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Minimal system impacts says study

An installed wind power capacity of 5000 MW would have minimal impacts on the operation of Ontario's...

Increased research funds for renewables coming back

Increased European funding for renewable energy research is back on the table after a committee of m...

New wind turbine test centre opened on Prince Edward Island

A new wind power research and development facility was opened October 11 at the blustery north-weste...

Radar report fails on mitigation -- No answers to questions

A long awaited report from the US Department of Defense (DOD) fails to tackle the critical question ...

Technology platform for joint wind technology research

A European technology platform for wind energy has kicked off in Brussels that will map out prioriti...

Deadline extension for partnering government blade test facility

The US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), which is seeking a new pa...

Potential grows and grows

Wind power received a welcome dose of positive press and media attention last month following the re...

World power shortage coming

Demand for oil and gas for power generation is set to outstrip supply faster than expected, accordin...

First project under expanded remote generation program

Verve Energy is installing two 850 kW Enercon E48 wind turbines on the outskirts of Kalbarri, Wester...

Wind turbines compared -- Best performers

In an analysis of the performance of 11,000 wind turbines in Germany, Sweden and Denmark conducted f...

Studying impact of wind power on California grid

GE Energy is about to team up with the University of California on a 16 month study that will examin...

Health warning from medical academy

According to the French National Academy of Medicine, there is a real risk that low-frequency noise ...

Mammoth European research project -- Scaling up

The design of much larger wind turbines -- of up to 20 MW for use both on land and offshore -- is th...

Gamesa joins Ecotècnia to develop virtual wind turbine computer model

Competing Spanish wind turbine suppliers Gamesa Eólica and Ecotècnia have joined force...

Variable production no problem

An independent report finds that critics who claim that wind power's variable production makes it a ...

Risk of failure high for large projects -- Power purchase contracts

The failure rate for renewable energy power purchase agreements worldwide is significant and it is n...

Wind speeds better than expected inland

The wind resource is better in inland Sweden than previously believed according to a detailed study ...

Wind drives market prices down in Scandinavia -- Consumers savings of up to EUR 100 million a year set to keep growing

Electricity consumers in Scandinavia are being saved millions of euro a year thanks to Danish wind p...

Japanese test floating platforms

Tokyo Electric Power Company and Tokyo University have begun a ยด60 million ($523,000) research proje...

Variable generation study to take three years

A three year study is about to begin in Britain which will investigate how much variable generation ...

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