Wind

Shanghai Electric gains places in offshore wind race

Monday, 19 September 2011 Mike McGovern According to local sources, the wind turbines division of Shanghai Electric – the Chinese giant dedicated to high power electrical equipment, especially engines – has been awarded the tender ...

Germany

Iberdrola begins development of its first offshore wind farm in Baltic Sea

Tuesday, 13 September 2011 REM Iberdrola, the world leader in wind power, has applied for the preliminary permits from the German authorities to build the 400 megawatt (MW) Wikinger offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea: the company’s ...

Wind energy to cover 3% of global electricity demand by year end

Thursday, 08 September 2011 REM The world market for wind energy saw a sound revival in the first half of 2011 and re-gained momentum after a weak year in 2010: The worldwide wind capacity reached 215,000 MW by the end of June 2011, ...

Small wind turbine market expected to grow rapidly over next decade

Tuesday, 30 August 2011 REM

The global small wind turbine market is growing at a very fast pace and will likely reach 3.7 GW by 2020, according to a new report from Global Data, the business information firm.

Europe

Wind power set to triple by 2020

Wednesday, 10 August 2011 Toby Price The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has published its scenarios for onshore and offshore wind power deployment in the EU, ahead of the European Commission's Energy Roadmap 2050, due to be published ...

Enel Green Power brings new 16 MW wind farm online in spain

Thursday, 04 August 2011 REM

Enel Green Power’s new 16 MW wind farm has gone into service in spain.

Wind turbine rotor blade market projected to reach $16 billion by 2015

Thursday, 21 July 2011 REM

The global wind turbine rotor blade market will reach $16 billion (€11.1 billion) by 2015, according to a new report from GlobalData.

Spain

Prokon partners with The Switch for wind turbine production

Monday, 18 July 2011 REM

In a move to gain independence in manufacturing wind turbines, Germany-based Prokon selected The Switch as its partner for its key permanent magnet generators and full-power converters.

Brazil first country in Latin America to reach 1 GW of installed wind capacity

Thursday, 07 July 2011 REM

Brazil has become the first country in Latin America to reach 1 GW of installed wind capacity, the Latin American Wind Energy Association has announced.

Spain

Catalan environmentalists team up with American far right to hinder wind industry’s progress

Wednesday, 29 June 2011 Luis Merino In the north-eastern area of spain, the Catalan section of Eurosolar has published a report showing the relationship between anti-wind groups in Catalonia and North American fundamentalists, characterised ...