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  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    ​Equinor to resume $5bn Empire Wind project after Trump administration reversal

    US interior secretary had ordered a halt to activities last month on development off the coast of New York

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  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
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    After months of bitter debate, Ed Miliband is under pressure to decide on ‘zonal pricing’ policy

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  • Wednesday, 7 May, 2025
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    Ørsted halts work on vast UK wind farm citing rising costs

    Decision on Hornsea 4 project deals blow to Britain’s clean energy goals

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  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
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    Equinor weighs suing Trump administration over ‘unlawful’ halt to wind project

    Norwegian energy group slams ‘unprecedented’ decision to impose stop order on $4.5bn development off New York coast

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  • Sunday, 27 April, 2025
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    Vestas warns wind industry is falling behind global climate goals

    Europe’s largest turbine maker notes ‘big discrepancy’ between ambitious targets and reality on the ground

    Employees at Vestas Wind Systems conduct final inspections on a large, curved mould for a wind turbine blade at a factory in Denmark
  • Wednesday, 16 April, 2025
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    Trump administration halts Equinor’s $5bn New York energy project

    Move to pause offshore wind plan is latest in White House’s campaign to dismantle Joe Biden’s cleantech strategy

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  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
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    Business school teaching case study: How can Ørsted overcome its US challenges?

    The world’s largest offshore wind developer seeks to boost its share price as Trump policies cloud the future of clean energy

  • Sunday, 2 March, 2025
    Trump’s directives deal fatal blow to America’s offshore wind industry

    Economic case looked bleak even before the president’s re-election sent a chill through sector

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  • Thursday, 27 February, 2025
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    Green energy gets switched off as power systems fail to keep up

    Wind and solar generators stop production at rising rates as grids and battery storage lags

    Seagulls take flight from the beach backdropped by offshore wind turbines at the Scroby Sands Wind Farm near Great Yarmouth, UK,
  • Thursday, 13 February, 2025
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    Drax’s power is not really green — but Britain needs it

    The UK government’s deal to retain the biomass electricity generating station is a painful but necessary compromise

    Rows of houses with solar panels on their roofs stand in front of the Drax power plant in Selby, with its cooling towers emitting steam into the sky
  • Friday, 31 January, 2025
    Ørsted AS
    World’s biggest offshore wind developer Ørsted replaces chief

    Mads Nipper to leave Danish company as deputy Rasmus Errboe steps up

    Mads Nipper
  • Monday, 27 January, 2025
    UK energy
    UK on course to miss 2030 clean power targets, says report

    Research by Cornwall Insight is blow to government, which has made decarbonising electricity system a key goal

    Wind turbines alongside a solar farm in Wales
  • Tuesday, 21 January, 2025
    Ørsted AS
    Shares in world’s biggest offshore wind developer tumble as US woes deepen

    Ørsted blames interest rates, supply chains and ‘market uncertainties’ for latest writedown of US business

    Ørsted’s Block Island Wind Farm, off the coast of Rhode Island, was America’s first offshore wind farm
  • Friday, 3 January, 2025
    Donald Trump
    Trump attacks UK’s North Sea policy as ‘very big mistake’

    Post on Truth Social platform is latest anti-Labour salvo from incoming US administration

    Donald Trump speaking at a campaign town hall in Philadelphia in October 14 2024, in front of a screen with the slogan ‘Drill baby drill’
  • Thursday, 12 December, 2024
    UK energy
    UK ministers consider biggest ever renewable subsidy auction

    Discussions come as government seeks to meet 2030 clean power target

    Wind turbines and electricity pylons on a wind farm at Little Cheyne Court in Romney, in the south of England
  • Monday, 9 December, 2024
    Special ReportFTfm: Responsible Investing
    Global green subsidy race draws investor attention

    Europe, the US and China are vying to be the most attractive destination for investment in sustainability

    Chinese carmaker Nio’s 500,000th electric vehicle rolls off the production line. China’s EV sector has been heavily subsidised by the government
  • Tuesday, 26 November, 2024
    Scots stand firm on Chinese wind turbine factory despite ‘hostile state’ fears

    Kate Forbes says there is ‘room’ for Mingyang’s plant, as SNP government pushes for green growth

    Kate Forbes at a wind farm in East Lothian
  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2024
    Renewable energy
    GE Vernova boss keeps search for offshore wind turbine orders on ice

    Chief of world’s third-largest manufacturer hopes economic environment will improve after difficult period

    an offshore wind turbine at the Scroby Sands Wind Farm
  • Wednesday, 6 November, 2024
    Lex
    Hurricane Trump will blow Europe’s wind power recovery off course Premium content

    Lack of clarity about US president-elect’s plans means confusion over the outlook for new projects and turbine orders

    A wind turbine near Block Island, Rhode Island
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The world’s renewable energy potential is gridlocked

    Transmission lines and energy storage solutions need to be deployed much faster

    Solar panels at the power plant in La Colle des Mees, Alpes de Haute Provence, southeastern France.
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    UK energy
    UK secures 131 clean energy projects in state auction

    Minister says new investment a ‘step forward’ for industry after no bids in last year’s round

    A close-up view of one of the wind turbines at Ørsted’s Hornsea 2 wind farm off the coast of Yorkshire, with the ocean visible below. The image shows the turbine's blades and nacelle, featuring a red and yellow platform marked with "HB T29".
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    UK energy
    Hong Kong investor buys UK wind farms for £350mn

    Consortium leader CK Infrastructure, controlled by Li Ka-shing’s family, also announces secondary listing in London

    Wind turbines on a flat, treeless Scottish upland
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    UK energy
    Labour raises budget for renewable projects to £1.5bn

    Bulk of auction funding will go towards offshore wind farms

    Offshore wind turbines
  • Tuesday, 18 June, 2024
    Labour party UK
    Labour proposes to ease planning restrictions on onshore wind farms

    Party wants to allow more turbines as part of plan to boost renewable power if it wins election

    Onshore wind farm  in English countryside
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Can Europe’s renewables cope with the Dunkelflaute problem?

    Prolonged periods with little wind and no sun are a challenge for wind and solar power

    Van Oord completes foundation and cable installation at Baltic Eagle offshore wind farm
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