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Tension rises with tariff up for revision

At the end of its first four years of operation, Spain's special renewables tariff mechanism is up f...

Signs of major shift in regulatory approach -- Calls for removal of market barriers now heeded in Britain too

Britain's energy regulatory body appears to have joined its American counterpart in calling for the ...

Grid stability and expansion challenges

As wind energy continues to grow in Germany and the offshore market gears up for massive development...

Slow grid links hold up projects

Delays in connecting new generators to the transmission and distribution networks has been holding u...

Licence euphoria in Euboia

More good news to developers in Greece has come in the form of a "positive recommendation" from the ...

Wind aids Falkland Islands growth

The 1982 Falkland Islands conflict between Great Britain and Argentina brought the existence of the ...

New rules remove transmission barriers

While wind is a tiny part of the American power system it has nonetheless received due attention in ...

Spanish company says turbine provides system stability even off-grid

Spanish turbine manufacturer Made Tecnologías claims to have patented a system by which varia...

Arctic not viable says utility -- Cost and reliability

Escalating fuel prices are making wind energy more attractive than ever in Canada's Nunavut territor...

Keen industry focus on preparing the market

The buzz at Australia's national wind energy association conference in Adelaide in July was contagio...

Study group on power system integration for renewables in Europe

The European Commission has appointed Germany's solar research institute ISET is to take charge of c...

Changes to electricity trading rules set to benefit wind

Changes to Britain's electricity trading rules should benefit small intermittent producers -- in par...

Grid expansion deal for up to 4000 MW in Castile La Mancha

An agreement for grid connection of up to 4000 MW of renewables, mostly wind power, has been clinche...

Aggressive proposals for policy action -- Lead by Ontario legislators could set American standard

A legislative committee investigating ways to promote alternative energy in Ontario has released a s...

Strong government but progress still slow

Grid limitations and environmental intransigence are threatening Portugal's 3000 MW objective as the...

Shipyard the latest strategic brick -- Offshore chess at Cape Cod

Reopening of the Fore River Shipyard in Massachusetts' economically depressed city of Quincy, just s...

Feasibility study into wind and solar generation in Nuevo Leon

Mexican power sector studies institute IIE has started work on a $65,000 feasibility study into sola...

Wind weakening system security -- Spain's isolated grid

Without incentives for wind developers and operators to improve the power quality of wind plant, Spa...

Some signs of action on transmission bottlenecks

In May, the Bonneville Power Administration backed out of a wind project in Montana, citing the near...

Morocco shortens the short list

Just two developer consortiums are now left in the running to supply Morocco with its long mooted 20...

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