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European Bank set to increase wind investment

EUROPE: The European Investment Bank (EIB) spent €1633 million on wind power in 2009, its president ...

Mitsubishi confirms UK offshore test plant

UK: Japenese manufacturer Mitsubishi is to invest £100 million building an offshore wind turbine res...

Gamesa mulls UK factory

UK: Spanish turbine firm Gamesa is considering opening a factory in the UK to supply Britain's plann...

Iberdrola outlines renewables expansion

SPAIN: Spanish electricity giant Iberdrola has announced plans to invest €9 billion in renewables ov...

Mabey Bridge to supply Repower towers

UK: Wales-based engineering firm Mabey Bridge has secured its first substantial supply agreement onl...

RWE Innogy plans second Italian wind farm

ITALY: RWE Innogy, the renewable energy unit of German utility RWE, is investing in a 26MW wind farm...

Plan to kick-start US offshore wind market

US: The US interior department is examining how to speed up the permitting of offshore wind farms, s...

NextEra files lawsuit in bid to halt MidAmerican plans

US: NextEra Energy, the largest owner of wind turbines in the US, has filed a lawsuit seeking to rev...

If Wyoming taxes green energy, green energy can go elsewhere

Economists love to talk about time consistency and the dynamics of tax rates. The public does not sh...

Texas oil magnate Pickens cuts £2billion GE turbine order in half

US: Billionaire Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens has halved his $2billion order for GE turbines, origin...

Venezuela president Hugo Chavez calls for development of wind energy

VENEZUELA: Venezuela president Hugo Chavez has announced the country is planning to develop wind ene...

Advertising adjudicator rules against anti-wind farm group

UK: The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK's advertising regulator, has ruled against an ...

Analysis - Gamesa moves into offshore with BARD stake

SPAIN: Gamesa's decision to seek a minority stake in offshore turbine manufacturer BARD is arguably ...

The ITC's ruling against GE, new facts come to light

US: The International Trade Commission (ITC) found that GE does not actually use the three US patent...

Iberdrola signs its biggest purchase deal to supply Tennessee with 300MW

US: Iberdrola has signed a deal with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to supply 300MW, wind powe...

Gamesa to take stake in offshore specialist BARD

SPAIN: Gamesa has signed a memorandum of understanding to take a minority stake in offshore turbine ...

Bhoruka Power brings in €15.3million investment for wind farm in southern India

INDIA: A long term loan of €15.3million to finance a 26MW wind farm has been made to Indian energy c...

UK government pushes for offshore hub in North Wales

UK: Peter Hain, the UK secretary of state for Wales, has revealed his office in talks with manufactu...

The world's first 10MW turbine and how it is designed to work

NORWAY: Plans for the world's first 10MW turbine look like they might be coming to fruition with Nor...

Wyoming gives initial approval to US's first 'wind tax'

US: The Wyoming House of Representatives has given an initial approval to what could become the US's...

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