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France tackles bureaucracy blocks -- Minister advocates lifting limits

France must do away with the 12 MW ceiling for premium purchase prices and remove the hurdles blocki...

Restrictions on growth to be lifted -- Integrating wind in Spain

Revision of "unnecessarily restrictive" regulations for connecting wind plant to the Spanish electri...

Scientists call for more research cash -- Bat deaths higher than expected

Wind turbines cause more harm to bats that anyone previously expected, say scientists and advocates ...

Wind to trade on the wholesale market -- Attractions of trading option greater than fixed purchase prices

Spurred on by government incentives, wind power producers in Spain are preparing to join forces and ...

Devious casting of wind as grid villain

Looking at the transmission needs of wind in isolation is tantamount to making decisions on road bui...

Senators fail in back room sabotage bid -- Offshore debacle continue

Two of the most powerful senators in the United States failed in a backroom bid last month to stop a...

Explaining the language

Financial speak is all very well for bankers and finance experts, but for the rest of the wind power...

Flood of siting consents in Britain -- Approval rate reaches 75%

Within the space of 24 hours last month three wind projects gained building consent in Britain with ...

Championing wind in Pennsylvania -- Gamesa chooses Philadelphia

Philadelphia -- home of Benjamin Franklin who developed the first functional theory of electricity i...

Four megawatt scale prototypes go up -- Getting bigger and bigger

Upscaling of turbines in Germany is proceeding apace with the installation of no less than four mult...

Board announces all change at the top -- Vestas' share price drops

It has been a turbulent few weeks for Vestas. First, in a terse one-sentence statement, was the anno...

E:ON UK pulls out of Northern Ireland offshore plant

E.ON UK (formerly Powergen) has pulled out of the consortium that is looking into building an offsho...

National utility Statkraft's plans for 80 MW

National utility Statkraft has applied for a concession to build a new 80 MW wind power plant at Kve...

Hull residents vote to add another wind turbine

While heated debate over wind turbine technology continues elsewhere in New England, citizens of Hul...

SaskPower goes ahead alone -- Vestas 150 MW order

SaskPower International is proceeding with what will be Canada's largest wind power project to date,...

Advocates cringe at scattershot approach -- More fuel for offshore fire

Proposals for huge offshore wind farms put forward by a little known company in the US Northeast hav...

Go-ahead for 80 MW plant in Rogaland

Jaeren Energi AS has received a concession from Norwegian energy agency NVE for an 80 MW wind plant ...

Full scale rage against nuclear

A scathing public attack on the World Energy Council (WEC) for its continuing support of fossil fuel...

Strong winds delay Horns Reef repairs

Unseasonably windy weather has slowed Vestas down on its retrofit of 80, 2 MW turbines at the Danish...

Spanish wind companies throw lifeline to ailing shipbuilding firm Izar

Several Spanish wind companies have thrown a lifeline to ailing state-owned shipbuilding firm Izar b...