Equinor to buy Danish solar power developer BeGreen

The Danish firm has a project pipeline in early to medium stages of maturity of more than 6GW in Denmark, Sweden and Poland

Denmark to have domestic flights fossil-free by 2030

The Danish Prime Minister set the ambitious aim during her New Year’s address

European Energy granted €40m for large-scale solar and wind projects

The loan from the Danish Green Investment Fund will support European Energy’s ambition to construct 750MW of new green power capacity from solar and wind by 2021 and an additional 1GW in 2022

Vestas aims to become carbon neutral by 2030

The turbine manufacturer seeks to ditch carbon offsets and instead deliver CO2 reductions only through direct actions

Wind giant Ørsted buys stake in green financial products firm

It became a major shareholder in IncubEx’s recent $5 million (£3.6m) fund raise

LEGO’s new toy? A 78-turbine offshore wind farm

A new 312MW wind farm located off the coast of Germany has started generating power. LEGO Group invested €400 million (£294m) in the 78-turbine Borkum Riffgrund 1 offshore wind farm and has a 31.5% stake. Danish turbine manufacturer DONG Energy, which has a 50% interest and developed the project, invested €1.25 billion (£0.9bn). William Demant […]

Wind generates ‘140% of Denmark’s power needs’

An unusually windy day in Denmark meant the country produced 140% of its electricity needs from wind farms alone, according to reports. By Thursday evening last week, the Nordic nation’s wind turbines were producing 116% of its power demand, a figure which rose to 140% in the early hours of the morning. Reports claimed 80% […]

Vestas bags 150MW US wind order

Danish wind firm Vestas has scored another contract to supply 150MW of turbines to the US this week. It signed a deal for 75 2MW turbines for US firm First Wind’s Route 66 project near Amarillo, Texas, with the potential for an additional 568MW. Vestas said the order is part of a “master supply agreement” […]

Vestas sells six turbine factories for €1

Danish wind manufacturer Vestas has sold six turbine factories to a German industrial group for €1 (£0.85). Under the agreement, VTC Partners will get two machining units and four casting units and continue to supply the components to Vestas. The deal is part of the Danish firm’s plans announced earlier this year to offload factories […]

Vestas wins 52MW wind order in Turkey

Danish manufacturer Vestas has won a contract to build a 52MW wind power plant in Turkey. The Kavali RES project, to be installed in the southern province of Balikesir, is estimated to generate around 193,000MWh of energy and cut emissions by more than 95,000 tons every year. It will provide enough renewable electricity to power […]