Dominion Energy, NextEra secure shareholder approvals for merger deal

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Dominion Energy and NextEra Energy approved the companies' proposed $66.8 billion merger deal, according to regulatory filings on Thursday. The companies had announced their plan ‌to merge in May, which is expected to create one of the world's largest electric utilities during an expansion of energy-intensive data centers to support artificial intelligence. Virginia-based... Continue Reading →

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California Moves to Sue Trump Administration, RWE Over Deal to Cancel Floating Wind Project

Sept. 2 (offshoreWIND.biz) California has notified the US Department of the Interior (DOI) and RWE of the intention to sue over the USD 1.22 billion (around EUR 1.05 billion) agreement to cancel three offshore wind leases, including one in federal waters off California. A separate 60-day pre-suit period is also running over the USD 111... Continue Reading →

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Offshore Wind Ambitions Now Span Every Continent as First African Country Joins Global Alliance

June 17 (offshoreWIND.biz) Kenya has become the first African country to join the Global Offshore Wind Alliance (GOWA), marking a milestone for the global expansion of offshore wind. Announced at the eleventh Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa on 17 June, Kenya’s accession to GOWA positions Africa alongside Europe, Asia, North America, South America and Australia... Continue Reading →

June 17, 2026 0

Portugal to offer fast-track areas for wind, solar projects

June 17 (Reuters) - Portugal's government on Wednesday launched a process to assign over 1,000 areas for wind and solar projects around existing grid connections, which ‌can be fast-tracked thanks to their low potential for environmental conflicts. By doing so, the government aims to attract more investment in the country that is already one of... Continue Reading →

June 17, 2026 0

Britain Offers Grid Connections to More Than 700 Projects In Energy Investment Push

June 10 (Reuters) Britain has offered grid connections to more than 700 projects, the country's power planning body said on Wednesday, under a reformed allocation system expected to help unlock up to £40 billion in annual clean power investment. The allocations follow recent reforms replacing a "first come, first served" connection system that had led to bottlenecks, said... Continue Reading →

June 10, 2026 0

Wheat, trash, and sweet potatoes: Brazilian ethanol is a smorgasbord of raw materials

Brazil, June 3 (Reuters) - The cars navigating Brazil's crowded streets currently powered by sugarcane or corn-based ethanol could before long run on a cornucopia of fuels made from grains, tubers and other exotic feedstocks. A new wave of biofuel innovation is sweeping the nation, with developers in unexpected corners of the country's farm sector... Continue Reading →

June 3, 2026 0

The Global Floating Wind Industry Flexes Its Muscles (Including California, Too)

May 30 (cleantechnica.com) Beginning in the early 2000’s, US taxpayers devoted many millions of dollars to support new floating wind turbine technology, enabling many more gigawatts of clean power to be harvested from offshore sites. Too bad all that blood, sweat, and tears went to waste after US President Donald Trump blew up the domestic offshore... Continue Reading →

May 31, 2026 0

Offshore wind vessel demand rebounds as global installation activity accelerates

May 27 (splash) Major offshore wind markets in the UK, Europe, and APAC, excluding mainland China, are tightening their policy frameworks to support project execution, creating a more stable backdrop than the US, where regulatory uncertainty continues to weigh on market momentum. According to London-based energy market research firm Westwood, marketed utilisation for wind turbine... Continue Reading →

May 27, 2026 0

Nordex Pushes EU to Ban Chinese Wind Turbines From European Grids

May 27 (oilprice.com) One of Europe's biggest wind turbine makers, Germany-based Nordex, is calling for stricter EU regulations to exclude non-western equipment from the supply chain of new renewable projects, as the European industry remains concerned about China's market dominance in the clean energy supply chain. "We believe the western-origin principle should therefore apply to... Continue Reading →

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CIP Remains Eager to Invest in Italian Offshore Wind

May 23 (Reuters) Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, a Danish firm eager to invest in Italian offshore wind farms, is getting impatient. Two years after the country's 2024 law offered incentives to would-be developers to provide offshore wind capacity, the government has yet to announce a calendar for auctions it said it would hold by 2028. The inertia reflects a reluctance... Continue Reading →

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