The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has launched a campaign where you can adopt a wind turbine in Europe. 08 September 2010
REpower Systems AG is in the process of transforming into a European Company (Societas Europaea, SE). 08 September 2010
Alstom will supply €200 million worth of wind turbines to Scottish Power Renewables (SPR) for a 217 MW extension to the Whiteless wind farm in Scotland. 07 September 2010
Cam Elyaf's WR6 roving has received Germanischer Lloyd approval for wind turbine blade applications. 06 September 2010
Gamesa will supply 129 wind turbines totalling 258 MW for 9 wind farms in Brazil to be developed by Iberdrola Renovables. 06 September 2010
A fund managed by BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners GP Ltd has bought Gortahile Windfarm Ltd which owns and operates a 20 MW wind farm in Laois, Ireland, from ABO Wind Ireland Ltd. 06 September 2010
Belfast-based Harland & Wolff will build the two offshore substations for the 576 MW Welsh offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr under a contract from Siemens. 06 September 2010
Renewable energy developer RES proposes an 11 turbine wind farm between New Luce, Kirkcowan and Glenluce, in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. 03 September 2010
Nordisk Vindkraft and HgCapital have inaugurated Havsnäs Wind Farm, located north of Strömsund in the County of Jämtland, Sweden. 02 September 2010
Eurus Energy Group has started the construction of a 59.8 MW, €140 million wind farm south of Stavanger, Norway. 02 September 2010
GL Noble Denton has won the contract to perform Marine Warranty Survey services for the 1 GW London Array offshore wind farm in the UK. 01 September 2010
Installation of the 140 offshore wind turbine foundations at the UK Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm have now been installed, and 30 offshore wind turbines are in place. 01 September 2010
PNE WIND AG has completed its second wind farm repowering project with the Görike wind farm in Brandenburg, Germany, quintupling the output. 31 August 2010
Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co Ltd has signed a sales contract with Semikron China for continued supply of SKiiP power modules and complete Semistack power electronic assemblies for Goldwind wind turbines. 27 August 2010
The Forewind Consortium which will develop Dogger Bank offshore wind farm in the UK, has appointed Lee Clarke, former Senior Corporate Development and Strategy Manager with RWE npower, as its new General Manager. 27 August 2010
Canadian energy producer Finavera Rewables Inc has sold its majority interest for Cloosh Valley Wind Project, County Galway, Ireland, to Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) . 26 August 2010
REpower has officially opened its new wind turbine technology centre in Osterrönfeld in the Rendsburg-Eckernförde district, Germany. 26 August 2010
The UK and Norway will cooperate on offshore renewable energy in the North Sea, according to a joint ministerial statement on climate change and energy security. 26 August 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will deliver 17 wind turbine electrical control systems to Inox Wind Ltd, part of India’s Inox Group of Companies. 25 August 2010
Chinese manufacturing company Xiangtan Electrical Manufacturing Corporation Ltd (XEMC) may set up wind turbine production facilities in Northern Ireland. 25 August 2010
Scotland’s offshore wind industry could contribute £7.1 billion of investment and create up to 28,000 direct jobs by 2020, according to Scottish Renewables and Scottish Enterprise. 25 August 2010
Chemicals company BASF will showcase its products for the manufacture of wind turbines at the Husum WindEnergy trade show in September. 25 August 2010
More training courses for wind farm installation will be offered throughout Turkey due to high demand, GL Garrad Hassan says. 24 August 2010
ABB will design, supply and install all 6 main transformers for the 500 kV Tongyu substation under construction to support wind energy in the Jilin province of north-eastern China. 23 August 2010
Paul Jordan, Market Sector Director for Clean Energy at Ricardo Plc, has been appointed Chairman of RenewableUK’s Marine Strategy Group. 20 August 2010
Trelleborg Offshore’s syntactic foam buoyancy technology is being used in Statoil’s floating wind turbine foundation project Hywind. 20 August 2010
Moroccan power utility ONE is building a 200 MW wind farm outside Tarfaya. 20 August 2010
Nearly a year since Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas closed its blade facility on the Isle of Wight, former workers have formed a company that manufactures blades for micro-turbines. 19 August 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has acquired a 25% ownership position in Blade Dynamics Ltd, a wind turbine blade designer and manufacturer, for US$8 million. 19 August 2010
Reflex Marine’s TORO crew transfer capsule originally designed for use by oil and gas operators has now entered the renewable energy sector, selling four capsules for use on offshore wind turbine installation barges. 19 August 2010
The Dow Chemical Company, through its Venture Capital group, has made a minority equity investment in wind turbine blade technology specialist Blade Dynamics Ltd. 18 August 2010
Wind energy company Wind Prospect intends to open an office in South Africa, hoping to become the number one service provider to the African wind market by 2012. 18 August 2010
Vestas has seen a €162 million tumble in net profit to a loss of €119m in the second quarter (Q2) of 2010, and downgrades its full year forecast. 18 August 2010
Goldhofer, a heavy haulage and special transportation specialist, has launched a flatbed semi-trailer for transporting wind turbine blades up to 62 m. 17 August 2010
Natural Power has commissioned what it calls “the UK’s first dedicated Lidar & Sodar test site” in Worcestershire. 17 August 2010
Statoil’s Hywind floating offshore wind turbine foundations could be used in Scotland, according to Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond. 17 August 2010
Denmark’s Risø DTU is building a test centre for large wind turbines at Østerild in North-Western Jutland. 17 August 2010
Gurit has completed the development of a new range of PVC structural foam core materials designed for use in the manufacture of wind turbine rotor blades in China. 17 August 2010
Obelisk Energy and Heidra have formed Wind Measurement International (WMI), a centre for met masts and anemometry. 16 August 2010
Indian Energy has fully commissioned its 16.5 MW Theni wind farm and the associated substation. 16 August 2010
HgCapital has bought a 44 MW wind farm in Malå, Västerbotten, Sweden, which will be developed by NV Nordisk Vindkraft AB. 12 August 2010
Vestas will deliver 140 units of its V112-3.0 MW wind turbine to AGL Energy Ltd and Meridian’s 420 MW Macarthur wind farm in Australia. 12 August 2010
SeaEnergy will be using Ampelmann’s ship-based self stabilising platforms for offshore wind operation and maintenance access under an exclusive agreement. 11 August 2010
Siemens Energy and Samsung C&T Corporation will supply up to 600 MW of wind turbines for wind farms in southern Ontario, Canada. 11 August 2010
PNE WIND AG has reported a 22% increase in first half (H1) profits in 2010 to €6 million. 09 August 2010
German wind developer Pro Ventum International and GE are building a 90 MW wind farm about 250 km northeast of Bangkok, Thailand. 06 August 2010
A 3 MW wave and tidal drive train technology development and testing facility, Nautilus, is now under construction at the National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) in Blyth, UK. 06 August 2010
Transmission links for 7 offshore wind farms have been awarded to three bidders by the UK energy regulator Ofgem. 05 August 2010
Four UK offshore wind demonstration sites, each 100 MW or less, have been awarded by the Crown Estate to four companies. 05 August 2010
Recent energy statistics from the UK Government show that renewable energy sources’ contribution to the UK’s electricity mix grew 20% in 2009 reaching a share of 6.7%. 04 August 2010
ACCIONA Energy is building a 45 MW wind farm in Lamèque, New Brunswick, Canada, representing an investment of C$115 million. 04 August 2010
Sentec and Wind Technologies Ltd are developing control system for wind turbines, with the first test site in operation. 03 August 2010
E.ON says it will be investing into the UK Carbon Trust’s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA), which aims to cut the costs of offshore wind power. 03 August 2010
Gamesa and Iberdrola Ingeniería y Construcción will build the 102 MW Cerro de Hula wind farm in Honduras for is Mesoamérica Energy. 03 August 2010
Development of offshore wind farms in Poland has been slow, despite the country's leadership of the wind energy sector in Central and Eastern Europe, raising questions about the offshore wind support in Central and Eastern Europe, according to analyst Frost & Sullivan. 02 August 2010
REpower Systems AG has launched a wind farm repowering project in the district of Dithmarschen (Schleswig-Holstein) with Repowering Kronprinzenkoog GbR increasing the output of Kronprinzenkoog from 12.3 MW to 30.75 MW. 02 August 2010
Spanish wind turbine producer Gamesa saw a 65% tumble in net profit in the first half (H1) of 2010 to €22 million. 30 July 2010
By developing three regional offshore marine renewable energy manufacturing sites in Scotland, 5000 jobs could be created and £300 million generated for the Scottish Economy, according to First Minister Alex Salmond. 29 July 2010
Finavera Renewables Inc and GE Energy have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) under which GE fund up to C$7.5 million for Finavera’s Peace Region wind projects in British Columbia, Canada. 29 July 2010
The renewable energy industry in the UK is positive overall, to the announcements from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). 28 July 2010
Solar power will generate 126 TWh of renewable power around the world by 2020, more than the 108 TWh to be generated by geothermal facilities, according to the latest International Energy Outlook 2010 from the US Department of Energy. 28 July 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer REpower says its result for the first quarter (Q1) of fiscal 2010/2011 fell 29% to €204 million. 27 July 2010
Wind speed measurements will be provided by GL Garrad Hassan for the 250 MW Gulf of Suez BOO Wind Power Project. 23 July 2010
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) will install the high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) cables connecting the Bard Offshore 1 and BorWin alpha platforms for the BorWin 1 offshore wind project. 22 July 2010
Siemens energy, together with Prysmian, is to connect Nordsee-Ost offshore wind farm to the mainland power grid for the transmission system operator Transpower in a deal worth €500 million 22 July 2010
Gamesa will build three wind farms totalling 140.6 MW in the Castile-Leon region of Spain for Spanish wind power developer Esquilvent. 22 July 2010
SMP’s chokes for inverters in wind turbines have been approved for use in offshore installations. 21 July 2010
SeaEnergy Renewables Ltd (SERL) and Chinese Nantong COSCO Ship Steel Structure Co Ltd (NCSC) will develop and market steel structures for the offshore wind industry under a strategic cooperation agreement. 20 July 2010
Offshore wind is taking off in Europe with 118 new offshore wind turbines being connected to the grid in the first half of 2010, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). 20 July 2010
GL Renewables Certification (GL) has updated its guidelines for onshore wind turbines and components. 19 July 2010
Siemens Energy will supply 68, 2.3 MW wind turbines to SSE Renewables’ Griffin onshore wind farm in the Scottish Highlands. 19 July 2010
Theni I wind farm in India has seen the installation of its last wind turbine, and is now ready for grid connection, says developer Indian Energy. 16 July 2010
Renewable energy topped fossil fuels and nuclear for the second year in a row in the USA and Europe in 2009, according to the Global Wind Energy Association (GWEC). 16 July 2010
The Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER) has published a report that looks into the regulatory aspects of the integration of wind generation in European electricity markets. 15 July 2010
Semiconductor manufacturer Semikron, PCS Power Converter Solutions and the Technical University of Dresden will investigate how to obtain greater yields from renewable energy sources. 15 July 2010
Siemens is establishing a wind energy joint venture (JV) with the Russian companies Rostechnologii and RusHydro where Siemens will retain the majority stake. 15 July 2010
The Coalition Government needs to act quickly and decisively to reaffirm Britain’s commitment to the development of offshore wind energy through confirming upgrades to port facilities, maintaining market stability and agreeing targets for energy production from wind, says RenewableUK. 15 July 2010
Able UK has revealed a £400 million plan for a Marine Energy Park on the South Bank of the Humber in the UK. 14 July 2010
A2SEA has signed a US$139 million contract with Chinese COSCO Shipyard Group Co Ltd for the construction of a new vessel specially designed for the purpose of installation of offshore wind turbines. 13 July 2010
The UK Government will help communities become heat and power self-sufficient through the use of renewable microgeneration, amongst other things, says Climate Change Minister Greg Barker. 12 July 2010
Hungarian wind power has been hampered by grid connection issues, lead times and costs, but the new Government has ambitious plans to increase renewable energy, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). 09 July 2010
A ban on councils in the UK selling green electricity into the national grid is to be overturned, UK Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne announces. 08 July 2010
Denmark's Dong energy will receive a £250m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to build the 1GW London Array offshore wind farm. 08 July 2010
A new study from Frost & Sullivan reveals that Sweden has the highest potential market growth in Western Europe, and Poland is (and will continue to be) the largest wind energy market in Central and Eastern Europe. 07 July 2010
The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published today by the EU Joint Research Centre's Institute for Energy (IE), shows that renewable energy sources accounted for 62% (17GW) of the new electricity generation capacity installed in the EU27 in 2009. 07 July 2010
Subsea service specialist, Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has instructed independent marine design consultancy BMT Nigel Gee to design a unique operation and maintenance vessel for the next phase of offshore wind farm development. 06 July 2010
GE plans to install up to five offshore demonstration wind turbines in Norway and Sweden through two separate partnerships. 06 July 2010
The first round of grants since the UK's Budget for developing next-generation offshore wind technology have been announced by the UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change. 06 July 2010
There is no evidence that wind turbines have a direct adverse effect on human health, according to an independent study by Australia’s National Health & Medical Research Council. 05 July 2010
D Light Design of India was selected as the overall Gold Award winner in the 2010 Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy. 05 July 2010
Renewable energies must generate almost half of the world’s power by 2050, up from the current level of 18%, says the International Energy Agency (IEA). 02 July 2010
Hunan ZKenergy Wind Power Industrial Technology Co Ltd of China designs and manufactures affordable, small-scale wind turbines suitable for off-grid locations. The company uses a very long glass fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite from RTP Company to injection mould the turbine blades. 01 July 2010
The first foundation for the 317 MW Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm has been installed off the coast of Norfolk, UK. 01 July 2010
Fugro, a provider metocean services, has teamed up with underwater acoustics company JASCO Applied Sciences to provide measurement of underwater noise and allied consultancy. 30 June 2010
SmartestEnergy, a UK purchaser and supplier of electricity, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd for the 41.4 MW Edinbane wind farm on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. 30 June 2010
Siemens will have a 49% stake in A2SEA A/S, a Danish supplier of installation services for the construction of offshore wind farms. 29 June 2010
The offshore wind industry is urged to move towards standardised contracts to reduce risk and save project time, say energy consultancy Xodus Group and legal advisors Shepherd and Wedderburn. 29 June 2010
REpower Systems AG has reached 1 GW of installed wind power capacity in France, where the wind turbine manufacturer has installed around 500 wind turbines since 2002. 29 June 2010
Siemens will implement the grid connection for the 270 MW Lincs offshore wind farm in the UK in a deal worth £101 million (~€120m). 29 June 2010
E.ON's Climate & Renewables Operations Team will stream live wind data from its Robbin Rigg offshore wind farm using Natural Power’s ZephIR lidar. 25 June 2010
Vestas will deliver 44 of its V100-1.8 MW and 35 of its V90-1.8 MW wind turbines to Capital Power Corporation for its proposed Quality Wind Project in British Columbia, Canada. 24 June 2010
Offshore Wind Power Marine Services Ltd (OWPMS) and the Brook Henderson Group have formed a joint venture (JV) to build 60 crew transfer vessels for offshore wind farm construction and operation & maintenance (O&M). 23 June 2010
Gamesa’s G90 Class II wind turbine has been certified by GL Renewables Certification (GL). 23 June 2010
A combination of energy efficiency, fuel-switching and a combination of commercially-available renewable energy technologies could allow 100% of Australia’s energy needs to be met with renewable sources, according to a new report. 23 June 2010
DONG Energy has been awarded the concession to build the 400 MW Anholt offshore wind farm off the island of Anholt in the Kattegat, Denmark. 22 June 2010
Seajacks International will build a self-propelled jackup wind farm installation vessel for Lamprell Energy Plc. 22 June 2010
Renewable energy technologies are declining in cost but continued efforts are required to further reduce this, according to energy ministers from the 21-country Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. 22 June 2010
Dow Formulated Systems will introduce its latest composite products for the manufacture of wind turbine blades at the Wind Power Asia trade show in China this month. 21 June 2010
Two prototype wind turbine blades GloBlades measuring 42 m have been flown from China to LM Wind Power’s facilities in Lunderskov, Denmark. 21 June 2010
The Spanish EU Presidency has launched the 10-year, €6 billion, ‘European Wind Initiative (EWI) – a research and development roadmap for the wind energy sector. 21 June 2010
GL Garrad Hassan’s WINDTEST Kaiser Wilhelm Koog GmbH will manage the offshore wind research platform in the Baltic Sea, FINO 2. 18 June 2010
DONG Energy has inaugurated the 172 MW Gunfleet Sands offshore wind farm in the Thames estuary off the coast of Essex, UK. 18 June 2010
The Turkish wind consultant re-consult is joining Natural Power following four years of cooperation under a framework agreement. 17 June 2010
Indian Energy says the first 4.5 MW of its 16.5 MW wind farm at Theni has been registered under the Generation Based Incentive (GBI) scheme in India. 17 June 2010
The power system in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland can accommodate the ambitious 40% target for renewable energy by 2020, according to Ecofys. 17 June 2010
The World Wind Energy Award 2010 has been awarded to the founding member states of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA at the 9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. 16 June 2010
Wind turbine producer Vestas has established a permanent office in Johannesburg, South Africa to serve the emerging southern African wind energy market and to support the future development of wind energy in the region. 16 June 2010
WinWinD will deliver three wind turbines to Aulepa Wind Park for the Estonian energy company Eesti Energia by the summer of 2011. 16 June 2010
The Global Wind Day today, 15 June, takes place for the second time and aims to raise awareness for the benefits of wind energy. 15 June 2010
Siemens Energy and Prysmian Powerlink will connect two North Sea offshore wind farms to the German grid using a high voltage direct current (HVDC) link for transpower. 15 June 2010
The Brussels-based organisation estimates that this would take total installed capacity to almost 85 GW by the end of they year - an increase of 13%. 15 June 2010
The ‘Statistical Review of World Energy’ does not include wind, solar or geothermal in its primary energy forecast, but these sources will be added next year because they are reaching “sufficient weight in a number of countries.” 14 June 2010
Siemens will supply German utility Erneuerbare Energien GmbH (ENBW) 288MW of turbines for the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm. 11 June 2010
The belief that the European wind energy industry can make a serious contribution to green growth was backed by politicians of the left and right and trade unionists at a high-level meeting held in Brussels. 10 June 2010
The University of Glasgow and Gaia-Wind Ltd have released the results of research showing that larger blades are more efficient at generating electricity in lower wind speeds. 10 June 2010
The partners will develop a 5 MW full conversion wind turbine primarily for use in the offshore wind industry. 10 June 2010
The United States remains the most attractive country in the world for renewable energy, although it now ties the top spot with China. 08 June 2010
Austrian bearing specialist NKE has developed a modular bearing systems for planetary gears in wind turbine gearboxes. 07 June 2010
Vestas is about to launch two R&D projects: cost-effective deep water foundations for large offshore wind turbines and an intelligent energy management system introducing energy storage into a wind power plant. 07 June 2010
Moog Industrial Group will supply REpower Systems AG with electric blade pitch control systems for the RWE Innogy Nordsee Ost 1 offshore wind farm. 07 June 2010
Biomass facilities have become a more attractive investment than wind and solar technologies, according to the renewable energy sector. 07 June 2010
RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München (SWM - Munich Municipal Utility) and Siemens have entered into a joint venture to build the offshore wind farm Gwynt y Môr in the UK. 04 June 2010
Mainstream Renewable Power, has completed Private equity is getting ready for investment in renewable energy over the next year, according to a recent KPMG poll. 04 June 2010
Nordex will deliver 8 of its N80/2500 wind turbines to the Screggagh wind farm in Northern Ireland for DW Consultancy Ltd. 03 June 2010
3M has partnered with Rope Partner to conduct an in-field study on the effects of leading edge wind turbine blade damage. 03 June 2010
China Windpower and Liaoning Energy will establish 18 new joint ventures (JVs) in Chaoyang, Liaoning Province, China, for the development of 900 MW of wind power projects. 03 June 2010
Touted as an industry-first, the service streamlines wireless account management for wind measurement campaigns. 03 June 2010
AMEC and its 50:50 joint venture (JV) partner, Black & McDonald, will engineer, procure and construct the Catham Wind Power project in Catham-Kent, Ontario, Canada for Kruger Energy. 02 June 2010
AREVA has bought the remaining 49% of German offshore wind turbine manufacturer Multibrid, which becomes AREVA Wind. 02 June 2010
Cromarty Firth Port Authority (CFPA) is becoming a renewable energy centre for import, logistics and storage of wind farm components. 29 May 2010
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution will aid Airtricity achieving grid compliance for Dunneill Wind Farm in Co Sligo, Ireland. 28 May 2010
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has been awarded a contract for the survey inspection and remedial works for the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm export cable by BOWind. 28 May 2010
Dr Klaus Rave has unanimously been elected as the new Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) Chairman for a two year term, replacing Arthouros Zervos. 27 May 2010
The world will install 107 GW of green power by 2035, up from 44 GW in 2007. 27 May 2010
Draka Offshore will supply the array cabling for the 183.6 MW Walney 2 offshore wind farm off the coast of Cumbria, UK, for Dong Energy. 25 May 2010
Scottish and Southern Energy Plc (SSE) has sold Ardrossan Windfarm Ltd, which owns and operates a 30 MW wind farm in Ayrshire, Scotland, to Infinis, a Terra Firma company. 24 May 2010
The company used Natural Power’s ZephIR lidar which, based at ground level, provides remote wind measurements from 10 metres to 200 metres. 23 May 2010
Skill shortages, training and industry standards urgently need to be addressed if the UK is to fully harness its renewable energy ambitions, according to an EU funded study supported by Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) and the East of England Energy Group (EEEGR). 21 May 2010
Subsea UK called on the offshore renewable industry to “seriously consider safety above all else” at All Energy in Aberdeen 19-20 May. 21 May 2010
SeaEnergy PLC has secured a grant of £30,000 for a feasibility study into the service opportunities available in the expanding offshore renewable energy industry. 20 May 2010
Used in site assessment and wind farm performance monitoring, the WINDCUBE v2 collects actual measurements at heights up to 200 metres, mapping the vertical wind component, wind speed and direction, turbulence, and wind shear. 20 May 2010
A new report from the Offshore Valuation Group concludes that the offshore renewable energy industry in the UK - using less than a third of the total available resource - could generate the electricity equivalent of 1 billion barrels of oil annually, matching North Sea oil and gas production. 19 May 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) will supply wind turbine core electrical components worth US$445 million to Sinovel Wind Group Co Ltd. 18 May 2010
The 50 MW Barao Sao Joao onshore wind farm has been put into operation in southern Portugal by E.ON. 17 May 2010
PNE Wind UK Ltd, a PNE Wind AG subsidiary, plans to develop over 300 MW of wind energy in the UK. 17 May 2010
Gamesa is setting up a wind turbine manufacturing plant in China with an annual capacity of 500 MW. 14 May 2010
Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa’s net profit fell 75% in the first quarter of 2010 to €8 million in a difficult macroeconomic environment. 14 May 2010
The UK Round 1 & 2 offshore wind projects have been extended with an additional 2 GW by the UK Crown Estate. 12 May 2010
Battery chargers using solar or wind power are paving the way for market opportunities in the European renewable chargers market, according to analyst Frost & Sullivan. 10 May 2010
Led by Brazil, Latin America is expected to reach 46 GW of total installed wind capacity by 2025 with a 12.6% compound annual growth rate of yearly installations, according IHS Emerging Energy Research (EER). 07 May 2010
A report with guidance on the positioning of micro wind turbines on roofs of tall buildings has been announced by BRE Trust. 07 May 2010
SBM Offshore N.V. subsidiary SBM-GustoMSC will deliver design supply of two offshore wind turbine installation jack-up vessels to Dubai-based Lamprell Energy. 05 May 2010
Energy consultancy Xodus has developed a web-based tool for managing risks for offshore energy – including offshore renewable sources. 05 May 2010
A consumer guide for installing wind turbines has been launched by RenewableUK (former BWEA). 04 May 2010
AREVA’s Transmission and Distribution (T&D) division and Dutch consortium partner Keppel Verolme B.V. will build an offshore wind substation in German waters. 30 April 2010
A 250lb air-dropped German WWII bomb has been safely detonated on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site. 30 April 2010
Indian Energy Ltd has closed project finance with State Bank of India for its 16.5 MW wind farm at Theni in Tamil Nadu, India. 29 April 2010
Vestas has entered agreements with EDP Renováveis and four Chinese power producers for the delivery of up to 2298 MW of wind turbines. 29 April 2010
The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved the first US offshore wind farm – the Cape Wind project – off the coast of Massachusetts. 29 April 2010
The UK offshore wind industry has reached 1 GW of installed capacity as two offshore wind farms off the coast of Britain began generating electricity: Robin Rigg operated by EON and Gunfleet Sands operated by DONG Energy. 28 April 2010
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has received another follow-on order for 30 sets of wind turbine power electronic components from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd (HII). 28 April 2010
Germany’s first offshore wind farm, alpha ventus, has been formally commissioned 45 km off the coast of Borkum island in the North Sea. 27 April 2010
Small wind power in China could reach 3-10 GW of installed capacity in 2010 if a set of measures laid out by a small wind roadmap for China. 27 April 2010
Skykon A/S has acquired facilities of 100,000 m2 at the former Lindoe shipyard in Denmark for the development offshore wind products for projects in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. 27 April 2010
GE is now offering full service agreements covering planned and unplanned maintenance and operation needs on all new GE 2.5xl wind turbines in Europe. 26 April 2010
Wind power could reduce electricity prices according to a European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) study. 26 April 2010
On average, it takes 42 months to get building consent for a wind farm in the EU, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). 23 April 2010
Wind energy could meet 50% of the EU’s electricity demand in 2050, according to speakers at the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC 2010) in April. 23 April 2010
Wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa has launched an online wind forecasting tool for wind farms, the Mega system. 23 April 2010
REpower Systems AG will deliver 44 wind turbines to Al Yel ELektrik, a subsidiary of Akuo Energy SAS, for a Turkish wind project. 22 April 2010
Wind energy developer West Coast Energy Ltd and micro-generation energy company Ensign Energy Ltd have formed a joint venture (JV) for renewable micro-generation projects in the UK. 22 April 2010
Eurotunnel has inaugurated its 2.5 MW wind farm in Coquelles, France. 21 April 2010
Wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Glasfiber has changed its name to LM Wind Power. 21 April 2010
Lockheed Martin will deliver a long-range air surveillance radar system to the UK overcoming sensor performance issues commonly caused by the rotating blades of wind turbines. 20 April 2010
Siemens Energy is launching its SWT-3.0-101 3 MW direct drive wind turbine. 20 April 2010
WinWinD’s delivery of a 24 MW wind farm to Aseri, Estonia, has been confirmed. 20 April 2010
With an aggregated export of DKK41.7 billion (> €5.6bn) in 2009 the Danish wind industry maintained the high export figures from record breaking 2008 despite the financial crisis. 19 April 2010
Glasgow-based measurement and testing specialist, TUV NEL, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to assist the growth of the UK’s wind energy industry. 19 April 2010
Windstream Wolfe Island Shoals Inc will develop Canada’s first offshore wind farm. 16 April 2010
Global wind power capacity could increase by 160% over the next five years, according to the Global Wind Energy Council’s (GWEC) annual wind industry forecast. 15 April 2010
Platina Partners LLP is buying 52 MW of the 140 MW Fruges wind farms in Pas de Calais, France, worth €71.3 million. 15 April 2010
GDF SUEZ has completed the construction of its first UK wind farm project at Craigengelt, near Stirling, in Scotland. 13 April 2010
Eneco UK Ltd has received the rights to develop a 51 MW wind farm on the Lochluichart Estate in the Scottish Highlands from Infinergy, which has developed the project through to Section 36 consent. 12 April 2010
DONG Energy has submitted a binding tender to build a 400 MW offshore wind farm outside Denmark. 12 April 2010
First Wind has completed the 26 MW expansion of the Stetson Wind project in Maine, New England, USA. 09 April 2010
AMSC is supplying 24 D-VAR based interconnection system modules for the 206 MW Collgar Wind Farm in Western Australia. 09 April 2010
Siemens will deliver 208 MW worth of wind turbines to two wind projects – one in Germany and one in Canada. 09 April 2010
REpower will deliver 15 wind turbines to Poland and 18 wind turbines to Italy, totalling 67.65 MW. 09 April 2010
Ontario in Canada will generate C$9 billion in private sector investment and create 20,000 jobs from new contracts for renewable energy projects. 09 April 2010
The US wind energy industry employs 85,000 people, according to the annual industry market report released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). 08 April 2010
WindWinD says its new wind turbine facility, based in Hamina, Finland will produce 3 MW wind turbines and increase its total capacity potential tenfold. 08 April 2010
Pattern Energy Group LP and Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board have entered into a 27-year power purchase agreement for the 138 MW St. Joseph wind farm in the Manitoba community of St. Joseph. 08 April 2010
Vestas has announced three wind turbine supply deals to the USA, Australia and Turkey over recent weeks totalling up to 460 MW. 08 April 2010
Mariah Power, developer of the Windspire® vertical axis wind turbine, is changing its name to Windspire Energy, Inc. 07 April 2010
The UK Government has pledged £4 million to a partnership to fund a new radar system for the Greater Wash to address wind turbine interference. 07 April 2010
The Governor of Virginia has signed renewable energy legislation aiming to make the state ‘the energy capital of the east coast.’ 07 April 2010
Europe and North Africa could obtain all of their electricity from renewable energy by 2050, if the concept is supported by a single European power market united with a similar market in North Africa. 30 March 2010
The global wind industry posted another record year in 2009, as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew to 158,000 MW. 30 March 2010
A US think tank says creating ‘competitive renewable energy zones’ would be a solution to raise the private investment that is needed to update transmission infrastructure, increase capacity for renewable energy and move toward the ‘smart grid.’ 30 March 2010
Constellation Energy has installed a 1.2 MW solar and wind power system at the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation in Ohio. 29 March 2010
Siemens will invest £80 million to develop an offshore wind turbine production facility in the UK. 29 March 2010
China has moved steadily to prevent foreign participation in its renewable energy market, which will have a negative impact on the renewable energy industry in the United States and other countries. 26 March 2010
The New York State Public Service Commission has approved US$279 million over five years for renewable energy projects, part of the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). 26 March 2010
Wales has the potential to generate twice its electricity demand from renewable energy sources within 15 years, according to environment minister Jane Davidson. 26 March 2010
The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) will provide US$2.4 million to link a battery and ultracapacitor technologies with wind and solar energy systems. 26 March 2010
The cost to generate onshore wind can be as low as US$48/MWh and as high as US$188/MWh for offshore wind, according to a detailed analysis by the International Energy Agency (IEA). 26 March 2010
GE will invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities in the UK. 25 March 2010
Renewable energy consultancy Garrad Hassan has updated its wind farm design software, GH WindFarmer 4.1. 25 March 2010
A new programme will streamline and accelerate the permitting and siting process for large-scale renewable energy projects in California, USA. 24 March 2010
The UK New and Renewable Energy Centre (Narec) has opened its 27 m tall wind turbine training tower at its facilities in Blyth, Northumberland. 19 March 2010
A California-based wind energy developer has acquired a 283 MW wildlife-friendly wind farm along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in southern Texas. 19 March 2010