Stories from Ireland Ireland to become leader in Europe’s clean energy future amid revised national plan, conference told 39% of electricity came from renewables in March New climate plan will limit objections to wind IFA negotiates new landowner payment agreements with ESB and EirGrid Northern Ireland faces court case over £300m north-south power pylon planMarket & RegulationGOV.ie:  Draft Revision of National Planning Framework open for public consultation GOV.ie: Government approves Climate Action Plan 2025 GOV.ie: Minister O’Brien announces new measures to increase the resilience of Ireland’s electricity grid GOV.ie: Minister Dooley addresses Europe’s largest wind energy gathering and outlines Ireland’s ambition ESB Networks: ESB Networks Winter 2025 Grid Resilience Plan SEM: SEMC Annual Report October 2023- September 2024 published SEM: MMU Reports CRU: Notification to Suppliers re timeline for the introduction of Dynamic Price Tariffs to the Retail Market International Stories RES clears permit milestone for Welsh wind farm Jones Bros starts work on Windy Standard 3 Manx Utilities starts Cair Vie wind farm wildlife surveys ‘8000 Scottish jobs at risk from zonal energy pricing’ Decade of blocked onshore wind cost economy £900 million Wind turbines earmarked for North Staffordshire farmland after Labour lifted ban Eneco secures funds for Dutch project‘ EU should set up a wind research fund’ RWE to start work on German wind farm European Energy unveils second Swedish hybrid site GE Vernova inks turbine deal with Forestalia RWE picks up French contracts Energiequelle secures 143MW of contracts RWE begins repowering of Muel wind farm RWE, Sanofi ink 20-year PPA in France SSE breaks ground on first Italian wind farm France annuls permit for 226MW wind farm PNE bags permits for German wind projects Enercon secures 120MW turbine order Germany breaks onshore wind permitting record in first quarter Eneco, partners secure funds for 15-turbine wind farm in Netherlands Polish Government passes legislation dismantling barriers to low-cost energy: ‘This is an important step’ France awards 930 MW in latest tender for onshore wind Germany keeps onshore wind tender unchanged at 3.4 GW  Wind turbine maker Nordex grows Q1 order intake to 2.2 GW IFC supports 1st phase of Alcazar’s 400-MW wind project in N Macedonia WindEurope 2025: RWE, Enercon make pact WindEurope 2025: GE Vernova, BBWind ink turbine deal WindEurope 2025: ‘We must remove barriers to investment’ WindEurope 2025: Industry launches call to action WindEurope 2025: New deal for Ukraine Geo Trasporti toasts delivery of 27 turbine blades Nordex orders up 5% in Q1 2025 Verbund acquires Romanian wind site Repsol powers up 364MW Chilean wind farm $200m turbine factory set for Oman Tata signs 200MW hybrid PPA MEED | Red Sea wind farm starts operations

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Stories from Ireland

Wexford wind farm given planning permission to operate for a further 20 years RWE opens new Ireland office

Market & Regulation

SEM: SEM-25-009 Invite to Industry Forum hosted by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Utility Regulator, EirGrid and SONI: Future SEM Multi-Year Markets Plan SEM: CMC Modifications Workshop 42 Timetable SEM: Terms of Reference for Year 6 Market Audit Decision Paper SEM; Future Arrangements for System Services – DASSA Volume Forecasting Methodology Decision Paper SEM: SEM PLEXOS Model Validation (2024-2032) and Backcast Report EirGrid: Major milestone reached on Celtic Interconnector project

International Stories

Bute Energy picks Terra Firma for Tywen Hywel surveys 106MW Limekiln wind farm now operational Red Rock inks PPA for Benbrack Vattenfall gets nod for Ourack wind farm BayWa r.e. to service Greencoat UK Wind projects UK sees 4% drop in carbon emissions as gas and coal use declines UK power giant SSE appoints new chief executive Nordex wins 40MW German order Verbund signs Spanish PPA Enercon installs 7MW prototype Vestas secures German, US deals to end Q1 Nordex wins 472MW double from OX2 in Finland Vestas wins 50MW order in Italy Ilmatar agrees sale of Finnish wind farm Eolus, Hydro Rein complete 260MW Swedish wind farm Vindr to develop 600MW Latvian wind farms European Energy exits 6 Polish wind projects Schroders Greencoat joins with Repsol on Spanish portfolio Vestas secures 62MW Germany order Qualitas Energy acquires two German wind farms Germany awards 4GW capacity in onshore wind tender SUSI sells 95MW Swedish wind farm to Equinor World’s most powerful wind turbine completed by Siemens Gamesa Nordex picks up 750MW Turkish order Renewables sector analysing Trump tariffs TotalEnergies acquires 800MW pipeline from RES KK Wind opens US wind farm Goldwind progresses 450MW Oz wind project Japanese wind farm starts operation Renova partners with Shoreline Wind to overcome complex challenges of onshore wind in Japan and the Philippines Abukuma onshore wind farm commences commercial operations KDDI and J-POWER ink deal for second onshore wind farm

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