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High turbine price fears voiced at CanWEA conference

Canadian wind project developers who have to compete for turbines with large US firms placing large ...

Breaking a market monopoly -- Suzlon shuffle in Brazil

Suzlon wind turbines totalling 155 MW will soon be on the way to Brazil for four wind projects led b...

Long term energy plan released for Newfoundland and Labrador

The government of Newfoundland and Labrador has released a long term energy plan that envisions addi...

Wind industry's disappointment over designated transmission corridors

Formal designation of the first two priority areas for new high voltage grid wires in the United Sta...

Energy plan sparks major project news -- Targeting 90% renewables

New Zealand's government says it wants 90% of the country's electricity to come from renewable resou...

Big welcome for Alberta framework -- Full wind integration

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) has removed its contentious 900 MW cap on wind energy de...

Wind almost free in Denmark

Consumers in Denmark saved between EUR 80 million and EUR 90 million on their electricity bills last...

A popular pawn in election politics

Federal politics again threatened to cast a shadow over proceedings at this year's Auswind conferenc...

Two steps forward and one back -- Turkey market structure

News is mixed from Turkey. Two amendments to the 2005 Renewable Energy Law have received a positive ...

BC Hydro seeks up to 5000 GWh from clean power

British Columbia utility BC Hydro says its next call for power in the coming months will focus on cl...

Finding a middle way in the West -- Markets for wind power

A group of 12 utility owner-operators of transmission systems in the West and Southwest states of th...

Somewhat frustrated in Stockholm

The scores of proposals for wind power projects pouring into municipal authority planning offices ac...

In the hands ofthe regions -- Potential for 12,000 MW

Italy's installed wind total could see a five fold increase by 2020, rising from today's 2500 MW to ...

New renewables policy war threatens -- Wind association against pan-European green certificate trade

Amid a welter of concern in European renewables circles that the EU Commission is set to propose a m...

New world order for wind developers -- Acciona's Endesa purchase

A total of 1300 MW of wind plant across Spain and Portugal is set to change hands as part of the car...

Another transatlantic shuffle of wind assets -- Airtricity withdraws to Europe and E.ON heads for gold in America

In the latest European utility conquest of American wind power development, German giant E.ON is hea...

Power company's wind installations pass 1000 MW mark

China Long Yuan Electric Power Group Corporation (CLYPG), a subsidiary of China Guodian Corporation,...

Starting strong in Namibia

At least 200 MW of wind power is on the cards in Namibia. The most advanced of two projects is a pla...

Global management firm Babcock & Brown enters Greek wind market

Global asset management firm Babcock & Brown (B&B) has entered the Greek wind market with th...

Turbine manufacturer Repower drops 1.5 MW turbine to concentrate on 2 MW unit

Repower Systems has stopped marketing its 1.5 MW machine to concentrate on production of its three 2...

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