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Deutsche Bank lays out offshore finance options

EUROPE: Private equity will have to play an increasingly central role in financing the UK offshore w...

Alberta activists push pro-wind policy

CANADA: Wind-energy advocates in the province of Alberta are pushing for the creation of an emission...

Taiwan takes first steps offshore

TAIWAN: A risk assessment outlining how Taiwan might proceed with the development of offshore wind f...

Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011

As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you with a round-up of some o...

Wind lean and ready for generation game

WORLDWIDE: Prices for wind turbines have fallen in recent months, mainly as a result of competitive ...

Uncertainty drives Italian firms abroad

ITALY: Uncertainty about financial incentives has accelerated a push abroad by the country's wind-en...

Windicator: Provisional estimates suggest China could boost slowing capacity gain figures

WORLDWIDE: Although global wind capacity now comfortably exceeds 200GW, growth may be slowing down. ...

US wind faces challenge to renew PTC

UNITED STATES: The US wind-energy sector is facing some strong political headwinds in its efforts to...

China plans 100GW wind capacity by 2015

CHINA: China will have 100GW installed capacity by 2015, including 5GW of offshore wind, according t...

EWEA slams 'astounding' EC assumptions about wind

EUROPE: The EC's 2050 energy roadmap has been criticised by the European Wind Energy Association (EW...

Renewables not responsible for rising prices

UK: Support for wind and other renewables have been ruled out as the main cause of rising consumer e...

Crown Estate launches 800MW NI offshore tender

UK: The Crown Estate has announced an 800MW offshore tender for a project around the coast of Northe...

Ontario renewables 'schemes bypassed regulatory processes'

CANADA: Ontario's auditor general has declared that billions of dollars of new wind and solar power ...

Ferc rules against BPA over curtailments

UNITED STATES: America’s electricity regulators today ruled that Bonneville Power Administration’s (...

Wind makes up 45% of South African renewables bids

SOUTH AFRICA: The South African government has announced 28 preferred bidders following the first ro...

CanWEA forecasts record growth in Canada for 2011

CANADA: The Canadian wind industry is on track to install a record 1.4GW of capacity in 2011, more t...

Wind provides 1.5% of China's electricity

CHINA: Wind power generation accounts for 1.5% of national power generation, according to the Wind P...

Scotland looks ahead of Round 3 for offshore

UK: A new scoping report prepared by Marine Scotland Science has identified future offshore wind ene...

Scaling up is essential to attract investment

WORLDWIDE: The offshore wind sector stands at a crossroads. In several regions, most notably Europe'...

Poor surveys blamed for eagle deaths

UNITED STATES: The controversial deaths of six eagles at a Californian wind farm are not typical of ...

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