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25 Apr 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - The Nordex Group (ISIN: DE000A0D6554) reported solid financial performance for the first quarter of 2025. Sales amounted to EUR 1,435 million, which is slightly lower compared to Q1/2024 (EUR 1,574 million) mainly driven by lower installation levels and production timing aspects. Total performance, including changes in inventories, rose by around 7 percent to EUR 1.6 billion (Q1/2024: EUR 1.5 billion). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) increased by around 53 percent to EUR 79.6 million in the first quarter 2025 (Q1/2024: EUR 52.1 million), resulting in a strong EB...... read more...

A special exhibition at The smarter E Europe is dedicated to bidirectional charging © Solar Promotion GmbH

17 Apr 2025 | Munich/Pforzheim (renewablepress) - Electricity from renewable sources has become the new normal – in Germany alone, around 60 percent of net electricity generation came from renewables in 2024. But the growing volume of green power is posing new challenges for energy supply: The integration into the existing system urgently requires more flexibility. A Euroelectric/EY study forecasts a doubling of daily European flexibility demand by 2030 compared to 2021, potentially reaching 1.8 TWh daily (137 TWh annually), a substantial rise from the prior 1.5 TWh weekly demand. Electric vehicle (EV) batteries are identified as a key flexibility solution...... read more...

At the construction site of VSB Group’s Elster repowering wind farm, the final major components are currently being installed. The first turbine in the 105.6-megawatt wind farm is set to be commissioned in the coming days. © VSB Group

16 Apr 2025 | Dresden/Zahna-Elster (renewablepress) - The repowering of the Elster wind farm, developed by the VSB Group, is entering its final phase: installation of the last of 16 new wind turbines is nearing completion. In parallel, the phased commissioning process is set to begin in the coming days. The first turbine, a Siemens Gamesa SG 6.6-155, will soon feed sustainably generated electricity into the grid operated by Mitteldeutsche Netzgesellschaft Strom mbH. Elster is among the largest repowering projects in Europe: 16 high-performance new turbines are replacing 50 older ones – delivering four times the output with only a third of the number of ...... read more...

A preliminary conceptual image of what a possible hydrogen production plant and hydrogen fueling station could look like. © Energiequelle GmbH

11 Apr 2025 | Oulu/Finland (renewablepress) - Energiequelle has received planning consent for its Oulu Green Hydrogen Park project. It is the company's first public hydrogen project in Finland and is to be developed in the city of Oulu, 600 kilometres north of Helsinki. The first phase of the project includes the construction of a hydrogen production plant with a maximum capacity of five MW and a hydrogen refuelling station for buses and heavy commercial vehicles. "If the right market conditions are met, we expect the first phase to be ready by 2028. However, this is a major industrial project and investment, so the planning reservation we have no...... read more...

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10 Apr 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - In the first quarter of 2025, the Nordex Group recorded 2,182 MW of orders in the Projects segment (excluding Service business), representing a growth of approximately 5 percent compared to the previous year’s figure of 2,086 MW. The average sales price in euros per megawatt of capacity (ASP) slightly increased to EUR 0.87 million/MW in the first quarter 2025 (Q1/2024: EUR 0.85 million/MW). Between January and March 2025, customers ordered a total of 337 wind turbines for projects in 10 countries. The strongest individual markets were Türkiye, Germany, Finland as well as Latvia and Brazil. "I am delighte...... read more...

(from left): Frank Fuhrmeister, Head of Technical Department Landwind Group - Bärbel Heidebroek, CEO Landwind Group - Karsten Brüggemann, Vice President Region Central - Per Grohmann, Strategic Buyer Global Sourcing © Nordex SE

09 Apr 2025 | Hamburg/Gevensleben (renewablepress) - Sustainable energy for the wind energy sector: 14 Nordex service points are now supplied with 100 percent green electricity from LandStrom. The aim of the cooperation is to gradually integrate other locations and further expand the cooperation. "As a company that is actively driving the energy transition itself, we also rely on sustainable solutions for the energy supply of our service points," says Karsten Brüggemann, Vice President Region Central at the Nordex Group. "After an open bidding process, we have found a reliable partner in Germany in LandStrom, which meets our demand for an economic...... read more...

Visualisation of the awarded wind farm Minden © Energiequelle GmbH

08 Apr 2025 | Kallinchen (renewablepress) - Energiequelle GmbH has been awarded contracts for five submitted wind farm projects in the latest onshore wind energy tender. With a total of 143 MW, the company has achieved a significant success and is pleased that these projects are now one step closer to realisation. The awarded projects include planned wind farms in Schleswig-Holstein (Wulfshagen, eight turbines totalling 49.6 MW), Thuringia (Bilzingsleben, five turbines totalling 27.8 MW and Werther, four turbines totalling 27.2 MW), North Rhine-Westphalia (Minden, three turbines totalling 17.1 MW) and Lower Saxony (Lüben, five turbines totalling ...... read more...

renewable energies - solar farm © pexels

08 Apr 2025 | Oldenburg/Athens (renewablepress) - Optimus Energy has contracted the German service provider emsys VPP to supply its Virtual Power Plant (VPP) for trading renewable energy in Greece’s wholesale electricity and balancing market. With a portfolio of nearly 4 GW of solar and wind power, Optimus Energy holds a leading market position in Greece, representing 50 % of the renewable energy capacity traded under the Feed-in Premium (FiP) scheme or through direct merchant participation, nationally. The collaboration enables Optimus Energy to leverage a proven Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, widely used by aggregators and utilities across Europe...... read more...

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07 Apr 2025 | Hamburg (renewablepress) - To ensure the proper development and continuous service life of wind turbines, the international standard IEC 61400 specifies technical requirements for the design of wind turbines. An independent certification body must confirm compliance with these standards. This also includes the comprehensive structural testing of rotor blades according to IEC 61400-23. This is one of the prerequisites for the approval and operation of new turbine types. Over the past eleven months, the Nordex Group has subjected a rotor blade of the N175/6.X to these necessary mechanical tests on the accredited rotor blade test rig at the F...... read more...

Qualitas Energy moves into new office in Stuttgart © Qualitas Energy

03 Apr 2025 | Berlin (renewablepress) - Qualitas Energy, a leading global investment and management platform with a dual focus on both funding and developing renewable energy, energy transition, and sustainable infrastructure, announced today the relocation of its Stuttgart office to a new, larger location in the city centre. This strategic move reflects the company’s continued growth and ensures that its physical infrastructure aligns with the expansion of both its team and project pipeline. In addition, the relocation strengthens Qualitas Energy’s presence in Baden-Württemberg and reaffirms its long-term commitment to driving the energy transition ...... read more...