French renewables developer Valorem has named a veteran of the country’s wind power sector as its incoming CEO.

Kremlin-controlled Forward Energo is looking for a contractor to build a factory in Russia, which is due to be the country’s first Russian-controlled facility that produces wind turbine components.

Welcome to the Wind Power News Review – hosted by Windpower Monthly's senior reporter, Robyn White, and Windpower Monthly's reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Sorcha Versteeg and Shashi Barla. 

As two of Europe’s biggest turbine makers, Vestas and Siemens Gamesa, pause plans for new offshore wind factories in Denmark and Poland, Chinese manufacturer Mingyang is moving the other way, announcing plans for a major offshore turbine plant in Scotland. Windpower Monthly investigates what this says about the shifting dynamic in the global supply chain as western OEMs scale back and Chinese manufacturers expand into new markets.

A federal district court judge has ruled that the US interior department can scrap the approval of the construction and operations plan (COP) for the 2.4GW SouthCoast Wind project off Massachusetts.

Goldwind will supply hundreds of its 10MW turbines for a 3GW Saudi wind cluster a trio of Saudi developers is building at power prices among the lowest ever awarded at auction.

Danish renewable energy major Ørsted reported plunging earnings and profits in its third quarter results today (5 November) but its CEO said progress had been made on stabilising the company’s finances after years of trouble. 

Vestas more than doubled its net profit in the third quarter of 2025 due to improved onshore project performance and higher deliveries, while the company also narrowed its guidance for 2025.

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

Danish renewable energy major Ørsted has agreed to sell a 50% stake in the Hornsea 3 offshore wind farm being planned for a site in the UK North Sea to US private equity investor Apollo.