US congressman Jeff Van Drew claims he has worked with president-elect Donald Trump to draft an executive order to “temporarily halt offshore wind turbine activities” along the east coast. 

Germany-based Nordex has announced deals to supply more than 600MW of wind turbines to various projects in Turkey, surpassing 1GW of turbines sold in the country in 2024.

Participants in France’s recent floating offshore wind tender considered a growing range of Chinese wind turbine makers to offer machines with power ratings beyond 22MW, according to analysis from French energy regulator the CRE. 

The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Weidel, has pledged to “tear all wind turbines down” if she comes to power, ahead of the country’s election next month. 

The economics of offshore wind need to be “reset” before it becomes profitable, GE Vernova CEO Scott Strazik said in a recent discussion with Bloomberg.

Annual wind installations are falling drastically short of the level needed to meet agreed climate targets with slow permitting and electrification key stumbling blocks, according to new data released by industry body WindEurope.

Windpower Monthly rounds up the latest patents for wind power technology granted and applied for in the last week.

Nordex has announced deals to supply more than 700MW of wind turbines to various onshore wind projects across Germany today (9 January).