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Sudden request for proposals -- Kansas utility tests the waters

UtiliCorp of Kansas issued a hurried request for proposals (RFP) to a handful of wind plant develope...

From out of nowhere to the top of Spain

Gamesa Eólica started from scratch just six years ago in its joint venture with Danish Vestas...

DOE says emissions reduction achievable at no great cost

A major new report by five national laboratories of the US Department of Energy (DOE) finds that the...

Mapping potential

Adequate mapping of Latin America's wind resource is being pursued by a variety of countries in the ...

ABB 3 MW prototype caught in fierce siting controversy

The 3 MW prototype wind turbine on which ABB is to launch and test its much heralded Windformer conc...

Jostling for approval in offshore site race -- In the Baltic Sea

In a race to secure sites in German waters for potential wind development, two more companies have a...

Another gear box failure warning -- Red flag up for all Nordtank 600 kW turbines

The gear box bearings of 270, 600 kW Nordtank wind turbines distributed in four European countries a...

Fuji develops Subaru small wind turbine

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd (FHI) has installed its first 40 kW wind turbine in Utsunomiya. The wind t...

Jacobs 1.5 MW installation

Wind turbine manufacturer Jacobs Energie has installed its first three 1.5 MW machines with rotor di...

Ambitious climate change strategy proposed

A carbon tax, international emissions trading and substitution of a major coal-burning plant by gas ...

Five new Vestas units survive hurricane and go on-line

The turbines for France's latest wind farm, Plouarzel, near Brest in Brittany were erected just in t...

BC Hydro prospecting for wind in British Columbia

BC Hydro is boosting its wind prospecting efforts in Canada's western province of British Columbia. ...

Historic 3 MW toppled at Burgar Hill

The world's first multi-megawatt sized wind turbine came crashing to the ground in November in a con...

Clean coal research accelerates amidst projected power demand

Even with a dramatic increase in the use of renewables, a new 1000 MW coal plant would need to be bu...

Power company launches wind feasibility study for 25 MW

Colombia's integrated power company, EPM, and the German agency for technology co-operation agreemen...

Utility green fund under suspicion

A Japanese environmental citizens group is opposing a new utility "green fund," claiming it is no mo...

CO2 outlook grim from International Energy Agency

A report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), "World Energy Outlook 2000, in November,...

Computer program helps value greenhouse gas emissions

Natural Resources Canada released the latest version of its RETScreen wind project analysis software...

Lottery grant and consumer approval -- Significant offshore support

Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced £50 million pounds of additional funding to be shared betwee...

Public vetoes three energy taxes --Disappointment for Swiss wind

In a disappointing decision for the wind industry, voters in Switzerland have turned down three init...

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