The 18th WINDFORCE Conference will take place from 20-22 June in Bremerhaven. The motto of this year's conference is "Offshore Wind: Implementing Climate Protection Targets and Creating Jobs". This…
WAB e.V. welcomes the expansion targets for offshore wind in Germany provided for in the first draft of the amendment to the Offshore Wind Energy Act (WindSeeG). According to the draft act, offshore…
Industry groups from Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom extend the Inn2POWER Interreg Project with a new scope: The group now aims at supporting the ramp-up of a "green"…
As expected, no new installations in 2021. 1,501 turbines with a capacity of 7,794 MW connected to the grid Earlier tendering of sites required to distribute expansion more evenly than previously…
The coalition agreement of the new German federal government signals significant progress for the wind industry and the emerging "green" hydrogen economy compared to the regulatory framework of the…
The expansion of onshore and offshore wind energy can create more jobs in the wind industry in North Rhine-Westphalia than would be reduced by a faster coal phase-out. This is the result of a recent…
Press statement by WAB e.V. Managing Director Heike Winkler on the coalition agreement presented today:The agreement on at least 30GW of offshore wind until 2030 in German waters, followed by 40GW…
Copenhagen, November 23, 2021. WAB e.V., at the same time wind and hydrogen association and innovation cluster, is represented at the European industry trade fair WindEurope Electric City 2021 in…
WAB e.V. Managing Director Heike Winkler comments on today's meeting of the Ministers of Economics and Transport as well as Senators of the coastal states in Bremen:"It is important that…
"Offshore Wind: Climate-protecting Value Creation" was the motto of the 17th WINDFORCE Conference that took place on 5 and 6 October in Bremerhaven, Germany. Scotland was the official partner country…
WAB e.V. Managing Director Heike Winkler comments on the new "Wind Power Booster Concept" unveiled by TenneT today: "We support the concept of a new offshore wind grid hub in the…
With well over 200 national and international participants, more than 60 presentations in 14 sessions and four excursions, the 17th WINDFORCE Conference in Bremerhaven on 5 and 6 October 2021 was a…
Bremerhaven, 5 October 2021 – The increasingly serious climate change makes it necessary to exploit existing potentials of offshore wind. The wind industry and hydrogen association WAB e.V., as the…
Bremerhaven, 24 August 2021 – The 17th WINDFORCE Conference will take place on 5 and 6 October in Bremerhaven's Fishery Harbour. The motto of this year's conference is "Offshore Wind: Climate…
Bremerhaven, 20 July 2021 - The 17th WINDFORCE Conference will take place on 5 and 6 October 2021 in a maritime industrial location in Bremerhaven's Fishery Harbour. With this year's WINDFORCE motto…
Berlin/Bremerhaven/Frankfurt, 15 July 2021 – For the first time in more than ten years, there will be no expansion of offshore wind energy in Germany this year. This expansion gap is not the…
Bremerhaven, 10 May 2021 - The offshore wind industry is in a position to contribute more than the 20 gigawatts of installed capacity planned so far to the achievement of climate targets and…
Bremerhaven, 23 April 2020 – The wind energy innovation cluster WAB e.V. and its Scottish counterpart DeepWind North of Scotland Cluster are deepening their cooperation with the 17th WINDFORCE…
HUSUM Wind 2021 will make the combination of wind power and "green" hydrogen its main topic from September 14 to 17, 2021. We offer our member companies and other WAB friends to participate in a…
Bremerhaven, 31 March 2021 - The German subsidiary of the world market leader for offshore wind Ørsted has rejoined the wind industry association and innovation cluster WAB e.V. after several years…