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Analysis of production tax credit impact

Estimates of by how much a long term extension of the federal production tax credit (PTC) would boos...

AAER secures blade manufacturing deal with Germany's EUROS

Prospective Canadian wind turbine producer AAER Inc has reached an agreement with Germany's EUROS Gm...

Argentinian turbines in Brazil -- From hydro plant to wind

The Brazilian wind power subsidiary of Argentina's Industrias Metallurgicas Perscarmona SA (IMPSA), ...

Turbine collapse investigation

More than two weeks after the collapse of a Vestas wind turbine at ScottishPower's Beinn an Tuirc wi...

Air Force radar study complete

The US Air Force has completed one of its most detailed studies yet on the potential disturbance to ...

New certification system to standardise turbines

A new North American Small Wind Certification Council (SWCC) is being set up to provide standardised...

First of five EDP blade factories opened

Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates has officially opened the first of five factor...

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...

Rebirth of two blade concept -- Goldman Sachs gamble

A brave investment by Goldman Sachs is providing momentum to the American launch earlier this year o...

Experts discuss supply chain bottlenecks

Now that component suppliers are increasingly aware that there is money to be made in the wind indus...

Conference sessions hear radar conflict continues

Two well attended sessions on the conflicts between air travel and wind farms at the British wind in...

New generation giant turbine -- Enercon 6 MW version two

In Germany, Enercon is installing two 6 MW turbines at Rysumer Nacken near Emden. The machines, says...

Two new turbines set for the market -- German vertical integration

German wind engineering company WindForce is behind the development of two new turbines, one a 900 k...

Upbeat view on offshore supply chain bottleneck

Despite broad wind industry concerns that supply chain bottlenecks will hinder offshore wind develop...

A workhorse for Europe on the way -- GE's rethink

Tight component supply but also a shift in strategy is behind GE Energy's delay in bringing its next...

Specific design for offshore use

In buying into Multibrid Entwicklungsgesellschaft, French nuclear conglomerate Areva has landed 51% ...

Living up to the lightning challenge

As highly efficient power plant offering an availability rate close to 100%, wind turbines must be e...

The peak demand challenge -- Utility thinking includes wind

The economic imperative for storing wind power is largely non existent, but that has not stopped a f...

Korea's Unison targets US with turbine

Korean renewable energy project developer Unison has entered the manufacturing space with the introd...

Utility E.ON UK's plans to store electricity from wind turbines

E.ON UK is researching and developing a giant battery to store electricity from wind farms and micro...

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