Wind energy

China green tech firms target new consumers hit by Iran war energy shock

Disruption to markets in the Middle East is seen weighing on some exports, even if the broader trend is positive

Bluepoint Wind, which is partially owned by investment firm BlackRock, Inc, and Golden State Wind will relinquish their leases and be reimbursed for costs, according to the Interior Department.

Trump cancels more wind leases to spur oil and gas investment

The deals mark the latest step in the administration’s push to stymie the nascent US offshore wind industry

The vessel’s delivery on Feb 26 follows the completion of sea trial activities and final readiness evaluations.

Seatrium delivers US$475 million vessel to Maersk for wind project targeted by Trump’s stop-work order

The vessel was central to a now-resolved arbitration dispute between the two groups in late 2025

State-owned Cnooc’s expansion comes as China continues a world-beating renewables rollout that’s helped cap coal growth in the world’s top polluter.

Cnooc to lift offshore wind power capacity by 40% this year

Beijing has pledged to double combined wind and solar capacity by 2035

Solar panels are arranged to resemble pandas at a power plant in Datong. Even with a headlong renewables build-out, China's rising electricity consumption means that any shortfalls are met by coal generators.

China’s energy future still runs on old technology

The country already has the power grid of the future; the problem is it’s being used in a grossly inefficient manner

China is continuing to rapidly add new power capacity with huge deployments of renewable sources such as solar and wind alongside more coal, nuclear and gas facilities.

China ramps up energy boom flagged by Musk as key to AI race

Growth in generation capacity is proving slower in the US

Most of China’s new capacity is expected to come from renewables, led by wind and solar, which together would account for about 300 gigawatts of the increase.

China’s solar power capacity on course to surpass coal this year

The Asian nation runs on some of the world’s cheapest electricity at more than twice the scale of the US

"We were nobody", says founder and executive chairman of Impact Electrons Siam Peck Khamkanist.
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‘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...