Wednesday, 22 May 2013
Europe votes to establish dedicated pot of cash for wind energy
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 REM For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind energy research and development. Following today's vote, wind energy R&D should have its own â€...
Europe
Interconnected offshore grid, tremendous cost saving potential
Thursday, 06 October 2011 Toby Price The results of a report entitled "Offshore Electricity Grid Infrastructure in Europe" published in Brussels yesterday reveal that billions of Euros could be saved with new offshore electricity grid in...
TPWind holds first public conference today
Tuesday, 04 October 2011 REM The European Wind Energy Technology Platform (TPWind) will hold its first public event today. The conference of around 150 EU wind energy researchers, experts and other operators and stakeholders will...
Europe
Supergrid could lead to 25% cut in offshore wind costs and create thousands of jobs
Thursday, 22 September 2011 Toby Price A new report by the UK government’s Commons Energy and Climate Change Select Committee has highlighted the benefits of developing a new supergrid connecting European countries’ offshore wind capac...
Learning curve continues for offshore wind supply chain
Tuesday, 16 August 2011 REM Rapid expansion of the offshore wind industry, especially in the UK, means the associated supply chain is playing catch up; striving to streamline supply under pressure from wind farm developers to cu...
Europe
EU offshore wind making good progress in 2011
Tuesday, 16 August 2011 REM The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published offshore wind energy statistics for the first half year of 2011, showing a comfortable 4.5% increase in installations of offshore capacity com...
Europe
Wind power set to triple by 2020
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 Toby Price The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050, due to be publ...
Hungary
Millions of Euros in wind energy investments missed
Tuesday, 05 July 2011 REM An unambitious target, delays in grid connection tenders and a lack of legislative clarity are causing Hungary to miss out on new wind energy installations and with them as much as Euros 42 million of...
Europe
EWEA: Wind energy could supply 50% of EU power by 2050
Thursday, 30 June 2011 REM A new European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) report to be published next month shows how wind energy can contribute very substantially to achieving the EU's commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissi...
Wind power can fill future energy gaps
Tuesday, 07 June 2011 Toby Price Two leading wind energy associations have issued statements that the wind industry is more than ready to replace the energy gap created as countries turn their backs on nuclear power in the wake of th...
Globeleq inaugurates 44 MW wind farm in Nicaragua
A land speed world record: Relive the electrifying attempt
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