Wind energy

THE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK

‘People laughed at us’: Naysayers blew them off – then this underdog built Asia’s first cross-border wind farm

Impact Electrons Siam is now selling electricity to Vietnam. Next stop: Singapore?

Trump has repeatedly said that he would block new wind projects, saying without evidence that “they ruin the environment; they kill the birds, they kill the whales”.

Seatrium end-customer gets reprieve after judge rejects Trump’s wind farm ban

Empire Wind developer Equinor says it would lose over US$1 billion in contracts if the project does not restart soon

President Trump campaigned for the White House on a promise to end the offshore wind industry - saying “windmills” are too expensive and hurt whales and birds - while promoting oil and gas.

US freezes five big offshore wind projects, shares dive

THE Trump administration suspended leases on Monday for five large offshore wind projects that are under construction off the US East Coast over what it called national security concerns, sending shar...

Shell announced last year that it would scale back various climate objectives in favour of oil and gas to raise profits.

Shell drops two North Sea wind projects in fossil fuel shift

BRITISH oil and gas giant Shell said on Monday that it was ending its participation in two offshore wind projects in the North Sea, part of its shift away from alternative energy to focus on its fossi...

Almost all of Seatrium’s non-oil and gas order book as at end-June 2025 is in offshore wind.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 167: Seatrium tosses in offshore turbulence; Singapore greenlights novel green jet fuel model

This week in ESG: Cancelled job rocks Seatrium offshore wind business; Singapore adopts fixed-cost envelope approach to adopt sustainable aviation fuel

The vessel was set to be based on Sembcorp Marine’s in-house design in collaboration with Maersk Supply Service.

Seatrium hit by US$475 million contract termination for nearly completed wind vessel; shares drop 6.6%

The company says that it will ‘explore viable solutions’, including talks with the end-customer, Empire Offshore Wind

According to one US survey, community opposition causes 14-month delays, on average, for wind projects.
THE BROAD VIEW

Windmill wars

The best way to overcome opposition from local communities is to offer them financial compensation

Further north in Shandong, they are using the new tools to correct course and reduce a glut of solar power that has built up over the years.

China’s new market tool steers clean energy to where it’s needed

Wind developers will also get about 40% more for their electricity than their solar rivals

India has slashed the goods and services tax on solar photovoltaic modules and wind turbine generators to 5%.

India’s tax cut on solar and wind devices to lower clean energy tariff, experts say

[NEW DELHI] India’s decision to cut taxes on solar and wind equipment will lower costs for new plants and pressure existing project developers to reduce tariffs, accelerating the country’s shift to re...