Reports

How can the wind industry overcome the interconnection obstacles that are jeopardising the sector's future? This issue of Tamarindo's digital magazine explores the biggest transmission-related issues facing wind developers in the US and Europe.

PNE’s growing owned onshore wind pipeline enables it to deliver PPAs while also remaining focussed on PPA potential for its non-owned European pipeline of over 2.5GW says Head of Energy Supply Services and PPA Management Nils Kompe.

Allianz became an investor and developer in wind projects due to their high cash flow visibility. Longer-term PPAs play important role for long-term capital markets, says Allianz Capital Partners Head of Renewables, Europe, Stefan Henge.

This issue of Tamarindo’s digital magazine explores how wind developers have changed PPAs amid a rollercoaster of power price volatility.

The US battery storage sector has been booming since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act last August – but it is not alone in seeing rapid growth of batteries.

European players have noticed the rising use and expansion of short-term tenors and force majeure clauses that address high uncertainty amid high demand. The industry is now innovating ways to keep PPAs going strong.

Poland, Romania and Bulgaria continue to pique the interest of wind developers. They are not just emerging but re-emerging markets. Until lately, Poland, Romania and Bulgaria had cut back on their onshore wind permit permissions.

Corio Generation is the offshore wind developer spun off from Macquarie-owned Green Investment Group. In this interview, CEO Jonathan Cole explains potential partnerships and a new global institutional investment structure for 15 projects.

This issue of Tamarindo's digital magazine for members has a special focus on wind supply chain risk, still rearing its head in 2023 after a challenging year for developers and the wind turbine manufacturers they depend on.

The US seems to have embraced repowering as a zero-carbon solution by continuing attractive subsidies under the Inflation Reduction Act, but repowers still face big hurdles. This report gives an overview of issues confronting owners.

WFO Honorary General Counsel Christian Knütel provides his views on a pre-arbitration case involving a European offshore wind farm, and how effectively it was settled within timelines agreed by the parties.

European and US markets have seen higher bank costs in some wind project finance deals, as countries hike interest rates to contain record levels of inflation.