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The Trump administration has signalled its intention to target a second wind farm in as many weeks, this time going after Iberdrola’s up-to 2600MW New England 1 and 2 arrays.

Enercon has announced a repositioning of its business, with a stronger focus on wind turbines and integrated solutions for hybrid power plants. The company’s current product portfolio is centred on the E-175 EP5, its latest large onshore turbine, alongside a range of modular services and solutions that can be combined to support green energy projects.

Australia’s wind energy developers may well be struggling to land finance for their projects, but it does not seem to be a problem for developers of big battery storage projects.

The Philippines-based renewable and energy storage developer Acen Australia has scored its second major win in under a week, after receiving federal environmental approval for its 943 megawatt (MW) Valley of the Winds project in New South Wales.

SPIE Wind Connect has been awarded a contract for the termination and testing of inter-array cables at a 300MW offshore wind farm in Taiwan.

Woolnorth Renewables has been granted state planning permission for a 400MW wind farm in Victoria, Australia.

Synera Renewable Energy (SRE) has awarded a contract to Seaway7 for the transport and installation of inter-array cables for the 495MW Formosa 4 wind farm in Taiwan.

South Korean officials have awarded capacity to four bidders in the year’s first offshore wind tender.

A 600MW utility-scale onshore wind farm has achieved commercial operation in Laos, south-east Asia.

Sembcorp Industries has been named the winning bidder by PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency, to build an 86MWp floating solar photovoltaic (PV) system on Pandan Reservoir.