Europe

News, press releases and in-depth analysis and coverage of wind power, wind farms and the wind industry in Europe.

REpower receives German grid certification for MM82 turbine

GERMANY: REpower has become the first manufacturer to receive certification for a turbine with a double-fed generator as meeting the requirements of Germany's new grid code.

REpower receives compliance certificate for the MM82 2MW turbine

Vestas wins 34MW contract from Camas for Calabrian wind farm

The Maida project will use 2MW Vestas turbines seen here in Karvarna, Hungary

ITALY: Camas Energy has secured 34 MW in 2MW turbines from Vestas...

Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses

Iberdrola's 50 MW Kisigmand wind farm, made up of 2 MW Gamesa turbines. Iberdrola is currently constructing 74 MW in Hungary and is among the investors bidding in the 410 MW tender

HUNGARY: The Hungarian Energy Office has received 68 bids to establish 1.1GW...

Wind energy at heart of EU smart growth strategy

PRESS RELEASE: The European Commission's 'Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and...

'Visual concerns' set to halt one of Finland's biggest wind energy projects

Kristiinankaupunki is on Finland's western coast

FINLAND: PVO-Innopower (PVOIP) may be required to change its proposed windfarm in...

Norway plans 160MW wind farm

The Andoy region of Norway is one of the country's most plentiful in wind

NORWAY: The Norwegian government has approved plans by Andmyran Vindpark to build...

Falck does €150million deal to back 80MW Italian wind farm

A winter view of a 1.5 MW General Electric turbine at the Falck Renewables San Sostene wind farm in Calabria, currently operating at 42 MW.

ITALY: Falck Renewables, the London-based wind development unit of Italy's Falck group,...

LM Glasfiber signs strategic deal with Envision

LM Glasfiber signs deal with Envision to supply blades for its 1.5MW turbine

DENMARK: LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese manufacturer...

EU hands out €910million for nine grid projects

The Estlink-2 line between Finland and Estonia is among the projects to be developed

EUROPE: EU member states will receive €910million to finance nine electricity interconnection...

Erg Renew plans to double wind capacity by 2013

Vestas 2 MW turbines at Erg Renew's 24 MW Faeto wind farm in the southern Italian region of Apulia

ITALY: Italian renewable energy group Erg Renew plans to double its installed...

European renewables R&D set for 'multi-billion euro' increase

Barroso: promises greater spend on renewables R&D

EUROPE: The European Commission has announced a significant rise in the amount...

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Market Status: Greece - New government raises hope of end to red tape

GREECE: Even though installed wind capacity in Greece broke through the 1GW...

Market Status: Ukraine - Capacity static but basis for future growth set

UKRAINE: Ukraine could add 100MW in new wind capacity in 2010, the...

Market Status: Cyprus - Wind springs to life as construction starts

CYPRUS: Cyprus is getting ready to join the wind club as construction...

Market Status: Poland - Good potential thwarted by lacklustre government

POLAND: New installations in Poland in 2009 totalled 322MW, raising the country's...

Market Status: Bulgaria - Developers move in despite grid problems

BULGARIA: Data from Bulgaria's Association of Producers of Ecological Energy (APEE) shows...

Market Status: Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia - Baltic states struggle to overcome hurdles

BALTIC STATES: The Baltic states all have ambitions to become significant wind...

Scottish Western Isles get first wind farm

Permission has been granted to build a 33-turbine wind farm on Lewis,...

17549BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8458718.stm977619

Nine North Sea wind farms planned for the UK

UK prime minister Gordon Brown gives the go-ahead to spend £100bn on...

17465BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8448203.stm97647317463Daily Mailhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241548/National-Grid-able-cope-new-wind-farms-say-energy-experts.html97647317464New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/energy-environment/09wind.html976473