Big output from innovative small turbines
Wednesday, 29 June 2011 Toby Price Bayer MaterialScience, a member of the German Bayer Group, has installed a revolutionary new small wind turbine at its offices in Tarragona (Spain), which it uses "for test and presentation purposes"....
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 22/06/2011
Wednesday, 22 June 2011 REM • EPA proposes 2012 ethanol use at 13.2 billion gallons Reuters• What Do We Do Until Renewables Are In Place? Power Online• Solar Energy Projects Picking up Again After Uprising IPS&bul...
Onshore wind energy in the UK: a developer's perspective
Wednesday, 15 June 2011 Doug McNicholl Freelance renewable energy developer, Doug McNicholl, knows a lot about the issues faced by developers in the clean tech space. In this first contribution to his blog series, Doug sets out these chall...
Spain
Snapshots of a year in the life of the wind industry
Friday, 03 June 2011 Toby Price Alejandro Blanco and Tirso Vázquez from the wind assessment company Kintech Engineering have been awarded the Eolo Innovation Prize, awarded for the first time this year by the Spanish Wind Ene...
Building the foundations of offshore wind
Friday, 27 May 2011 While onshore wind technology has been around for decades and is now well established, the same cannot be said about offshore wind, which still faces challenges if the energy potential of our coastlin...
Will the Fukushima disaster spark growth in sustainable energy investments?
Thursday, 26 May 2011 While nations struggle to recover from the global economic slowdown, solar and wind energy investments are surging forward. Many investors are convinced that solar, wind, and other sustainable energy ...
Spain
Germany loses top spot in European wind output league table
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 Toby Price The beleaguered wind industry in Spain is fighting back after it was knocked sideways two years ago by damaging legislative changes that led to an exodus of companies in search of new markets in the U...
Brazil
Brazilian utility buys wind developer Jantus
Friday, 08 April 2011Brazilian utility CPFL Energia SA has bought Jantus, which has the largest portfolio of wind farms in operation in the country, from Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.
Spain
Wind dominates generation in March, covering 21% of demand
Friday, 01 April 2011 The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) has reported that wind energy was the technology that generated more electricity in Spain in March and covered 21% of demand. It is the first time in history ...
Wind industry awards prestigious prize
Tuesday, 15 March 2011 Toby Price Siemens Wind Power’s Chief Technology Officer, Henrik Stiesdal, has received the 2011 Poul la Cour Prize during the European Wind Energy Association’s annual conference and trade fair. Els...