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Regulatory risk keeps wind on edge

GERMANY: The widely-feared premature death of the offshore wind industry in Germany has been headed ...

Wind is Spain's biggest power generator in 2013

SPAIN: For the first time ever, wind provided more power to the Spanish electricity system than any ...

French onshore tariff ruled illegal

FRANCE: The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that the French onshore wind tariff amounts to...

UK energy reform bill signed into law

UK: The UK's Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc) has released its delivery plan for the ...

New PTC and ITC proposals put forward

UNITED STATES: Key tax incentives for wind energy in the US would remain in place until 2017 under a...

German renewables targeted by EC 'state-aid' investigation

GERMANY: The European Commission has opened a formal investigation on into whether the reduced renew...

German renewables targeted by EC 'state-aid' investigation

GERMANY: The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into whether the reduced renewabl...

Germany adds most onshore capacity since 2003

GERMANY: Germany saw more onshore wind capacity new online in the last twelve months than in any sin...

Social Democrats take on German wind policy

GERMANY: Germany's wind policy has been handed over to the federal economy ministry following a vote...

Social Democrats take on German wind policy

GERMANY: Germany's wind policy has been handed over to the federal economy ministry, following a vot...

UK could miss 2020 offshore target

UK: The UK is in danger of missing its reduced 2020 offshore wind target as it fails to draw in the ...

US lags with only 188MW connected this year

WORDLWIDE: The US has trailed behind the rest of the developed markets in terms of new wind capacity...

Brazil commissions 2.3GW of wind power in A-5 auction

BRAZIL: Brazilian power distribution companies bought a total of 2.3GW of power from 97 new wind pow...

Ontario officially ends local sourcing

CANADA: Ontario is eliminating local content requirements for future renewable energy projects, clai...

EU blocks UK's 2020 target downgrade

EUROPE: European energy ministers have blocked an attempt by the UK government to increase the exten...

EU blocks UK's 2020 downgrade attempt

EUROPE: European energy ministers have blocked an attempt by the UK government to the contribution o...

230 US civil society groups call for offshore action

UNITED STATES: Environmentalists, public health bodies, businesses and faith groups have come togeth...

Analysis: Clock starts ticking on PTC and ITC incentives

UNITED STATES: Two key wind energy tax incentives are ticking their way towards expiry in December w...

US to issue eagle-kill permits for wind farms

UNITED STATES: The US administration is to issue 30-year permits to wind farm operators to allow for...

France requests floating turbine submissions

FRANCE: French environment minister Philippe Martin has called on industrial and energy companies to...