind auction results released today. A total of 650 MW was on offer.
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