Almost $300bn in fresh investment streamed into renewable energy markets around the world last year, with game-changing winning wind and solar power tender prices driving what is expected to be another record year for new capacity installations.

We’ve curated the top most-read articles on Recharge last year – read up on the stories that will doubtless influence the global energy transition in the year ahead.

1: MHI Vestas launches 9.5MW offshore wind turbine

Japanese-Danish offshore wind turbine maker MHI Vestas has unveiled the next generation model of its V164 platform.

2: India’s Suzlon plots major US comeback

Five years after last installing a turbine on US soil, India’s Suzlon is plotting a major US comeback.

3: Vestas: the new king of US wind power

No market has been more important to Vestas’ turnaround of recent years than the US, and no market is more central to the world’s largest turbine supplier’s immediate future.

4: Siemens' merger with Gamesa will threaten rivals

New market leader will inevitably bring economies of scale.

5: Two-bladed offshore turbines could cut cost of energy by 50%

A 10MW machine would provide an LCOE of less than $30/MWh, including the cost of grid connection, writes Martin Jakubowski.

6: Why rivals have plenty of reasons to fear GE

With thousands of researchers, an ability to swap ideas across industries and a sharper focus on renewables, GE is a force to be reckoned with, writes Karl-Erik Stromsta in Niskayuna, New York.

7: 'Feeding frenzy' expected at acclaimed Alberta tenders

The Canadian province's annual 400-500MW auctions are expected to be heavily oversubscribed, writes Karl-Erik Stromsta.

8: MHI Vestas probes V164 turbine fire at Danish test centre

Offshore wind OEM MHI Vestas is investigating after a unit of its flagship V164 turbine caught fire at a test site in Denmark.

9: Siemens Gamesa swallows bitter pill as GE-LM deal exposes raw nerves in Brazil

The anxious state of Brazil's under-stress wind power market was laid bare by concerns raised in the run-up to GE's acquisition of LM Wind Power, writes Alexandre Spatuzza.

10: Taiwan raises 2025 offshore wind ambition to 5.5GW

Taiwan has signalled plans to raise its 2025 offshore wind goal to 5.5GW from the 3GW previously targeted.

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