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Windicator: Feelgood Factor

WORLDWIDE: The wind industry sees a good start to 2015 with about 336GW of capacity in the bag and s...

Windicator: Asia Pacific installed twice as much as Europe in 2014

WORLDWIDE: Windpower Monthly forecasts worldwide wind capacity at the end of 2014 at 337GW. During t...

Political indecision is one safe prediction

This time last year, I wondered whether 2014 would lift the industry out of the doldrums that 2013 i...

Viewpoint: Wind's new EU future must play to its strengths

EUROPE: If wind energy has a spiritual home, it is in Europe. From Scottish engineer James Blyth's e...

Wind Economics: Wind beats cheaper sources on potential

EUROPE: To facilitate an informed debate on the functioning of EU energy markets the European Commis...

Presidential support escalates wind boom in Chile

CHILE: When Michelle Bachelet took office as president of Chile in 2014 she promised to place energy...

RWE considers Galloper resurrection

UK: RWE has said it is looking in to reviving its 340MW Galloper project under the new Contracts for...

Deepwater One misses out on Long Island PPA

UNITED STATES: The 210MW Deepwater One project has missed out on securing a power purchase agreement...

Renewables takes 20% in Chilean power auction

CHILE : The development of wind energy in Chile has taken a significant step forward with a major te...

Data: 1.3GW of offshore capacity brought online in 2014

WORLDWIDE: Global offshore wind commissionings totalled 1.3GW in 2014, with the UK dominating the ma...

US extends PTC until end of 2014

UNITED STATES: The US Senate has approved a bill to extend the Production Tax Credit (PTC) for the w...

UK planning minister criticised over wind decisions

UK: The secretary of state for communities and local government Eric Pickles needs to make decisions...

Question of the Week: 2014 a good year for wind?

As we near the end of the year, Windpower Monthly asked experts whether they thought 2014 was a vint...

Analysis: Community support and access key in Chile

CHILE: Winning over local communities and negotiating land access are becoming increasingly importan...

Offshore to benefit from EU funding

EUROPE: A ambitious number of offshore projects have been recommended to receive a slice of the Euro...

UK to get first college of wind

UK: The UK Government has revealed plans to build the country's first college devoted to wind energy...

UK to get first college of wind

UK: The UK Government has revealed plans to build the country's first college devoted to wind energy...

EWEA highlights offshore in Energy Union vision

EUROPE: The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has highlighted the importance of offshore proje...

EWEA sets Energy Union vision

EUROPE: The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has outlined its vision for the European Energy ...

Danes go ahead with Horns Rev tender

DENMARK: The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) is to proceed with the tender for the 400MW Horns Rev 3 offs...