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Andalucia opens door to massive development -- Electricity network bottleneck cleared up to 3000 MW

Network access has been cleared for up to 3000 MW of wind power stations in Spain's huge southern re...

Creeping progress on grid backlog -- Freeing Irish wind

Ireland's year long impasse in connecting new wind energy projects to its grid network may at last b...

Challenge on cost of integrating wind

Faced with the task of accommodating 990 MW of generating capacity that it cannot turn on and off at...

Wind economics set to beat gas in Ireland

Switching from gas powered generation to wind power for future supplies will typically save consumer...

Wind and nuclear will reduce pollution -- Lifting the Spanish policy veil

Wind power in Spain "will be pushed to the maximum" says industry minister Jose Montilla, confirming...

Potential routes for Scottish island high voltage interconnector

Potential routes for a high voltage interconnector between the Scottish Western Isles and the mainla...

Positive winds of change in Spain

Six months after Spain's Labour party achieved its surprise election victory, the positive influence...

Concession granted for country's largest wind plant

Nord-Trøndelag Elektrisitetsverk (NTE) has been granted a concession by state Energy Agency (...

Restrictions on growth to be lifted -- Integrating wind in Spain

Revision of "unnecessarily restrictive" regulations for connecting wind plant to the Spanish electri...

Devious casting of wind as grid villain

Looking at the transmission needs of wind in isolation is tantamount to making decisions on road bui...

Transmission charge ruling on small scale projects in Rhode Island

The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission has ruled that behind-the-metre renewable energy system...

Alberta battle over back up for wind power

The Canadian wind industry has been quick off the mark on the thorny issue of wind power's variable ...

Annual BWEA event lower key than usual

The depth of frustration among wind project developers in Britain trying to secure agreements with d...

Consultation launched on plans to upgrade Scottish transmission network

Energy regulator Ofgem has launched a consultation on plans to allow upgrades of the Scottish transm...

Purchase prices fixed and barriers down -- Germany's new law aims to cut costs and control utilities

As Germany's new renewable energy law took effect at the start of August, the wind power sector foun...

Utility Vattenfall blames wind power for hike in net usage charges

The costs of balancing intermittent wind power are blamed by one of Germany's major power companies ...

Alinta 90 MW wind farm step closer to reality

The 90 MW Alinta wind farm, planned by Renewable Power Ventures (RPV) for a site near Geraldton in W...

Hydro-Quebec to seek further 1000 MW of wind power

Hydro-Quebec says it will issue a request for proposals (RFP) for another 1000 MW of wind energy aft...

California market set to bloom again -- Regulators order new renewables capacity and transmission

California's aggressive renewables portfolio standard (RPS) got the lift it needed last month when t...

Home market focus by global player

Japan is at a crucial turning point concerning the direction of its wind energy development, says th...

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