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G7 gets go-ahead for five projects

SOUTH AFRICA - Wind developer G7 Renewable Energies this summer confirmed that it is to go ahead with five wind projects in South Africa.

 
G7 wins five projects in South Africa
 

Europe News

 

Eurus Energy plans 60MW Norway wind farm

A Eurus wind project in Mexico

NORWAY - Eurus Energy Holdings, an offshoot of Tokyo Electric Power is...

 
 

Offshore: France poised to create offshore industrial base

France currently has no offshore wind farms

Its onshore sector stymied by Grenelle 2, France has turned its attention...

 
 

EDA launches latest Azores venture

EDA to complete Azores wind farm by the end of next year

PORTUGAL - The first wind farm on the Azores island of San...

 
 

France tender signals offshore wind drive

France currently has no offshore wind farms

FRANCE - The French government will next month launch a tender which...

 
 

Scottish offshore sector coud provide 48,000 jobs

The 180MW Robin Rigg project is Scotland's only major offshore wind farm

UK: Scotland's offshore sector could provide the region with as many as...

 
 
 
 

UK and Norway agree North Sea cooperation

UK energy minister Charles Hendry

UK: The British and Norwegian governments have agreed to co-operate on the...

 
 

German government approves Renewables plan

German government approves Renewables plan

GERMANY: Germany's draft National Renewable Energy Action Plan has been rubberstamped by...

 
 

Croatia raises wind capacity with third project

Leitwind's LWT-77 turbine will be used in the project

CROATIA: At the end of November a third wind farm is to...

 
 

Nordex receives 68MW in orders from China and Portugal

The S77 1.5MW will be used on the Ningxia project

CHINA: Nordex has been handed a 45MW order from Chinese utility Ningixia...

 
 

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...

 
 
 
 
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How to build an offshore grid

Borwin Alpha. The world's first high-voltage direct converter mounted on an offshore platform

EUROPE: An offshore grid in the North and Baltic seas could be...

 
 

Retrospective cuts end freeze in Spain amid disgruntlement

Build dismay: production incentives were meant to be secure for a wind farm's useful life

SPAIN: The Spanish wind association, Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (AEE), has finally negotiated...

 
 

Cutting the cost of offshore wind energy

Kentish Flats. Serving accounted for half of its running costs in one year

EUROPE: Estimates of offshore operation and maintenance costs vary considerably. Although a...

 
 

Monsters of the deep - two 10MW offshore turbine projects

Sway's 10MW floating offshore turbine

EUROPE: Although Europe's offshore wind industry is gearing up for a massive...

 
 

Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Out of steam the countries that have a long way to go

BALTIC STATES: The Baltic states all yearn to develop wind markets, but...

 
 

Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Power sector will be key to meeting 2020 targets

UK: Wind energy will supply around 20% of UK electricity by 2020...

 
 
 

Europe Events

 

Eolica Expo Mediterranean

 
Date:
07-09 September 2010
Location:
Rome
Organiser:
Zero Emission Rome
 

Husum WindEnergy 2010

 
Date:
21-25 September 2010
Location:
Husum, Germany
Organiser:
Husum Wind Energy
 

NEREC 2010

 
Date:
28-29 September 2010
Location:
Oslo, Norway
 
 
 

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