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System operators to pay transmission -- Offshore breakthrough

Large industrial consumers of electricity in Germany raised a storm of protest last month over a new...

Transmission needs a European approach

An electricity network disturbance which put the lights out across large patches of the European con...

Projects totalling 1300 MW qualifies for grid network connection

Wind projects totalling over 1300 MW have been told they qualify to be hooked up to Ireland's electr...

Minimal system impacts says study

An installed wind power capacity of 5000 MW would have minimal impacts on the operation of Ontario's...

Wrongly blamed for blackout -- European lights out

Despite accusations to the contrary, wind power was no more to blame than any other generation for t...

Big transmission dreams in Midwest -- System operator presents 16,000 MW wind vision

An exploratory study announced last month by the Midwest Independent System Operator (MISO) into the...

To compete or not on offshore wires

Should there be competition in providing offshore grid connections, or should the UK adopt a similar...

Partnership to build new Texas transmission

In Texas, two big players in the traditional energy and transmission markets, American Electric Powe...

Behind schedule in meeting new rules for wind dispatch

Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) is warning that small wind plant o...

Grid operator National Grid backs wind power

Thanks to its well interconnected electricity system, the United States may be able to meet a greate...

Getting serious on wind integration

Australia has come to the end of its fun run and is now starting a marathon, Mike O'Neill of RES UK ...

Major utility taken to task by energy regulator -- German regulator disallows charging for fictitious costs for wind power balancing

Germany's new energy regulator, the Bundesnetzagentur (BNA), has stepped in to prevent Vattenfall Eu...

Accelerating plans for new wires -- Texas consumers to pay up front for needed wind transmission

The recent flurry of development that has pushed Texas past California atop the US wind power rankin...

New 2 GW cable to connect German offshore wind

A 70 kilometre underground cable to take power to the German high voltage network from offshore wind...

Law firm issues grid code warning -- Network operator criticised

New rules for wind turbine operators and other generators wanting to connect to the German high and ...

New high voltage power line to US provides path for green power

A plan to build a high-voltage merchant power line under the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Canada's so...

New central wind generation forecasting system

Following discussions with the federal government, the National Electricity Market Management Compan...

Active transmission management

E.ON Netz launched a pilot project in northern Germany last month for reducing or eliminating wind p...

Wind power's significant contribution to peak demand rises

Wind power contributed nearly 13% of Spain's average electricity consumption during the first half o...

Correction: Editing error to Nancy Rader quote (Sept 2006)

Correction: Nancy Rader of the California Wind Energy Association asks us to point out that the fina...

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