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PJM launches tracking system for green power megawatt hours

The largest electricity system control area in the United States has implemented a tracking system f...

Research blows away myths -- A very stable resource

The energy content of the UK wind resource is greatest at precisely the times the country needs most...

Environmentalist fears put to rest

A wealth of collected evidence on the environmental impact of offshore wind plant continues to demon...

Two prototypes left in the running -- Horns Rev extension

The technology choice for the 200 MW extension of the existing 160 MW Horns Rev offshore wind plant ...

Wind energy mapping software unveiled at CanWEA conference

Canada's environment minister, Stéphane Dion, used the annual Canadian wind conference to unv...

The gearbox challenge

More than any other single component, gearboxes have proved to be the Achilles heel of the wind turb...

Who supplies to whom - wind industry gearboxes and bearings

Most wind turbine manufactures hedge their bets by having relationships with several gearbox vendors...

Faster identifcation and repair of problems

Ever since the wind power industry was apparently caught unawares by the major series failure of gea...

Useful business tool now available -- Wind speed index for Britain

A new wind speed index covering the UK is expected to provide wind farm developers, investors and po...

Dispute over cost benefit analysis

In a cost-benefit analysis report looking at the possibility of 30 North Sea wind farms generating 6...

A more conservative approach

The power engineering division of the world's largest company makes no bones about it: the challenge...

Eluding the variable speed patent -- Getting set for US sales

EU Energy, the new UK owner of turbine manufacturer DeWind, has concluded a joint co-operation agree...

Government funds technology lab -- Major wind turbine test site

The federal and Prince Edward Island governments are investing millions to establish a Canadian Wind...

Prince Edward Island's new online wind atlas

Prince Edward Island has unveiled a new online wind atlas designed to provide wind power developers ...

Restarting Iwate plant hit by lightning strikes

Wind power developer Eurus Energy Japan says it is ready to restart its 42.9 MW wind farm of Mitsubi...

World Wildlife Fund ranks 30 most polluting power plants

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has named and shamed the operators of the 30 most climate polluting po...

Italy's new offshore wind map

Italy has a new offshore wind map. It pinpoints the best winds off the western and southern coasts o...

Turbine blocks tunnel traffic

The citizens of Portland in the state of Oregon in the US Northwest received an abrupt reminder that...

Germany's Fuhrländer launches new 2.5 MW wind turbine

A relative minnow in the world of turbine manufacture, Germany's Fuhrländer has launched a new ...

No experts ready to pass judgement -- Failed transformers

The industrial tribunal for building and construction projects in Denmark called in to settle the di...

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