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US wind energy industry only installs half a GW in first quarter
Thursday, 06 May 2010
The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced that the leading wind market in the world has only grown by 539 MW during the first three months of the year. This is the lowest first quarter...
Head to Finland for short wind farm consent times or Portugal if you have more patience
Wednesday, 05 May 2010
The findings of the EU-funded project, Wind Barriers, coordinated by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) have been released showing that, on average, it takes 42 months to get building consent...
Wind energy cuts electricity prices
Monday, 03 May 2010
An independent study published by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reveals that wind power reduces electricity prices and carbon dioxide emissions.
First offshore wind farm in US gets green light
Thursday, 29 April 2010
After a nine-year regulatory review, the US Secretary of State Ken Salazar and the federal government, approved the Cape Wind Project: a 468-MW wind farm in a shallow area of water toward the centre o...
Cloud over European offshore wind farms as potential fault identified
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
RenewableUK (formerly the British Wind Energy Association) has revealed that recent operations and maintenance work on a number of offshore wind turbines has revealed a small fault in the design of th...
Jumbo Offshore installs first transition pieces for offshore wind farm
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
As the offshore wind industry ramps up, the need for offshore support vessels capable of transporting and installing wind turbines out at sea is also rising. Jumbo Offshore is one company with conside...
Northern European wind turbine suppliers search for new horizons
Monday, 26 April 2010
Nordex (Germany), Enercon (Germany), and Vestas (Denmark) have announced within a week, contracts for the supply of wind turbines that will target Greek, Taiwanese and Chinese markets, respectively.
3 to 10 GW of small wind power in China by 2020
Friday, 23 April 2010
REEEP (Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership) has published a new comprehensive roadmap study outlining out how China can support the small wind power (SWP) industry, which will be dissem...
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...
Wind energy will meet 50% of EU electricity in 2050
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Topping the agenda at the opening day of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC 2010) in Warsaw on Tuesday was Europe’s long-term energy supply. During the opening day, top win...
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