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Africa initiative includes wind

The poor country of Malawi in southern Africa is starting to encourage the use of renewable energy s...

New Vestas agent founded

The Japanese agent of Vestas, United Chemical Products Co, has licensed Daio Construction Co, in Koi...

Pre-series batch of Bonus 2 MW planned

The final choice of blade diameter and tower height for series production of the Bonus 2 MW turbine ...

New market based on quotas and trade

A green certificate system imposing a renewable energy quota on Flemish electricity suppliers should...

Opposition rallies in Wisconsin

A 30 MW wind farm planned by FPL Energy for southern Wisconsin has run into such stiff local opposit...

A challenge for the green pricing concept

The grassroots Colorado Land and Water Fund of the Rockies is using its experience in marketing gree...

Contracts for two hundred megawatt

Contracts for 21 wind projects totalling 200 MW of installed generating capacity were announced last...

From stop and go to forward march

In American states with deregulated gas and electric markets, retail choice has already reached the ...

New blueprint sets ten per cent goal

Wind power can provide 10% of the world's electricity needs by 2020, create 1.7 million jobs and red...

Norway sets target and boosts spending

Norway's self proclaimed environment-friendly coalition government has not shown much concrete progr...

Pressure for end user quota

Pressure is mounting in the Netherlands for replacement of the voluntary agreement with utilities fo...

Ireland announces serious strategy

Prospects for wind in Ireland have been given a considerable boost by a raft of measures designed to...

Time for coherence on policy in Europe

Disputes over whether market mechanisms or government subsidies provide the best support for renewab...

Extensive gear box retrofit program

Experts agree that the gearbox retrofit program which NEG Micon's new management has announced -- re...

Progress on design and permit process

Plans for a 500 MW offshore wind station using multi-megawatt turbines in the German North Sea have ...

Developer gets four new wind plant up and running

One of Spain's most promising wind developers, the Corporacion Eolica SA (CESA), expects to have fou...

Eleventh hour rescue package agreed

With an immediate capital injection of $71.4 million and the promise of a further $28.5 million in t...

Two lawsuits over one project

Two lawsuits have been brought over a project proposed by Madison Gas & Electric (MG&E) near...

German companies join to develop Irish wind projects

A co-operation deal on wind station projects in Ireland has been struck between German wind turbine ...

Gearbox supplier stays quiet on costs

Flender, the German manufacturer of gear boxes for NEG Micon turbines, is preparing to retrofit eigh...

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