Windpower Monthly Magazine

1 day ago | windpowermonthly.com | Robyn White

A High Court judge has ordered the shutdown of half of a project's wind turbines in Ireland and slammed the wind farm's owner and operator as “seriously unimpressive” in the way they handled complaints during a 12-year standoff with local residents aggrieved over serious noise disturbances.

1 day ago | windpowermonthly.com | Orlando Jenkinson

The US Department of Energy (DOE) plans to cut its funding for wind, solar and battery storage projects to zero for its 2026 financial year, a draft of its budget proposals shows.

1 day ago | windpowermonthly.com | Ros Davidson

Drive to back up wind with gas fails in TexasThree bills that targeted wind and solar have died in the Texas state government. The bills would have had to be debated in the state House of Representatives by 2 June, the end of the legislative session, but did not attract enough votes. They had passed the Senate. The bills would have devastated the wind sector, with ‘firming’ requirements of natural gas backup – even in some cases for renewables projects already operating.

2 days ago | windpowermonthly.com | Orlando Jenkinson

Dramatic differences in the price of building new wind farms is bringing “pain” for project developers, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said in its latest World Energy Investment report.

2 days ago | windpowermonthly.com | Robyn White

Chinese turbine manufacturer Envision Energy has bagged a 1GW turbine order from Purvah Green Power, a subsidiary of Indian utility CESC, according to local media reports. Purvah reportedly signed a framework agreement with the manufacturer to supply and commission the turbines. It is also due to service them under a ten-year operations and maintenance deal. It is unclear which turbine models Envision will supply under the deal. Envision has been making inroads in the Indian wind sector.