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German offshore process inches along -- Approvals now for 600 MW

Two German offshore projects for a combined maximum of 300 MW have won site permits for locations wi...

Danish wind giants head for merger -- Vestas and NEG Micon going for global supremacy

Gambling on securing at least 35% of the world wind market next year, Vestas and NEG Micon -- respec...

Finnish turbine supplier delivers in France

Finnish wind turbine supplier WinWind, a relative newcomer to the business, is to deliver two of its...

Nightmare of a component supplier

The once undisputed king of wind turbine blade production, LM Glasfiber, continues to downsize. It i...

Guarded welcome to new support system -- Legislative proposals shape future Spanish market

New legislation proposed by the Spanish government aimed at reducing uncertainty on future wind powe...

Nuclear and oil interests blamed for wind project stop at Le Havre

Mystery surrounds a decision by the port authority of Le Havre not to allow a wind farm to be built ...

Renewables win extension of tax breaks

Ireland's finance minister, Charlie McCreevy, has bowed to pressure from the wind industry and a fel...

Pressure on President to support robust funding for renewables

Nearly a quarter of the members of the US House of Representatives are urging President George Bush ...

Illinois fails to pass RPS

An Illinois renewables portfolio standard (RPS), which Invenergy's Carter Brown says his company nee...

New South Wales takes tougher stance on greenhouse gas emissions

New South Wales (NSW) is taking a tougher stance on greenhouse gas emissions with the establishment ...

States join to create mega clean energy fund

Thirteen states across the nation -- including many from the American northeast -- have joined toget...

First wind farm for oil giant Total

The oil and gas multinational company Total has inaugurated its first wind farm at its Les Flandres ...

Joining the ranks of the respectable

Given a fair market, a good site on land and the removal of regulatory barriers, wind power today ca...

Two German wind companies blame political uncertainty for poor year

Two publicly traded wind companies in Germany, turbine maker Repower Systems and project developer P...

Utility attitudes changing

All the large British utilities have plans to invest in wind farms according to a report by LEK Cons...

Big government tenders on the way onshore and offshore

The French government is about to publish two calls for tender which will massively boost the countr...

Renewables certificate trading from the Windicator

Over the past quarter there has been little change in the green certificate markets other than in th...

Developers say taller towers make low wind speed sites viable

While the planned revision of Germany's renewable energy law aims to make development of sites with ...

Wind energy supporters target Victoria parliament

More than 100 people rallied on the steps of Parliament House in Melbourne to ask the Victoria state...

A bumper year for new wind plant capacity

Dutch wind looks as if it will once again book a bumper year for new wind power capacity, having ins...