Community engagement can make or break any wind farm project. In this episode of the Windpower Podcast, we discuss the importance of getting this crucial stage of the development process right and making it fair for all concerned with two industry experts. 

Gaining community support is often an essential step for the future viability of new wind farm, with supportive communities providing strong foundations for a successful project, while resistance from local communities can hold up or even end the prospects for a future site. 

General lessons from positive community enagement include an approach that puts listening first and foremost, being attentive to what the nearby community needs, how they might feel about their "new neighbours" and developing a collaborative approach based on transparency and trust. 

These techniques are highlighted by some of the best specific examples of how community engagement done right can help everyone, from the remote town in Germany that turned its fortunes around with a suspension bridge built with wind industry support, to grassroots activism in Bristol in the UK channeling the funds of a successful wind farm into much needed community projects. 

Meanwhile, a rise in disinformation about wind power is increasing distrust of the technology and dismissing the benefits it can bring to local areas. While this is an issue that goes beyond the wind industry, sometimes it can best be addressed by highlighting the living proof of the benefits brought to communities already hosting successful wind farms.  

This episode was produced by Inga Marsden and Jude Owen.

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Welcome to the Wind Power News Review – hosted by Windpower Monthly's senior reporter, Robyn White, and Windpower Monthly's reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Sorcha Versteeg and Shashi Barla. 

This time on the News Review, we take a closer look at some of the major new turbine announcements coming out of the world’s primary wind energy power – China – and discuss how the country’s massive installation targets are helping shape its domestic wind industry. 

Meanwhile in Europe, a growing number of violent attacks against wind power projects have occurred. Is the spread of disinformation about renewable energy to blame? 

Finally, we take a look at the contrasting fortunes of offshore wind factory projects in Europe, with Vestas and Siemens Gamesa halting work on planned offshore turbine plants while other companies push forward. 

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In this sponsored edition of the Wind Power podcast, as part of China Wind Power 2025, Kai Wu, vice president of Goldwind and chairman of Goldwind International, discusses the company’s response to China’s new market environment and what it means for global developers and investors.

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Girish Tanti, co-founder of Indian turbine firm Suzlon Energy, discusses India’s renewable energy journey, why offshore wind does not hold the same appeal in India as it does in Europe and the country’s trajectory towards energy security.

Tanti, a key figure in India’s renewable energy industry, spoke about why leadership from the country’s federal government has helped set the tempo for clean energy installations and how deregulation has opened up previously untapped markets.

He also spoke to Windpower Monthly’s editor, Ian Griggs, about the need for energy security in a multi-polar world and how India could one day be a net exporter of clean energy to neighbouring states. 

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Vestas’ outgoing chief technology and operations officer, Anders Nielsen, talks about why the wind industry is reaching the end of the line on turbine sizes and what he is looking forward to in his retirement.  

Nielsen handed over the reins as CTOO to his successor, Felix Henseler, on 1 September. He will leave Vestas at the end of 2025 after a five-year stint leading the turbine firm’s technology offer.

He spoke to Windpower Monthly’s editor, Ian Griggs, about his tenure at the Danish firm, including the impact of COVID, the war in Ukraine and the European wind industry’s competition with China.  

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Welcome to the Wind Power News Review – hosted by Windpower Monthly's senior reporter, Robyn White, and Windpower Monthly's reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Will Sheard and Shashi Barla.

This time on the News Review, we ask our panellists for their views on Danish renewables major Ørsted’s plans for an €8 billion capital raise to shore up its finances amid an increasingly fraught offshore wind market. 

Ørsted’s difficulties are being compounded by relentless attacks on domestic wind power in the United States made by the US government under President Donald Trump, which continues to declare new policies and stop work orders that threaten to undermine wind power’s viability stateside. How much more can the US wind industry take, and what does the future hold? 

Across the Pacific, meanwhile, the world’s largest wind power market – China – continues to forge ahead with innovation as unprecedented new technologies from major manufacturers are unveiled. Our panellists examine the viability of these new designs. 

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Giles Dickson, WindEurope’s outgoing CEO, discusses the challenges and achievements of his ten-year tenure leading the trade body, offers some sound advice to his successor and tells Windpower Monthly why he is going back to school. 

Earlier this summer, the wind industry received a shock announcement that Dickson will be stepping down at the end of 2025 to pursue a career as a schoolteacher in England.

Following his announcement, Windpower Monthly’s editor, Ian Griggs, interviewed the outgoing CEO and asked him to reflect on his decade leading WindEurope, including how global events shaped his tenure, his achievements and why he chose this moment for a change of direction.

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This time on the Wind Power Podcast, we speak with three leading industry experts on offshore wind in Asia Pacific, and discuss how Japan, South Korea and other countries in the region are hoping to unlock its potential in the face of myriad challenges. 

Offshore wind in Asia-Pacific has long been led by China, but new markets are now emerging as the region’s other major economies look to offshore wind as a vital component of their plans for the energy transition. 

Both Japan and Korea have set ambitious targets and timelines for a rapid buildout of new offshore wind capacity, but face a series of challenges from soaring costs to supply chain constraints that have impacted its development in other parts of the world. 

Meanwhile, other countries in the region from Vietnam to Australia are joining in the race to build offshore wind as energy security and decarbonisation goals become major policy priorities. 

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In this episode of the Wind Power podcast, three key figures in the UK wind industry speak to Windpower Monthly about the critical opportunities – and challenges – ahead of the country's next major offshore wind auction, Allocation Round 7 (AR7).

While attending RenewableUK’s Global Offshore Wind conference in London, senior reporter Robyn White sat down with Darren Davidson of Siemens Energy, Dan McGrail of Great British Energy, and Jane Cooper of RenewableUK. They discussed the potential of AR7, the role of public investment, and what it will take to keep the UK leading in offshore wind.

Also on this episode, we hear a snippet from the UK's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, recorded live at the conference. He outlined some of the government’s aims for offshore wind as the auction round approaches.

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Welcome to the Wind Power News Review – hosted by Windpower Monthly's senior reporter, Robyn White, and Windpower Monthly's reporter, Orlando Jenkinson – along with our regular panellists, Shashi Barla and Will Sheard.

This time, we discuss Siemens Gamesa’s first new order for its troubled 4.X turbine platform, following a pause in sales linked to technical defects. As the rebranded machines prepare for market re-entry, our experts discuss whether the platform can regain developer confidence.

In the UK, floating offshore wind takes a step forward as several gigawatt-scale projects in the Celtic Sea are awarded seabed rights. But can the supply chain scale up in time?

In the US, a new piece of legislation backed by President Donald Trump is raising concerns across the wind sector. Dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” the policy shift has left many questioning the future trajectory of wind power in the country.

And finally, onshore wind farms in the UK are facing an unexpected challenge: a rise in copper theft. Could this be the beginning of a wider trend?

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