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UK beats US in wind 'attractiveness' index

WORLDWIDE: The UK has overtaken the US as the second most attractive country for wind power developm...

Market: Energy agencies disagree on global wind potential

WORLDWIDE: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has again increased projections for wind in its ann...

EC announces €9billion low carbon research fund

EUROPE: Innovative wind power projects can from today seek funding from the European Commission's NE...

Gamesa to open five new R&D offices

SPAIN: Gamesa is planning to open five new research and development (R&D) centres across the globe w...

Offshore wind projects win US research grants

UNITED STATES: A computer program to model the visual impacts of offshore renewables is among eight ...

Public want more wind energy, finds survey

WORLDWIDE: The public in the US and five European countries favour wind power as long as it doesn't ...

US wind energy production set for boost in Q1 2011

UNITED STATES: US wind energy production is set to receive a boost from high wind speeds in early-20...

Windicator: Capacity Analysis

Although 3GW of new capacity has been added since our last report, there are now signs of a slowdown...

Lower wind speed affects UK output in 2009

UK: In a year characterised by lower than average wind speeds, Northern Ireland was the windiest UK ...

Offshore could supply half eastern states' electricity

UNITED STATES: Offshore wind farms positioned around the United States' densely populated East Coast...

'Policy and economy' downgrade future US capacity estimate

UNITED STATES: A wind industry consultancy has cut its six-year forecast for US wind energy installa...

200GW in wind energy produced worldwide by end-2010

WORLDWIDE: Global wind energy capacity is set to reach the 200GW milestone by the end of the year, a...

Renewables subsidies poised to overtake fossil fuels

UNITED STATES: A non-profit policy watchdog has said renewable energy subsidies are poised to overta...

China overtakes US as best renewables development prospect

UNITED STATES: The US has fallen second to China in rankings of the most attractive markets for rene...

Vestas creates 'Vestas Weather' iPhone app

DENMARK: Vestas has moved into multimedia with the launch of an iPhone app offering what it describe...

Spain figures show wind power slowdown

SPAIN - Just 727MW of new installed wind capacity was put into operation in Spain during the first s...

US wind energy usage grows by 28%

UNITED STATES: Consumption of electricity from wind rose by 28% between 2008 and 2009, according to ...

Scottish offshore sector could provide 48,000 jobs

UK: Scotland's offshore sector could provide the region with as many as 48,000 jobs both directly an...

US wind manufacturing and take up remains strong, study finds

US: The US has the second-fastest wind market growth with four states deriving more than 10% of ther...

Floating offshore wind farm planned for North Sea

UK: Norwegian company Statoil is planning to build an offshore wind farm using floating turbines dev...

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