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No technical or economic barriers -- Wide ranging study into Germany's wind expansion plans

A controversial and highly publicised study into "energy industry planning of network integration of...

Government caps transmission costs -- Scottish wind to go south

Britain's wind industry has welcomed the government's decision to cap punitive transmission charges ...

Renewables Obligation review begins

The UK government's review of the Renewables Obligation (RO) support mechanism looks like being a le...

Budget expands incentive program -- Nearly C$1 billion more

Wind energy fared well in what is being described as Canada's greenest federal budget ever, with the...

New recommendations for lighting rules at wind farms

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is developing a proposal for less onerous lighting rules f...

Offshore plant owners sue supplier of transformers -- Shareholders' resort to court action against Siemens and others

As supplier of failed transformers in a 40 MW offshore wind power station in Denmark, Siemens is bei...

Global Wind Energy Council joins all major wind associations

Wind associations from across the globe have joined forces in the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) ...

Bids received for government's onshore tender for 500 MW

Fourteen bids have been submitted in response to the French government's call for tenders for 500 MW...

Plans for pilot 5 MW wind plant with help from United Nations

The Kazakhstan government is working with the United Nations Development Program to develop the coun...

Economics from the Windicator

There is now little to choose between wind and gas prices. Even the International Energy Agency, not...

Certificate market decision delayed -- Cross border market in 2007

The final decision on what shape Sweden's revamped green electricity certificate market will take --...

An outlet for British composite towers -- DeWind goes to India

A joint venture of British and Indian interests is poised to acquire German wind turbine maker DeWin...

Canadian firm Boralex triples installed capacity in France

Canada's Boralex will triple its installed wind capacity in France on completion of two recently ann...

Wind plays vital role in cold winter -- Record production in Spain

High wind production coincided with a series of record levels of electricity demand during the Spani...

The feel good factor from the Windicator

It is the start of a boom year, more and more markets are opening up, the price of wind is going dow...

GE Energy names new head of wind operations

GE Energy has named Robert Gleitz to replace Steve Zwolinski as head of its wind operations. Zwolins...

Scottish island project cracks financing for community wind power

The 121 strong population of the Scottish island of Gigha is now powered by the wind following the c...

Series of new projects underway in southern France

A number of projects are under development in the windy Bouches-du-Rhône department on France'...

New owner and a restructuring

A major Portuguese steel and metal construction firm has stepped in to become Repower Systems' large...

Hijacked by the press

Even before it was officially published at the end of February, a study by Germany's energy agency o...

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