Reports

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.

Delays threaten projects when there’s price trouble in the supply chain. Investors and developers are making changes to contracting practices to stay ahead of the curve.

Your concise overview of key conferences and events across renewable energy, infrastructure, finance and offshore energy support in 2023.

ABO Wind is venturing further afield from its home market of Germany while bringing along its hybrid and hydrogen know-how and strong balance sheet. The developer’s portfolio spreads across Europe, Latin America and Africa.

We interviewed Marcus Fütterer, a Senior Manager in Structured Participations and Financing at GLS Beteiligungs, who gives us a peek at future plans and notes inflation’s potential impact on development projects.

This report summarises contemporary views on the US wind market shared by lenders, sponsors and investors at the Financing Wind North America 2022 conference.

We will not be able to cut net carbon emissions to zero by 2050 at current rates of progress if we don't innovate not only in technology terms, but also in terms of business models. That is the consensus of experts gathered for a Wind Investment Boardroom debate, hosted by Tamarindo and sponsored by WindESCo, in July 2022.

Europe’s wind energy sector is entering uncharted territory as inflation rears its head for the first time in two decades. The new environment is prompting companies to look more closely at portfolio management.

Growing global ambitions and rising costs are raising the heat on companies in the wind sector. What are the big opportunities and challenges after the pandemic?

North America needs to deploy record-breaking levels of energy storage in pursuit of a low-carbon energy system. But how can the storage industry reduce the risks surrounding what is still an emerging technology?