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Little guys face big trouble in China
CHINA: The little guys are panicking. China is launching tough regulations aimed at strengthening the position of its strongest players and erasing inefficient smaller operators from the wind scene. T...
Nordex: Twenty-five years of turbine technology
GERMANY: German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex last month celebrated its 25th anniversary at its main production plant at the German port of Rostock. Executives tell Eize de Vries the company is put...
A resource identified
MEXICO: Wind measurements began in Brazil in the late 1990s, when early developers and utilities collected data from 30- to 50-metre meteorological masts, using the information for the first wind farm...
South American nations to realise their power potential
LATIN AMERICA: Just a few years ago, Latin America was seen as a minor one-country market with Brazil offering the only real potential. Now, though, Mexico is hot on Brazil's heels and a patchwork of ...
Interview with Brazilian wind industry vice president Lauro Fiuza
BRAZIL: Abeeólica, the Brazilian wind energy association, was set up in 1997 as the wind industry took its first steps. It is now overseeing a major expansion with a spate of new projects and an influ...
Mexico opens wind industry to private contributions
MEXICO: Mexico's infant wind power industry looks set to meet a government target of 2.5GW of installed capacity by 2012. Developments have been focused on the southern state of Oaxaca, where the land...
How to build an offshore grid
EUROPE: An offshore grid in the North and Baltic seas could be developed over the next 10 to 20 years to allow connection of offshore wind and marine renewables, as well as provide interconnections be...
Retrospective cuts end freeze in Spain amid disgruntlement
SPAIN: The Spanish wind association, Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (AEE), has finally negotiated cuts to wind power production incentives, following a six-month debacle with the central industry minis...
Cutting the cost of offshore wind energy
EUROPE: Estimates of offshore operation and maintenance costs vary considerably. Although a number of turbines have been operating satisfactorily for several years, machine sizes have increased during...
Latin America - a sleeping giant begins to stir
LATIN AMERICA: For many years Latin America has been considered prime territory for the development of the wind industry: growing economies with increasing electricity demand, a broad if not universal...
Monsters of the deep - two 10MW offshore turbine projects
EUROPE: Although Europe's offshore wind industry is gearing up for a massive expansion programme, only around 2GW of capacity is currently operational. This means the sector faces a huge challenge, no...
Europe banks on wind to make targets reality
EUROPE: Some goals are set without a plan to reach them. EU member states agreed in December 2007 that 20% of all energy consumed in the union is to come from renewables by 2020. Two-and-a-half years ...
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Target for wind falls short of industry estimates
BULGARIA: Bulgaria's draft National Renewable Energy Action Plan envisages onshore wind farms with a cumulative capacity of just over 1.25GW, producing 2.260TWh of electricity annually by 2020.
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - New government holds key to renewables share
CZECH REPUBLIC: The Czech National Renewable Energy Action Plan was due to be presented to the new government for approval within four weeks of the republic's general election at the end of May 2010, ...
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Feed-in tariffs to foster major wind expansion
FINLAND: Finland's National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) contains the country's target to raise the share of renewable energy from the 2009 figure of 28% to 38% by 2020.
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Legislative malaise threatens prospects
FRANCE: The renewable energy directive was adopted under the French presidency of the European Union, and France has signed up to an ambitious target for renewables to meet at least 23% of energy need...
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Excess energy could be transferred to neighbours
GERMANY: Germany is among the nations that did not submit its National Renewable Energy Action Plan within the deadline.
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Positive approach expected from new government
HUNGARY: Hungary missed the deadline for submitting its National Renewable Energy Action Plan as a new government, formed in May, was preparing to put its own stamp on the country's renewables strateg...
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Favourable location but grid restricts growth
IRELAND: Wind energy is expected to provide more than 35% of Ireland's electricity, according to government expectations for meeting its 2020 EU commitment.
Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Wind capacity set to triple in next ten years
ITALY: Italy should have 16GW of installed wind capacity by 2020, producing 24.1TWh of electricity annually, according to the government's draft National Renewable Energy Action Plan, released in June...
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