East Anglian businesses benefit from offshore windfarm development
Thursday, 25 April 2013 Robin WhitlockVattenfall and Scottish Power Renewables have invested £15 million in offshore windfarm projects thereby adding to the local economy and creating over 100 jobs Â
Vestas launches new V100 and V110 wind turbines
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe new turbines are both variants of the company’s proven 2MW platform with serial production scheduled for 2014
Standards Authority bans Donald Trump's anti-wind farm ad
Tuesday, 23 April 2013 Dan McCue Scotland’s Advertising Standards Authority has decided to ban an anti-wind farming advertisement by U.S. billionaire developer Donald Trump that links support for wind farms to the 1988 Lockerbie bo...
Spain
Gamesa to manufacture Spain’s first ever offshore wind turbine
Monday, 22 April 2013 Robin WhitlockGamesa has shipped the components for its 5MW marine turbine to the Canary Islands thus beginning the process of erecting the first Spanish offshore wind turbine
Nordex inks deal to provide 125 MW in turbines in Turkey
Friday, 19 April 2013 REM Hamburg-based wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has inked delivery and service contracts with two long-standing customers in Turkey for four projects entailing a total of 50 turbines with a combined to...
US wind power sector grew by 28 percent in 2012 according to AWEA
Wednesday, 17 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) reports that growth in the US wind power sector has achieved a new record confirming it as a mainstream energy source
Alstom hands over offshore substation for wind farm to Trianel
Tuesday, 16 April 2013 REMAlstom Grid has successfully delivered the offshore substation platform for the Trianel wind farm Borkum in the German North Sea, and handed it over to Trianel Windkraftwerk Borkum GmbH & Co. KG.
Wind farm buffer zone bid thrown out by UK High Court
Monday, 15 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe UK wind power industry is celebrating after the High Court ruled Milton Keynes Council acted unlawfully in attempting to impose buffer zones between wind turbines and residential properties
Europe
Proposed new EU maritime planning law welcomed by EWEA
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Thursday, 11 April 2013 Robin WhitlockMember states sharing a sea basin will have to work together to plan the use of the sea according to a proposed new European Commission directive
Romania
Vestas awarded 72MW contract in Romania
Thursday, 11 April 2013 Robin WhitlockThe 36-turbine order constitutes the first part of a project consisting of a total of 42 V90-2.0 MW wind turbines to be installed in Tulcea County in Romania
World Wind Energy Association report says UK dominates the offshore wind sector
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