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Vestas to deploy its first floating wind turbine
Friday, 11 March 2011 Toby Price The Danish manufacturer has signed an agreement with the Portuguese utility EDP (and other partners) for an R&D project focusing on the deployment of a full-scale semi-submersible floating wind tu...
Honduras
Ground broken on first Honduran wind farm
Friday, 18 February 2011 Toby Price Honduras is reported to be the only country in Central America that supplies all its own electricity needs, and with work starting recently on the new Cerro de Hula wind farm in the municipality of Sa...
Spain
Regulatory uncertainty sees Spanish wind industry recording lowest growth in seven years
Thursday, 03 February 2011 Recent data published by the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) shows that 2010 was a difficult year for the wind sector, with a sharp slowdown in growth. In total, 1,515.95 MW were installed acros...
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 01/02/2011
Tuesday, 01 February 2011 • China to develop controversial Nu River hydro projects Reuters• Going geothermal all the way The Washington Post• Study Shows Hybrids and Diesels Retain More Value Over Time Hybrid Ca...
AEI closes financing for second phase of Nicaraguan wind farm
Wednesday, 08 December 2010
AEI, Centrans Energy Services, Inc and Energia Eolica de Nicaragua S.A. have announced that their subsidiary, Consorcio Eólico Amayo (Fase II) S.A., has closed long-term, non-recourse project f...
Wind pact in Spain brings more relief than unease
Wednesday, 07 July 2010
The agreement reached on 2 July between the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) and the Ministry of Industry may involve a retroactive cut of 35% to the premium paid for the output of 25% of the Spa...
Iberdrola Renovables to develop “the most ambitious on-shore wind energy project in the world” in Romania
Friday, 23 April 2010
The Romanian grid operator (Transeléctirca) has given the green light for Iberdrola to connect 1,500 MW to the country's electricity grid. The company has described this project as "th...
Brazil's development bank to fund wind farms
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Brazil's Development Bank has said that it will earmark 838 million reais ($479 million) of additional funds to build 10 wind farms in the south of the country, bringing the total investment in th...
Alarm bells sound in the Spanish wind sector
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
The wind sector in Spain is paralysed, and there is a high risk that 18,000 direct and indirect jobs could be lost if a new regulatory framework is not drawn up quickly. At present, only 780 MW/year o...
Wind contributes over €2 billion to Spain’s GDP in 2008
Monday, 07 December 2009
The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) has published a macroeconomic study showing that wind energy’s contribution to GDP has risen by 12.7%, especially due to exports. The AEE warns, however...
Crown Estate to lease more wave and tidal sites for technology development
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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