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Technical potential for wind limited says India's energy ministry
exploited, including a wind atlas and wind resource assessment in hilly areas of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. MNES will also research the feasibility of offshore wind projects, develop ... Although overall wind power potential in India is now put at 45,000 MW, the technical potential ...
India's cumulative generation reaches 8.6 billion kWh
the government. A total of 476 wind monitoring stations have been established for wind resource assessment. So far 219 stations have already shown wind power density of over 150 W/m2 at 30 metres above ground ... The cumulative generation from wind turbines installed in India up to the end of March reached 8 ...
German developer begins environmental assessment for Baltic offshore project
German wind development consortium GHF/Ventotec has begun an environmental impact analysis for a planned offshore wind station in the Baltic Sea. Site data is being analysed by scientists on board a ... , an independent trading and finance company, declines to release details on the location of the wind station ...
Offshore resource report into renewables published
to be a resource for anyone new to the offshore wind sector, covering everything from technology to grid ... The final report of the Concerted Action on Offshore Wind Energy in Europe (CA-OWEE), paid for by the European Commission, was published late last year. "Offshore wind energy: Ready to power a sustainable ...
Danish embassy workshop highlights potential for wind power in Sri Lanka
is in development mode," noted trade counsellor Vinay Capila. Assessments of Sri Lanka's wind resource indicate that the southern region has the potential for 200 MW of wind power generation. Sarvesh Kumar of RRB Vestas said ... Opportunities for wind power development in Sri Lanka were highlighted at a recent workshop ...
Independent study into wind penetration
into the impacts of increased wind energy penetration on Ireland's electricity system. Consultants are yet to be appointed to conduct the study, expected to have begun in January. It will assess the feasible level of wind ... wind generation on system reliability and power quality, and the costs and benefits of accommodating ...
Norwegian authorities demand environmental report into proposed wind farm
Norway's Water Resources and Energy Administration (NVE) has demanded a special environmental impact assessment and feasibility study of a proposed 32 turbine wind farm atop H g-J ren, a 200 metre ... is the requirement for graphic visualisation of the proposed 90 metre high wind turbines, reports Stavanger Aftenblad ...
Governor paves way for wind
of the Department of Transportation. Wind power developer Atlantic Renewable Energy completed the most recent New York wind project, 30 MW at Fenner, in October, giving the state 48 MW of wind capacity. The plan ... and the Long Island Power Authority -- buy 100 MW of renewable resources each. ...
Financial aid for five wind projects in New York state
System benefits charges doled out to five wind projects in upstate New York will help add 315 MW of wind in the state, a six-fold increase over current generation. Pending negotiations, the New York ... Renewable Energy Corporation for 100 MW plant in Lewis County; Global Wind Harvest for 75 MW in Steuben ...
Bill seeds clean energy crops -- US farmers harvest the wind
to develop wind power resources on their land and diversify their agricultural operations ... to harvest the wind, says a Midwest environmental advocate. "This is a win-win-win for farmers, rural ... that into on the ground projects and deals that move it forward." For wind, the heart of the bill's clean energy ...
Steady progress through still waters -- Offshore wind farms in Britain
Progress continues on offshore wind projects around Britain's coast. Three further developers have ... wind farms -- each of a maximum of 30 wind turbines. Developers are hoping to share in a £74 million ... Scroby Sands wind farm off the east coast town of Great Yarmouth was the first project to gain planning ...
Scottish renewables study looks at resources available
be available to Scotland at under £0.07/kWh. Most of the resource is wind -- both onshore and offshore -- wave ... Scotland has enough resources to supply all its electricity needs from renewables -- and still have ... potential energy from onshore wind power alone to meet Scotland's winter peak demand for power twice over ...
Correction on use of DEWI wind data for under performing wind stations
Correction: No wind measurements were carried out by the Deutsches Wind Energie Institut (DEWI) for three under-performing wind stations near Bremerhaven, as reported in Windpower Monthly, March 2002. DEWI made wind resource calculations from meteorological long term data provided by the German Weather ...
Global wind goal revised upwards -- Wind Force 12
faster than anticipated. The report is based on a study of the world's wind resources and the level ... A global blueprint for action for achieving 12% of the world's electricity from wind energy by 2020 has been launched by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and Greenpeace. The report -- Wind ...
Luring German wind investors abroad
Extending the German model of private investment in small wind funds to larger projects abroad is an exercise currently being undertaken by a series of wind power developers. But taking the fund model abroad will require a deal of financial and legal expertise not yet possessed by the wind industry, warn a series ...
Australian Wind Association releases guidelines for future development
The Australian Wind Energy Association has released its best practice guidelines for development of wind projects. The guidelines seek to set a benchmark for assessing wind developments in Australia ... arching wind developers reference source," they are designed to complement similar documents produced ...
Sweden approves 42 MW coastal wind development
The Swedish government has approved plans for a 42 MW wind development off the south coast ... Assessment by the environment authority, reports national news agency TT. The offshore project is being developed by Hemse Ab, part of Vindkompaniet -- an affiliate of Danish wind firm NEG Micon -- together ...
IEA website offering information on wind energy development
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is launching a website offering information on wind energy development in cold climates. The site will target wind projects proposed or operated in temperatures lower than 20 degrees Celsius and projects that suffer icing problems. "The Arctic wind power market ...
Sellicks Beach community polarised by proposed wind farm
A bid to develop a 70-122 MW wind farm in the Sellicks Hill/Myponga region of South Australia is experiencing community opposition. The proposal, by New Zealand developers TrustPower in conjunction with Wind Farm Developments, to build the wind farm 50 kilometres south of Adelaide has polarised the Sellicks ...
Calls to double Canada's wind power production incentive
Canada's wind power production incentive (WPPI) should be more than doubled to allow wind ... . The figure is far below the cost premium for wind energy production in Canada and nowhere near the value ... governments should expand the WPPI to better reflect the necessary incentive and to harmonise with the US wind ...
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