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New renewables target for Ireland -- Nuclear ruled out

The Irish government has set a new national target for renewable energy to meet 15% of electricity s...

Protection for wind plant operators from unfair balancing penalties

Changes to the rules for scheduling power production in France will afford wind plant operators much...

Demanding return of lost income

Wind farm operators in the north-west of Schleswig-Holstein are preparing a legal claim to seek dama...

New eco-power law bad news for wind says industry

Austria's new eco-power law, approved by parliament last month and due to take effect in October, is...

Facts and figures from the American Wind Energy Association conference

Wind project developers and operators were the dominant force at this year's American Wind Energy As...

Law set to push use of micro generation

A private members bill to encourage micro generation, energy efficiency and heat from renewable ener...

Removing the radar roadblocks

The perception that wind turbines could cause problems for civil and military air traffic control is...

Tax credit for small wind investment

When neighbours objected to his plans to install a small wind turbine in his Paris back garden, Laur...

The feel good factor from the Windicator

Mid in another year of record growth, feeling anything less than "great" would make us contrary. The...

Fluctuating loads reduced -- Danish blade design

Nature is the inspiration behind a project to reduce the fluctuating loads on wind turbine blades by...

House prices unaffected by wind farm in central New York state

Property values have not been adversely affected by a 30 MW wind farm installed in central New York ...

Study into effects of wind power on prairie chicken

A four year study of the effects of wind power on the prairie chicken is about to be launched by the...

Custom designed turbine gearbox -- Made by GE

GE has manufactured a gearbox for its workhorse 1.5 MW wind turbines. It is a compound planetary gea...

National draft energy policy debated

A policy framework that ensures uniform tax and regulatory structure across all energy sub-sectors a...

External costs of fossil fuel greater than cost of renewables says study

The external environmental costs saved by using green rather than fossil fuel power more than compen...

Danish aid to be used for wind development and training in three regions

Planning and development of wind power capacity and training in operations and maintenance of wind t...

Wind turbines compared -- Best performers

In an analysis of the performance of 11,000 wind turbines in Germany, Sweden and Denmark conducted f...

Advances in variable speed -- Boosting power quality

America's Clipper Windpower, which is introducing a 2.5 MW turbine to the market, has developed and ...

Enercon gains foothold in Andalucia

German turbine manufacturer Enercon has gained a foothold in Andalucia, with four 2 MW machines now ...

In low and high winds -- American blade design

An advanced wind turbine blade able to produce energy at low wind speeds while twisting to safely ad...

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