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CanWEA buoyed by Ontario resident poll

CANADA: The Canadian Wind Energy Association is pushing back against industry opponents in Ontario with a new poll showing that 89% residents support the production of wind energy in their region of the province.

 
 

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Minimum distance rules alarm Polish wind sector

Stopwiatrakom.eu publishes information on wind farm protests

POLAND: The Polish wind industry is alarmed at growing support for a...

 
 

LM Wind Power launches US service centres

LM Wind Power - the blade manufacturer has six service centres in North America

US: LM Wind Power Service & Logistics has opened two new US...

 
 

Caithness accused of offering $5000 for noise waivers

GE's 2.5MW turbine is being used on the Shepherds Flat project

US: Caithness Energy has been accused by Oregon residents of offering cash...

 
 

UK government commissions turbine noise study

No plans to change existing noise rules - UK energy minister Charles Hendry

UK: The UK government is launching an investigation into amount of noise...

 
 

Germany and the long goodbye for nuclear power

Germany's nuclear phase-out law was partly driven by the1986 Chernobyl disaster (above)

GERMANY: The German government's plan to extend operating lifetimes of nuclear power...

 
 
 
 

NextEra brings in PPA for Arizona project

NextEra brings in PPA for Arizona project

US: NextEra Energy Resources has secured a 25-year, 99.2MW power purchase agreement...

 
 

Unilateral cut urged by EWEA to shore up wind

EWEA...urging unilateral cut in greenhouse gases

EUROPE: The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has urged the European Union...

 
 

Bird and bat fatalities advisory report falls on dead ears

US: The American Wind Energy Association conference in Dallas, Texas, revealed a...

 
 

Anti-Cape Wind alliance appeals FAA verdict

Cape Wind's meterological tower, currently the only element of the project to be installed

US: The Cape Wind saga has taken a further twist as a...

 
 

Atlantic offshore wind farms have 'negligible' environomental impact

Atlantic offshore wind farms have 'negligible' environomental impact

US: Proposed wind farms off the New Jersey coast would have negligible...

 
 
 
 
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Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity

As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North...

 
 

Environmental analysis and the challenge for offshore wind developers

Turbines at Vattenfall's Thanet wind farm had to be moved after its EIA

UK: Before developers can get on with constructing Round 3 offshore wind...

 
 
 

Environment events

 

Successfully interpret wind plant data to improve your O&M bottom line

 
Date:
29-30 November 2010
Location:
The Crowne Plaza Hotel Dallas Downtown, Dallas, TX
Organiser:
Haymarket
 

Husum WindEnergy 2012

 
Date:
18-22 September 2012
Location:
Husum Messe, Germany
Organiser:
HusumWind
 
 
 

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