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UK Offshore - Local Impact - Local regeneration gets a spark

One region already benefiting from the UK's offshore wind boom is East Anglia, which includes the En...

UK Offshore - Transmission/Business Opportunities - Port infrastructure upgrades essential

With Britain's offshore wind sector set to ramp up significantly, a potential £1 billion business op...

Reinvest plans two projects totalling 53 MW

Swiss renewables developer Reinvest is planning two projects with a combined capacity of 53 MW. In t...

Application to build 540 MW project on Shetland Isles

An application to build the UK's largest onshore wind farm on the main island of Shetland to the far...

Good economics in solo approach -- TransAlta builds 72 MW

At a time when some wind farm developers are pulling back in the face of tough economic times, Canad...

Patent war flares up again as giants go head to head -- Mitsubishi takes on GE Energy over rights to variable speed technology

A clash of the titans has started over GE Energy's patent on variable speed wind turbine technology....

Whooping cranes use wind corridor -- Environmental interests clash

Officials from the US Fish and Wildlife Service are concerned about whether migrating whooping crane...

Moncada orders 98 MW from Gamesa for Sicily

Italian wind developer Moncada Energy Group has ordered Gamesa 2 MW turbines for two wind farms with...

China exports turbine blades to Japan

China's Zhongfu Lianzhong Composites Group is to export 60 sets of 39 metre wind turbine blades to J...

Developers losing interest after profits dive following regulatory change

Portugal's leading wind power developers say they are losing interest in wind projects in the countr...

Europe's largest onshore wind farm switched on

The final turbines to be installed at Europe's biggest onshore wind farm, the 322 MW Whitelee facili...

Better integration of wind cuts costs -- Spot market does its job in Germany

A more efficient and flexible approach to managing wind power purchases in Germany is set to reduce ...

Enercon awards construction firm contract to build foundations for 600 MW

Portuguese construction firm Domingos da Silva Teixeira (DST) has been awarded a EUR 30 million cont...

Kansas coal-for-wind criticised

Environmental campaigners in Kansas have criticised a deal made by the state's newly appointed gover...

Irish license streamlining approved

The Irish government has given its approval for new legislation to transfer the licensing process fo...

Federal regulator fights for wind power

America's federal energy regulators have long fought for major electricity market changes that will ...

Legislative process starts on emissions

Greenhouse gases pose a health hazard, says a proposed finding issued by the US Environmental Protec...

Regulator slices through red tape -- Wind free to connect to Scottish grid

British energy regulator Ofgem has given the go-ahead to a temporary relaxation in the rules coverin...

Community wind spirits revived -- Big expectations of Obama package

Development of community-owned wind projects, a niche market of the American wind power industry, is...

Spanish government slams brake on wind -- Decree throws world's fourth largest market into limbo to save cash

Spain's central government issued an emergency decree last month aimed at preventing installed wind ...

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