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Gamesa Eólica assured seven new contracts for 100 MW

Gamesa Eólica, Spain's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has been assured at least seven new...

Construction on nuclear site nears -- Five miles from Yucca Montain

Developers of a wind farm at the Nevada nuclear test site say they are nearing completion of environ...

EnXco investigates wind potential in Idaho

EnXco could be the first wind developer to take a serious look at Idaho's unproven commercial wind r...

Praying for the PTC

If America's politicians need evidence of the importance of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) ...

Danes win contract for Irish Sea project

Danish engineering company Rambøll has won the engineering project management contract for ph...

Utility Iberdrola approves major renewables budget

Spain's second largest utility, Iberdrola, has approved a budget of ESP 600 billion (EUR 3.6 billion...

Small but biggest so far

The installation of five Vestas 800 kW turbines brings Norway's wind power capacity to 15.7 MW. The ...

Utilities commit big money in anticipation of UK Renewables Obligation

Britain's electricity companies are vying to invest in renewable energy in anticipation of the UK Re...

Wind technology under Finnish control -- ABB reshuffles renewables

The year long restructuring of ABB, which describes itself as a global power and automation technolo...

German North Sea offshore project cancelled

Winkra Energie of Germany cancelled its application to build an offshore wind station within the 12 ...

Opposition without bounds in Wisconsin

A dirty tricks campaign to prevent construction of a small 25 MW wind farm near the town of Addison,...

Dedicating South Dakota's first commercial scale turbines

Basin Electric and East River Electric Power Cooperative in South Dakota dedicated the state's first...

Shell sets Rock River rolling

SeaWest Windpower has completed the Rock River 1 wind project for owner Shell WindEnergy Inc. Four m...

Northern Ireland permits province's biggest wind farm

Councillors in Northern Ireland have permitted what will be the province's largest wind farm. Joint ...

Running out of nuclear storage -- Xcel's 1100 MW contingency bid

Giant US utility Xcel Energy in the upper Midwest is soliciting bids for 1100 MW of new generating c...

German utility dips toes offshore

E.on Energy Project, a small unit in the giant E.on Energy Group of Germany, has acquired 50% of an ...

Plans for 3.2 MW wind turbine in England

SLP Energy is applying to build what it says will be the world's largest wind turbine at Lowestoft i...

Joining forces to build 320 MW wind farm

Bord na Móna, Ireland's leading peat producer, has joined forces with electricity supplier ES...

Nuon buys base for expansion of international wind business -- Dutch utility moves into Spanish wind

Dutch utility Nuon's purchase of Spanish wind company Desarrolos Eolicos (DESA) has shot the water a...

Partners in place for Vancouver Island 10 MW project

BC Hydro has reached a deal with the Axor Group of Montreal, Quebec, to jointly develop a 10 MW wind...