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Baywa ploughs into wind development

GERMANY: The Bavarian BayWa conglomerate, active in agriculture, construction materials and energy, ...

Victoria blocks new wind with setbacks

AUSTRALIA: The Australian state of Victoria will see new wind-energy projects stymied by new regula...

Hopes dashed on wind-hydro link

GERMANY/NORWAY: Hopes have been dashed for the swift completion of a first subsea interconnector ele...

Hollande to breathe new life into wind

FRANCE: The French government wants to prioritise a relaunch the wind sector by simplifying its regu...

Wind industry slams tough radar rules

FRANCE: Exclusion zones of up to 30 kilometres from radars for wind turbines in France are "unaccept...

Feed-in tariffs not yet fit to play

JAPAN: Wind-power operators may not be able to commission new wind farms for the next five years, ev...

Rising RECs demand could help wind

INDIA: India's new renewable-energy certificates (RECs) trading scheme is showing signs of growing h...

New tax is a further blow for Italian wind

ITALY: Italy's wind-energy sector took another hit last month with the decision to tax renewable-ene...

Election - Bleak jobs picture in run-up to November poll

UNITED STATES: Job losses in the US wind industry are unlikely to change support in Congress for the...

Energy reform bill less bitter than feared

SPAIN: Spain's ailing wind sector admits the central government's energy reform bill, approved by ca...

Second offshore tender only covers 1.3GW

FRANCE: French prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced last month that a second tender for the de...

Government report lacks a 'vision for wind'

FRANCE: A government-commissioned report on the development of the wind sector has proposed introduc...

Future looks bleak for wind market in Galicia

SPAIN: Policy chaos, legal debacles and exacting taxes in Galicia threaten to keep the lid on the fo...

Developers avoid new permitting rules

AUSTRALIA: In the 12 months since the state of Victoria introduced a minimum distance of two kilomet...

Election - Debate must go beyond tax credit issues

UNITED STATES: An extension to the production tax credit (PTC) would clearly please the industry, bu...

Overseas sales help offset profits slump

CHINA: Major Chinese turbine and component manufacturers have boosted their half-yearly financial re...

Nuclear U-turn bodes ill for wind power

JAPAN: The Japanese cabinet has failed to uphold a proposed phase-out of nuclear power plants in the...

Dogger Bank listing will not stop project

UK: The North Sea's Dogger Bank zone offshore wind project should go ahead as planned under the UK's...

New tariff fuels wind boost hopes

UGANDA: The Ugandan government's recent inclusion of wind power in a revamped version of its renewab...

Wind could provide nuclear alternative

FRANCE: Wind energy could help wean France off its reliance on nuclear power by 2030, according to a...

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