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Nordex Stock Skyrockets on Surprise Profit Upgrade – Wind Turbine Maker Defies Industry Woes

Nordex Stock Skyrockets on Surprise Profit Upgrade – Wind Turbine Maker Defies Industry Woes

Strong Q3 Drives Upbeat Forecast Nordex SE delivered a positive surprise in Q3 2025, nearly doubling its operating profit from a year earlier. Preliminary EBITDA for the quarter hit €136 million, yielding an 8.0% margin – up sharply from €72 million and a 4.3% margin in Q3 2024 deraktionaer.de. Buoyed by this result, Nordex’s management announced an upward revision to its full-year EBITDA margin forecast on October 27. The company now projects a 7.5–8.5% EBITDA margin for 2025 (vs. 5.0–7.0% prior) tradingview.com, while leaving other guidance (e.g. revenue of €7.4–7.9 billion) unchanged deraktionaer.de. Nordex credited strong operational execution across both its turbine projects and
28 October 2025
Chile’s New 36MW Wind Farm to Power 16,000 Homes – Clean Energy Revolution in Araucanía?

Chile’s New 36MW Wind Farm to Power 16,000 Homes – Clean Energy Revolution in Araucanía?

Project Overview and Status The Cancura wind farm is under construction in the commune of Angol (Araucanía region). It was acquired by Windin Capital and will be built by Vientos de Renaico SpA proyectanegocios.cl cifi.com. The project’s six turbines (each 6 MW) will produce an estimated 65,000 MWh annually cifi.com. A new regulated substation (23/66 kV) is part of the plan, improving transmission to Chile’s grid cifi.com. Construction began in early 2025, with commissioning expected in late 2025 or early 2026 eldiariodelaaraucania.cl cifi.com. Economy Minister Nelson Curiñir toured the site on Oct. 19 and highlighted its timely progress. He noted Cancura was “incorporating 100 nuevos
UK Wind Power “Racket” Exposed: Octopus Energy Reveals £650m Wasted on Idle Turbines – Is Our Grid Broken?

UK Wind Power “Racket” Exposed: Octopus Energy Reveals £650m Wasted on Idle Turbines – Is Our Grid Broken?

Octopus’s campaign has thrust the curtailment problem into the spotlight. Greg Jackson bluntly told The Independent that wind farm owners (some of whom also run gas plants) “realise there is a bunch of generators…that won’t get to market because of grid congestion, so they pay them anyway, and then they find someone else to fill the gaps” the-independent.com. In other words, billpayers fund idle wind farms and pricey backup power – a situation Jackson labels “a racket” the-independent.com the-independent.com. He illustrated it like “building a factory where there [are] no roads and then being paid for what you might have
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