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Eight 50 MW development sites selected

China's State Economic and Trade Commission (SETC) has selected eight spots across the country for f...

Technology grant for Minnesota project

A Minnesota wind project using turbines new to the US market has received a $900,000 award from Xcel...

TXU Energy buys more renewables

In Texas, TXU Energy says it now buys 385 MW of renewable energy, an eight-fold increase over what i...

New offshore lobbying organisation founded

A new offshore lobbying organisation has been founded by eight German wind development companies wit...

Shipping magnate looks to wind

Norwegian shipping magnate Fred. Olsen has applied to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy for permi...

Denmark aids South Africa project -- Clean development mechanism

A wind farm planned for South Africa is to provide carbon emission credits for Denmark's first inter...

High Court appeal granted on Kielder 80 MW

A High Court judge has given developer Ecogen permission to challenge the government's refusal of it...

Wind output from Swedish plant sold to Norway

A Norwegian utility, Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE), has agreed to take power from a ...

Getting the rules right for wind

Electricity markets around the world are being freed from command and control supervision. Wind powe...

New Zealand firm proposes huge wind farm

A 70-122 MW wind farm at Sellicks Hill-Myoponga, south of Adelaide in South Australia, is being prop...

Government issues tenders for Tokyo Bay

Tokyo's government is inviting wind developers to submit applications to install two turbines on rec...

Market lift off set for April -- UK Renewables Obligation

The UK's new renewable energy support mechanism -- the Renewables Obligation -- is to come into effe...

Scottish renewables study looks at resources available

Scotland has enough resources to supply all its electricity needs from renewables -- and still have ...

Green Mountain Energy offer renewables in Oregon

Green Mountain Energy Company will offer a 100% renewable energy option to residential and small com...

Independent study into wind penetration

The electricity regulators of Ireland and Northern Ireland are to commission an independent study in...

France becoming industry magnet

A strong potential market in France has encouraged two leading German wind companies -- project deve...

Priority development program for north east Brazil

Brazil's lower parliamentary house has approved a bill which would create a wind power development p...

Wind popular according to RSPB survey

Wind energy is the most popular form of electricity generation, according to a poll of attitudes to ...

Creating grid stability with new control technology

Advances in wind technology are gradually opening up development in areas where weak electricity dis...

Dutch utilities suddenly jump ship -- Offshore risks too great for investment required say former partners

Dutch utilities Essent and Eneco have decided investment in the Netherlands' first offshore wind far...

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