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Blueprint for a European supergrid -- Grand vision on paper

Plans for a new subsea power network to hook up offshore wind farms in the North Sea as part of a so...

Grid operator unplugs huge volume of wind plant -- Weekend storms in Spain trigger controversial shutdown of generation

Wind plant operators in Spain suffered the biggest curtailment of wind power production yet last mon...

Scottish government calls for North Sea supergrid study

The Scottish government is calling for a partnership of countries bordering the North Sea to look in...

California regulators approve transmission upgrade

California energy market regulators have approved a long discussed transmission upgrade proposed by ...

Regulator conducts fraud investigation

The claim that as much as 3515 MW of wind capacity went online in Spain last year and was eligible f...

Industry counters campaign of fear -- New York Times stirs up trouble

Wind got caught in the cross fire last month when the North American Electric Reliability Corporatio...

Cap placed on new capacity

Norway's Water and Energy Directorate (NVE) has bad news for the 130 applicants waiting in line for ...

End to California gridlock in sight

California's grid operator has upended its traditional approach to processing the line-up of renewab...

Denmark introduces penalties for over supply

In periods during windy nights in Denmark so much power is produced that owners of wind turbines -- ...

Application to construct UK transmission link

Ireland's transmission system operator Eirgrid has applied to planning board An Bord Pleanala for co...

Another 1400 MW of wind power online for Aragón

Aragón, one of the pioneering regions for wind power in Spain, with 1700 MW online, is openin...

Application to lay Western Isles subsea cable

An application to lay a subsea cable to transmit output from wind farms in the Western Isles to main...

Lack of transmission warps purchase prices

Wind power quickly becomes worthless on wholesale electricity markets in America when lack of transm...

Special Report - Opportunity and Risk in China - Lack of grid capacity a growing barrier

The main obstacle slowing wind power development in China is lack of transmission line capacity and ...

Integration of 3000 MW will mean billions spent on infrastructure

Plans by the Finnish government to increase wind power capacity to 2500-3000 MW by 2020 will cost an...

Easing the way for Midwest wind

An environmental review process across a number of America's best wind resource regions in the upper...

Massive investment in wires for wind -- Irish grid strategy

Plans to double the size of Ireland's electricity transmission system at a cost of EUR 4 billion to ...

Yes to Ontario transmission line for 3 GW

The Ontario Energy Board has approved Hydro One's application to build a C$635 million, 180-kilometr...

Leadership required not another review

The wind industry is steadily losing faith in the government's ability to walk the talk on its energ...

Grid operator rises to variability challenge

While wind forecasting studies in Alberta have proved to be a sharp reminder of the unpredictability...

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