MOSCOW – China has taken online its largest offshore wind farm yet – another step toward the goal of boosting the share of wind energy in China’s total energy production to 17 percent by 2050. While China prefers buying new green technologies, Japan seeks to come up with its own – such as the innovative “wind lens” design that could triple the output of wind turbines and help smooth the transition from nuclear power to cleaner and safer energy sources. Russia, alas, seems in no hurry to realize its own immense wind energy potential.

ST. PETERSBURG – The wind energy market in Russia may have a turnover of around €7 billion by 2025 if its potential is exploited to the fullest, experts agreed at a renewable energy forum hosted in St. Petersburg by Bellona.

MURMANSK – The Murmansk Region in Russia’s north – just like the rest of the sprawling country – has an interest in developing clean energy, but can for now do little to back its good will with concrete measures.