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Austrian utility buys 16 MW Black Sea coast wind project
Verbund-Austrian Renewable Power, the renewable energy subsidiary of Austrian utility Verbund, has entered the Bulgarian wind energy market with the acquisition of a 16 MW project under construction o...
Special Report Europe 2020 - Limited expectations - Not making the best of their potential - Directive puts pressure on Austrian government to act
By 2020 the share of renewables in Austria's energy supply must rise to 34% to meet the requirements of the EU energy directive, up from 23.3% in 2005. Even though the large hydro resource in the coun...
Market comes to a halt in Austria
Austria's wind sector has ground to a halt. Under the current market structure no new projects are expected in 2009, according to Stefan Moidl from Interessengemeinschaft Windkraft, the Austrian wind ...
Wind lobby protests Austrian funding to Euratom
The Austrian wind lobby, IG Windkraft, has joined forces with others campaigning against the country's annual EUR 40 million contribution to the European nuclear organisation, Euratom. "It is not in o...
Austrian wind sector in uproar
Profits for owners of wind turbines in Austria could be slashed by up to 50% if a proposal by the country's energy regulator to raise network charges this year is adopted, says IG Windkraft, a wind tu...
Fourth vote delay for prices in revised renewable energy law
The latest revisions to Austria's renewable electricity law -- originally announced in 2006 and now planned to come into force at the start of next year -- have been rejected after political intervent...
Bewag cancels plans to divest wind division
Austrian energy firm Bewag, 51% owned by the state of Burgenland, has cancelled plans to part-divest its subsidiary Austrian Wind Power (AWP). The company operates 138 turbines with a combined generat...
A depressing year for Austria
Austria's wind sector suffered a depressing year, with just ten turbines (19.5 MW) installed in 2007 and 2.5 MW decommissioned, bringing the total to 612 operational turbines with a combined capacity ...
China sells more carbon credits from wind power to Austria
Austria's Kommunalkredit Public Consulting (KPC) is to buy another 3.8 million carbon credits from China Longyuan Electric Power Group under a deal agreed in November. The credits, each equivalent to ...
First wind plant on the way in Macedonia
Austria's Nova Energija is building an EUR 80 million wind farm in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Comprising 30 turbines, it will be the country's first wind plant. The project will be ove...
Wind driven deals for carbon credits
Wind power projects in China, Hungary and Estonia, with a combined capacity of 419 MW, have been signed up by the Austrian government to contribute carbon emission reduction credits to help it meet it...
Chinese manufacturer develops 3 MW and 5 MW turbines
China's Sinovel Wind Corporation is to develop 3 MW and 5 MW machines for use both onshore and offshore together with Windtec, a small Austrian company recently bought by American Superconductor Corpo...
Installations come to a crashing halt -- New law stifles Austria
As expected, wind development in Austria ground to a halt in the second half of 2006 after the introduction of a controversial new eco-electricity law which limits support for renewable energy. While ...
American firm gets foothold in Asia -- Trans Atlantic acquisition
Seizing the opportunity to get a foot in the door of the hugely promising Asian market for wind turbines, American Superconductor (AMSC) is buying Windtec, a little known and privately held Austrian c...
Austria teams up with Croatian form to develop 50 MW
Croatian company Censur Zrmanja and Austrian firm CE Energy Holding AG have agreed to jointly develop the 50 MW Jasenice wind farm, near Zadar in Croatia. The $53 million project will be built in five...
Stirrings of serious interest to develop 100 MW in Bosnia
The first wind power project concessions in Republika Srpska, one of two regions making up Bosnia-Herzegovina, should be issued next year, says the region's energy minister, Vladimir Glamocic. So far ...
New eco-power law bad news for wind says industry
Austria's new eco-power law, approved by parliament last month and due to take effect in October, is bad news for wind power, says the industry association IG Windkraft. There is a "significant worsen...
Carbon credits option for Austria
While wind development in Austria is grinding to a halt due to policy dithering on renewables legislation, the government is progressing with a targeted strategy to reap CO2 emissions credits abroad t...
Austrian financial support for 300 MW wind project in Ukraine
A 300 MW wind project in the autonomous republic of Crimea in Ukraine may be recognised by Austria as a Joint Implementation/Clean Development Mechanism project under the Kyoto protocol. If Austria in...
Austria boom likely to stop
Around EUR 275 million was invested in 117 turbines totalling 218 MW in Austria in 2005, bringing the cumulative total to 819 MW from 531 turbines, reports the Austrian wind energy association IG Wind...
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