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Full title of report into future development of wind energy in France

The full title of the report into the future development of wind energy in France, cited in our stor...

Illinois task force recommends more wind power

In a state that gets 51% of its electricity from nuclear power and only 0.4% from wind, an Illinois ...

EWEA calls for mandatory renewables targets in EU

The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has called on the European Commission to make national t...

Vestas wins 90 MW Barrow contract

Vestas-Celtic Wind Technology together with Kellog Brown & Root have won the contract to build a...

Oil and gas corporation buys wind power for meeting electricity needs

Wind farms will supply all auxiliary power for India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), the g...

Centrica launches two project tenders off Lincolnshire coast

Plans for two more offshore wind farms in British waters, with a combined capacity of 180 MW, took a...

Power now flowing from UK's Scroby Sands project

Electricity is now flowing from the UK's second offshore wind farm at Scroby Sands off Great Yarmout...

Iberdrola purchases 55% of wind plant developer

Utility Iberdrola's purchase of 55% of wind plant developer Generación Eólica de Andal...

German drive systems company Flender to build wind turbine gear unit factory

Plans for a $3.3 million gear unit manufacturing facility in Chennai, unveiled by German firm Flende...

Deadline for bids for 500 MW pushed back

Due to an administrative error in the dates published in different official documents, the French go...

Rhode Island's 16% renewables mandate

Rhode Island became the most recent US state to adopt an aggressive renewable energy standard (RES) ...

Challenge to Proinfa program legality causes chaos

The wind energy segment of Brazil's government led renewable power program, Proinfa, is teetering on...

Name change for EDF renewables division

Siif Énergies, the renewable energy subsidiary of utility EDF, has changed its name to EDF &E...

EC investigates charges of discrimination made against Navarra government by turbine maker MTorres

The European Commission has opened a fair-trading investigation into allegations that the regional g...

Valencia grants concessions for development of 500 MW of wind power

Gamesa Eólica, Spain's dominant wind turbine supplier, has clinched a EUR 300 million deal to...

More turbine orders clinched by Vestas and Gamesa

Portugal's fast expanding wind market has brought new turbine contracts for Denmark's Vestas and Spa...

Utility Vattenfall blames wind power for hike in net usage charges

The costs of balancing intermittent wind power are blamed by one of Germany's major power companies ...

Nuon proposes wind fund to raise equity for Spanish project

Dutch utility Nuon has applied for approval from Spain's stock exchange regulator, Comisión N...

Wind Direct sales of green power to large energy users

Repower UK -- a joint venture between German wind turbine manufacturer Repower Systems and British e...

House of Lords attacks priorities of government's renewable energy policy

The UK's renewables policy has come in for some stinging criticism from a group of members of the Ho...