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Strong east wind drives EU
EUROPE: Despite the global financial crisis, prospects for EU wind development look healthy, with new member states taking the baton from market leaders, as Christian Kjaer tells Jacki Buist
Pricing the project
Bringing all the elements together to calculate the build cost and potential output of a wind farm is crucial to accurately predict its viability. David Milborrow outlines the key expenses
Gaining green approval
EUROPE: Proposed wind farm projects must carry out extensive environmental impact analysis in order to win permission for construction to begin. Andrew Walters outlines some of the challenges.
Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity
As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North America quells demand for wind power, there has been a marked downturn in confidence in the sector's largest market. Yet orders remain...
Turf war - how the US military is holding back wind
US: As the US wind market adjusts to a new and more challenging market landscape, radar conflicts and a lack of transmission are two infrastructural hurdles weighing on the sector during already tryin...
Wind the victor in UK election stalemate
UK: Britain may be unsure how last month's messy general election will play out across the broad spectrum of political issues, but the appointment of a vocal champion of renewables to the post of ener...
EUROPE: The organisations that need to meet the challenges ahead
EUROPE: As the European wind industry becomes a major player, it faces challenges, particularly in transmission and regulation of trade. So who will help to make it happen? The following list, by no m...
The cost of bringing wind into the European market
EUROPE: This year, wind energy will account for about 4% of European electricity supplies. Distribution, however, is uneven, ranging from about 25% in western Denmark, to much lower levels where there...
The US needs a national energy policy
US: Wind turbine industry executives see cost-competitiveness as crucial to long-term growth, and new capital investment that adds capacity and efficiency will be critical. Most agree that the governm...
Free movement of energy is required for 21st century EU
US: European governments, the European Commission (EC) and the European Parliament have begun discussions on how the European energy system should look in 2050. To prepare for such a dramatic overhaul...
Offshore - Eastern superpower eyes maritime might
CHINA: Offshore wind is about to explode in China. 2010 is to be the start of the sector's transition from research and pilot projects to operational wind farms.
Sardinia - Wind-averse island thinks again
ITALY: Although blessed with some of Italy's best wind resources, the island of Sardinia has for years been virtually off the wind power map. That had been changing as a number of projects, many ranki...
Payments - Italy reforms pay for forced cutbacks
ITALY: Italy's energy regulator has announced a more accurate method for compensating wind producers for forced production cutbacks.
Potential superpower builds from bottom up
FRANCE: France is counting on green business to help revive its economy and create jobs, and the wind industry is expected to play a key role.
Negative pricing - When the price is not always right
GERMANY: Since the beginning of this year, Germany's wind and renewables-generated power has all been sold on the Franco-German Epex spot market. Energy can be sold in two ways. The day-ahead - or spo...
Market Status: Czech Republic - Solar boom jeopardises the future of wind power
CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech Republic added 43.75MW of wind capacity in 2009, taking its total to 192MW, and is unlikely to add more than 38MW in 2010.
US Report: Wisconsin - Fewer permit hurdles in linchpin market
US: Wisconsin has watched wind projects in upper Midwest neighbours Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois experience breakneck growth in recent years. But Wisconsin has remained stuck at half a gigawatt of win...
Copenhagen - Some hope amid the haze
Europe: Christian Kjaer sums up the disappointment with the Copenhagen climate summit that was felt by leaders across the renewable energy sector. The biggest climate change conference that the world ...
German consumers face sharp renewables levy hike
Germany report: As the bells were ringing in the new year, Germany was ramping up the charge to support its renewables sector. The country's renewables levy will rise 75% this year, compared with last...
European Technology Platform for Wind Energy looks to map out the EU's energy future
ORGANISATION PROFILE: For the past three years the European Technology Platform for Wind Energy - more commonly known as TPWind - has focused its efforts on the research and development (R&D) needs of...
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