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Europe Offshore: Krieger's Flak - Establishing a sea grid blueprint

Having been put on the back burner for some time, Krieger's Flak is the project that everyone in the...

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...

UK Offshore - Economics - Getting the support level right

The UK government needs to increase the level of financial support it provides to the offshore wind ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - Slovenia potential lies in land earmarked for other uses

With just one 6 kW wind turbine operating, Slovenia is a far cry from being a wind power nation and ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - New member ambition - Investors move into emerging markets - Romanian ambition tempts the major market players

Although just 10 MW of wind capacity was installed in Romania by the end of 2008, that total could r...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - Directive puts pressure on Austrian government to act

By 2020 the share of renewables in Austria's energy supply must rise to 34% to meet the requirements...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - European legislation focuses minds in the Baltic states

Sandwiched between Russia and Poland as energy islands - a legacy of their Soviet past - the three B...

Special Report Europe 2020 - New member ambition - Investors move into emerging markets - Czech policy likely to keep renewables to a minimum

The Czech Republic target for renewables by 2020 is to raise its share in the energy supply mix from...

Special Report Europe 2020 - New member ambition - Investors move into emerging markets - Hungary plans to lift cap on project development

For achieving its overall EU renewable energy target, requiring it to source 13% of all energy from ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Directive sparks a surge in expectation - UK market set for explosive growth to meet targets

The UK has arguably the furthest to go of all the 27 EU member states obliged to meet targets under ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Directive sparks a surge in expectation - Government determined to simplify planning regime

Italy may well have been Europe's third biggest wind market last year, driven by high guaranteed pow...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - Luxembourg forced to rely on a statistical transfer

Of all Europe's countries, Luxembourg will be one of the most dependent on the renewables directive'...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Nordic dilemmas - Fine words but not enough action

The governments of Denmark, Sweden and Finland have all extolled the virtues of wind power in their ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Maturing Markets - Expected to keep rolling along - Spanish market hits make or break time on policy

Following Spain's roaring wind development performance over the past five years, averaging at over 2...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - Cyprus offers generous incentives as first step

Cyprus is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels for its energy and currently has not a single me...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Maturing Markets - Expected to keep rolling along

Strong policies and stable market frameworks have seen wind development to 2020 mapped out in German...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Maturing Markets - Expected to keep rolling along - Portuguese development is virtually mapped out

Under the EU renewable energy directive, Portugal must meet a mandatory 2020 target of 31% of total ...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Nordic dilemmas - Fine words but not enough action - Sweden hedges its bets with wind and nuclear

Sweden, which at 39.8% already has the biggest share of renewables in its energy supply of all the E...

Special Report Europe 2020 - Banking offshore - Taking to the seas to fulfil objectives

Both the Dutch and the Belgian governments have announced new energy strategies that target signific...

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