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News from the Irish Wind Farmers’ Association (IWFA) on 3rd March 2025

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