Wind

Scottish commitment to renewables starts paying dividends

Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby Price

Scotland clean energy drive has been given a massive boost after it was chosen as the site of a new multi-million pound offshore wind base by the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa.

Europe

Dong Energy ditches coal and gas in favour of wind

Friday, 16 March 2012 Toby Price At the same as announcing plans to invest more in wind rather than new coal and gas plants, Dong Energy has submitted a letter to the European Commission after it presented its Energy Roadmap 2050 for ...

Pan-European grid could avoid emissions of 170 million tonnes of carbon

Friday, 02 March 2012 REM The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has released details of a plan that would bring Europe a step closer to a pan-European grid. According to the network, a ...

Honduras

Globeleq opens Central America's largest wind farm

Friday, 24 February 2012 REM

Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, has officially inaugurated Honduras’ first wind farm and the largest in the Central American region.

United Kingdom

Work starts on new wind turbine drive train facility

Friday, 17 February 2012 REM Piling has started on the site of a new £35 million wind turbine drive train testing facility at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Northumberland (England). When commissioned in summer 2013, ...

Siemens secures first wind turbine orders in Africa

Monday, 06 February 2012 REM Siemens Energy has secured its first wind turbine orders with a total capacity of 100 MW in Africa. Nareva Holding and Siemens signed a contract for the delivery of a total of 44 wind turbines for the ...

Brazil

Brazil’s wind industry buoyant in 2011

Wednesday, 01 February 2012 Toby Price Brazil is one of the hottest wind energy markets at present, with 2011 total approvals for wind energy reaching R$ 3.3 billion, an increase of 275% compared to 2010. A further five wind farm projects in ...

United States

New coalition encourages green energy buyers to choose Pennsylvania wind

Friday, 27 January 2012 REM Wind energy industry leaders, environmental advocates and policymakers gathered in the Pennsylvania state Capitol in the United States to launch of ChoosePAWind, an initiative intended to encourage the ...

New Zealand

Wind farms would benefit Kiwis, finds report

Wednesday, 11 January 2012 REM A new report from economic analysts, Infometrics, shows that New Zealanders will be better off by up to $ 390 per person per year with more wind power. The economic modelling of New Zealand, commissioned ...

China

Lack of insurance system could hinder growth of renewables sector

Thursday, 15 December 2011 REM A report published yesterday by WWF and one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups, RSA, concludes that the insurance sector is critical to China meeting its renewable energy targets. ...