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EWEC: Technology debate erupts at summit

We still do not really know what is going on inside a turbine," said professor Martin Kuhn. Kuhn, fr...

Slipping turbines trigger investigation into design

OFFSHORE: The wind industry has been rocked by discovery of possible flaw in monopile foundations us...

EWEC - Confident Europe sets sights even higher

EUROPE: Europe is already on track to meet 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2050 - with 50...

Nordex purchase to act as offshore test bed

GERMANY: German turbine builder Nordex's acquisition of a 40% stake in the Arcadis Ost 1 offshore wi...

Enercon supersize turbine spearheads rollout

GERMANY: German turbine builder Enercon has upscaled its 6MW E-126 turbine to 7.5MW, it confirmed at...

Japan looks to sea to kickstart sector

JAPAN: Political inertia and resistance from the corporate sector have prevented Japan's wind power ...

Mega projects - Cape Wind future hangs on power purchase price

US: The mega offshore project off the US Northeast coast has won construction permission, but Cape W...

Enercon grows steadily

Major German turbine builder Enercon plans steady incremental growth over the coming years....

Enel brings second wind farm online

BULGARIA: The renewable energy division of Italian utility Enel has doubled its installed wind capac...

Romania 1.5GW deal edges closer for Iberdrola

ROMANIA: The Eastern European expansion strategy of Iberdrola Renovables, the renewables unit of Spa...

Major oil company buys into wind

ROMANIA: Romanian oil and gas group Petrom has acquired a fully permitted 45MW wind farm in the Dobr...

Finance - Slump sparks public loan rush

US: America's Export-Import bank has seen both the volume and monetary amount of requests for loans ...

French compromised by 'brutal' limitations on wind

FRANCE: The French government has rejected the most restrictive proposals for wind in the Grenelle 2...

Partnership opens door to US market

US: Despite a downturn in the US wind industry, big plans set in motion in years past are coming to ...

Continent's first FIT lures producers

CANADA: Round one of contract awards in North America's first comprehensive feed-in tariff (FIT) pro...

Spanish wind pans solar to soften cuts

SPAIN: Spain's wind industry is attacking solar power in a bid to mitigate the blow of government cu...

Cabling set to open up US to Canadians

CANADA: Proposed new transmission cables running from the Canadian border into Northeast US could he...

Europe: Renewables advocate takes uk's top energy post.

Centre-left pro-green-power politician Chris Huhne has been catapulted into the post of energy and c...

Falkland Islands - Three new Enercon turbines operating

UK: Three new wind turbines are now operating in the Falkland Islands, an overseas territory of the ...

Wind Wire: Utilities get OK for wind projects

BOSNIA: The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has given the green light to four wind farms....

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