Tag: Wind power
FDP wants to skim profits from wind and solar park operators – but with one exception
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The renewables industry warns of an investment freeze if new plants are also affected by the excess profit tax. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The FDP parliamentary group…
FDP wants to limit profit skimming from renewables
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The renewables industry warns of an investment freeze if new plants are also affected by the excess profit tax. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The FDP parliamentary group…
Cuxhaven becomes the bottleneck for the German energy transition
Wind power installation at sea There is a lack of capacity on Germany’s coast. (Photo: E+/Getty Images) Hamburg As much electricity as 40 nuclear power plants is to be generated…
Why the expansion of renewables is not progressing
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The goals are high, but so are the hurdles: there is a lot standing in the way of the expansion of renewables. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf…
Why the expansion of renewables is not progressing
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The goals are high, but so are the hurdles: there is a lot standing in the way of the expansion of renewables. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf…
Why the expansion of renewables is not progressing
Wind turbines in Rhineland-Palatinate The goals are high, but so are the hurdles: there is a lot standing in the way of the expansion of renewables. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf…
Wind power industry is slipping deeper into the crisis
Dusseldorf In the middle of the energy crisis, incoming orders from European wind turbine manufacturers collapsed. A look at the latest figures from the domestic market leaders shows that orders…
Siemens Gamesa posted a loss of almost one billion euros
Siemens Gamesa The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer is deep in crisis. (Photo: Siemens Gamesa) Dusseldorf, Munich After a loss of almost one billion euros, the new Siemens Gamesa boss Jochen Eickholt…
Wind power expansion in Germany is hardly progressing
windmill The wind companies are having a hard time with the high prices. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Dusseldorf In September, just 87 bidders with their wind farms for 772 megawatts applied…
Wind group cuts 2900 jobs
Siemens Gamesa The group has been in the red for years. (Photo: ddp) Dusseldorf The German-Spanish turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa is cutting 2,900 jobs worldwide. The wind company announced this…
Mercedes is planning a 100-megawatt wind farm in northern Germany
wind farm The Mercedes-Benz Group wants to generate 15 percent of its annual electricity requirements with wind energy. (Photo: IMAGO/Arnulf Hettrich) Hamburg Mercedes-Benz is increasing the proportion of regeneratively generated…
Nordex confirms forecast – loss in the first half of the year
Nordex The wind company has been in the red for years. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg The wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has confirmed its forecast for the year despite a decline in…
With monument protection against new wind turbines
wind farm Wind turbines with an output of 56 gigawatts (GW) are currently installed in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It reads like instructions with the headline “How do I prevent…
With monument protection against new wind turbines
wind farm Wind turbines with an output of 56 gigawatts (GW) are currently installed in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It reads like instructions with the headline “How do I prevent…
With monument protection against new wind turbines
wind farm Wind turbines with an output of 56 gigawatts (GW) are currently installed in Germany. (Photo: dpa) Berlin It reads like instructions with the headline “How do I prevent…
Siemens Energy is in the red because of wind power
Munich The energy technology group Siemens Energy, which recently came into the limelight because of a turbine for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline, is struggling with losses. In the…
Siemens Gamesa lowers business outlook again significantly
Dusseldorf The ailing wind company Siemens Gamesa has to lower its targets again – even though the company had previously expected a significant loss. Instead of minus four percent, the…
Solar park operator Blue Elephant gains investor from France
Solar park near Lichtenau Blue Elephant operates solar and onshore wind farms in eight countries with a focus on Western and Central Europe. (Photo: imago images/Olaf Döring) Dusseldorf The Hamburg…
Solar park operator Blue Elephant gains investor from France
Solar park near Lichtenau Blue Elephant operates solar and onshore wind farms in eight countries with a focus on Western and Central Europe. (Photo: imago images/Olaf Döring) Dusseldorf The Hamburg…
Wind power expansion in Germany is hardly progressing
energy transition The expansion of wind power on land has been stagnating for years. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The expansion of wind power in Germany is faltering, as preliminary figures from…