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Vibrant exhibition but no news on tariff

A lively series of wind seminars at the Genera power exhibition included reports on the latest advan...

Credit buy boosts viability prospects -- Government acts ahead of trial

Dire warnings about rapidly depleting domestic gas fields have apparently pushed the New Zealand gov...

Regional representatives take Intervent wind energy tour in Germany

About 40 representatives from two regions in northern France went on a wind energy tour in Germany i...

How deep and how far

In Europe, most countries could meet at least 20% of their current electricity consumption by offsho...

Retailer to buy all power from Lake Bonney project

New South Wales electricity retailer Country Energy will buy all the energy produced from the 80.5 M...

Economics

On land, the cheapest built wind stations are generating electricity for as little as EUR 0.03/kWh, ...

Renewable certificate trading

The Swedish Electricity Certificates (SEC) market is the most recent entrant into the world of green...

Uproar over new climate strategy -- Denmark bets on CO2 quota trade

Denmark will no longer rely on wind power or other renewable sources of energy to bring down its car...

Northern Ireland to trade certificates

Northern Ireland is to be able to trade renewable energy certificates with mainland Britain under pl...

Colorado mandate for investor-owned utilities rejected

In a clearly non-partisan vote, the Colorado Senate Business Affairs and Labor Committee voted four ...

Purpose built ships

Installation vessels for offshore turbines must contend with water depths of five to ten metres, tid...

Coastal state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sets 40% target for wind

The German coastal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern expects wind energy to account for around 40% of ...

UK develops construction industry database for offshore wind

A market study and database of construction plant for installing offshore wind farms is being develo...

Washington RPS dies but bill promoters remain optimistic

The Washington legislature was turned against a proposed energy portfolio standard by many of the st...

The feel good factor

With the rate of the German market slowdown unknown, opinion is widely divergent about the short ter...

Utility Endesa reveals investment plan for 78 MW of wind

Spain's largest utility, Endesa, has revealed the details of its investment plan for wind plant tota...

Retailer Enmax aims for the mass market with new green contracts

Calgary electricity retailer Enmax Energy is hoping to move wind power out of its niche and into the...

State sets record in power purchase -- Alberta goes 90% green

The Alberta government will buy more than 90% of the electricity it uses in its own facilities from ...

Activity picks up as moratorium ends -- Two up, one down

Two Kansas wind projects received the go-ahead in February, but a third was denied by a local county...

Chirac commits to renewables -- France 6000 MW target

The government of Jacques Chirac has declared its intention to install 2000-6000 MW of wind power ca...

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