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Big business, big money

The year has been a momentous one for wind power. Across America, a series of huge wind farms are un...

Gamesa Eólica assured seven new contracts for 100 MW

Gamesa Eólica, Spain's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has been assured at least seven new...

Germans and EWEA still in dispute over rival wind energy body

German wind association Bundesverband Windenergie (BWE) had shown no signs by late November of a cli...

Construction on nuclear site nears -- Five miles from Yucca Montain

Developers of a wind farm at the Nevada nuclear test site say they are nearing completion of environ...

EnXco investigates wind potential in Idaho

EnXco could be the first wind developer to take a serious look at Idaho's unproven commercial wind r...

Rhode Island in bid to attract green power suppliers

One of the first states to restructure its electric utility industry has been slow to attract green ...

Praying for the PTC

If America's politicians need evidence of the importance of the federal Production Tax Credit (PTC) ...

Danes win contract for Irish Sea project

Danish engineering company Rambøll has won the engineering project management contract for ph...

Utility Iberdrola approves major renewables budget

Spain's second largest utility, Iberdrola, has approved a budget of ESP 600 billion (EUR 3.6 billion...

Small but biggest so far

The installation of five Vestas 800 kW turbines brings Norway's wind power capacity to 15.7 MW. The ...

Utilities commit big money in anticipation of UK Renewables Obligation

Britain's electricity companies are vying to invest in renewable energy in anticipation of the UK Re...

The Texas secret

The Texas Renewable Portfolio Standard is one of the most successful state-initiated policies for in...

Wind technology under Finnish control -- ABB reshuffles renewables

The year long restructuring of ABB, which describes itself as a global power and automation technolo...

Emissions trading now includes wind

The Ontario government has finalised an emissions trading framework that includes set-asides for ren...

German North Sea offshore project cancelled

Winkra Energie of Germany cancelled its application to build an offshore wind station within the 12 ...

Generator company moves into wind

After 52 years in the generator business, Australian company MacFarlane Generators has launched a wi...

Kyoto protocol takes another step forward

Some 170 countries meeting in Marrakech have agreed the operational rules safeguarding the Kyoto Pro...

Opposition without bounds in Wisconsin

A dirty tricks campaign to prevent construction of a small 25 MW wind farm near the town of Addison,...

Wind generation predicted greater than hydro in 2003

Wind stations will generate more electricity than hydro stations in Germany in 2003 if development c...

Conference emissions free thanks to utility donation

This year's conference was the first to run emissions-free, at least symbolically. Enmax Energy, a C...

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