Court upholds injunction forcing GE Vernova to continue Vineyard Wind turbine work — Reuters
A U.S. federal judge has again rejected GE Vernova's bid to end its turbine supply and installation obligations at the Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts. Reuters reports the ruling sustains an injunction requiring the OEM to continue work despite its attempts to exit. The decision has direct contractual and liability implications for offshore wind supply-chain agreements across the U.S. market, and insurers underwriting construction and performance risk on the project should note the ongoing dispute.
Read at Google News (EN)IEA: Rising costs and curtailment are squeezing wind investment returns; storage identified as key mitigant
The IEA has published analysis finding that the investment case for wind is becoming more difficult as capital costs and curtailment rates erode project returns, according to Recharge News. The agency identifies storage co-deployment as a key mechanism to address curtailment-driven revenue leakage. Asset managers evaluating wind portfolios and insurers pricing long-term revenue risk should treat this as a structural signal, not a short-term pricing anomaly. No specific regional figures were disclosed in the excerpt.
Read at Recharge NewsU.S. offshore wind faces dual federal policy threats: new Republican fee proposal and Trump inspection plan
Congressional Republicans have proposed new fees on offshore wind projects, while Wind Power Monthly reports a separate Trump administration plan to impose new inspections on offshore wind operations. Together, these measures could raise operating costs and introduce regulatory uncertainty for U.S. offshore wind asset holders. Developers and asset managers with active U.S. offshore positions should monitor both tracks as they move through legislative and executive channels.
Read at Google News (EN)South Korea offshore wind pipeline 'ready to explode' but price ceiling raises viability concerns — Recharge News
Recharge News reports that South Korea's offshore wind investment pipeline is poised for rapid growth but that a government-imposed price ceiling on power purchase agreements could undermine project economics. The tension between strong development appetite and price caps is a recurring pattern in emerging offshore wind markets and carries direct implications for asset managers and financiers assessing Korean project risk. Haesong Offshore Wind's concurrent subsea cable agreements for a 1 GW Korean project illustrate how far supply-chain commitments have already advanced.
Read at Recharge NewsSkyborn exec argues Germany's 70 GW offshore wind target is physically unworkable — Recharge News
A senior executive at developer Skyborn has told Recharge News that fitting 70 GW of offshore wind capacity into German North Sea and Baltic waters is 'nonsense', citing spatial and grid constraints. The comment is attributed to the executive and reflects growing industry concern about the feasibility of national capacity targets versus available sea space. Asset managers underwriting German offshore project pipelines should note the operational and permitting risk implications if the target is not recalibrated.
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