Wind

Vestas’ view of the world from Madrid

Thursday, 07 June 2012 REM Vestas maintains its position as leading turbine manufacturer and celebrates installing its 50,000th MW. Amidst a turbulent economy which has also affected the wind industry, Vestas looks to the future ...

Asia's largest offshore wind conference begins today

Wednesday, 30 May 2012 REM The Offshore Wind china 2012 Conference and Exhibition, Asia's largest wind power conference -- and the second largest such event to be held anywhere on Earth -- kicked off this morning at the Shanghai ...

Offshore wind hampered by supply chain and financing issues

Friday, 18 May 2012 REM

According to a new report by market intelligence provider, GlobalData, development of the offshore wind industry is being hindered by several issues regarding the supply chain and financing.

40 GW of new wind capacity in 2011, predicted CAGR of 7% to 2016

Friday, 20 April 2012 Toby Price MAKE Consulting has published its 2011 Global Wind Turbine Market Share report, highlighting that over 40 GW of new wind power capacity was commissioned globally in 2011, resulting in another annual record ...

China

Guangdong backs development of local wind industry

Thursday, 19 April 2012 Toby Price The wind power industry is one of the fastest developing energy industries with a total of 41 GW installed worldwide in 2011, 50.4% of which is from china. Guangdong province is one of china’s most active ...

Europe

EU wind power industry to employ 520,000 by 2020

Wednesday, 11 April 2012 REM With just five days to go before the European Wind Energy Association’s annual conference, it has revealed that the European wind power industry's contribution to EU economic growth will increase almost ...

WWEA reveals 700,000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide

Monday, 20 February 2012 REM The World Wind Energy Association will be hosting the 3rd World Summit for Small Wind (WSSW2012) next month, during which it will launch its Small Wind World Report, showing that 700,000 small wind turbines ...

Emerging markets are taking the lead as wind industry powers ahead

Wednesday, 08 February 2012 Toby Price The Global Wind Energy Council annual market statistics published this week show that the wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW of new clean, reliable wind power in 2011, bringing the total installed ...

Vestas china receives 48.6 MW initial order for V100 turbine

Tuesday, 31 January 2012 REM

Vestas china has received a 48.6 MW order for its V100 turbine from Datang Hubei Renewable Energy, the first for this new addition to the its 2 MW platform in china.

BP and Sempra US Gas & Power contribute to continued wind growth with new deal

Tuesday, 17 January 2012 Toby Price BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power have announced plans to further expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind ...