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Optimism tempered by new reality in Britain
Wind's political credit with government is just about used up and it cannot hold out its hand for more money. New thinking is required to bolster wind's credibility and bring down costs, particularly ...
The beginning of a Canada boom
Political and utility interest in seeing wind power succeed in Canada has never been stronger, but at the national wind energy association's annual conference delegates were warned that it is up to th...
Pragmatic reality and a new humility
Life is tough offshore, much tougher than early experience with demonstration wind plant in sheltered waters ever suggested. At the Copenhagen offshore wind conference, the industry found itself debat...
Government shows a new determination
Swaying under the pressure of escalating oil prices, India has again firmed up plans to boost renewables capacity on orders from the country's president, Abdul Kalam, and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
The role of bearings in gearbox failure
As the largest rotating machines in series production, wind turbines continue to break the bounds of all known engineering. Gearboxes are one of several components which must perform in ways never as...
Taking offshore wind in its stride
With long stretches of coastline, plenty of wind and two decades of experience with wind turbines on land, Scandinavia leads the world in offshore wind power development, with 420 MW in operation and ...
Lost chance for fixing British certificates market -- Government pulls solution after criticism from renewables industry
As prices for renewable energy in the UK reach new heights, the government's main support mechanism -- the Renewables Obligation (RO) -- has come in for yet more criticism for keeping costs to the con...
Defence comes first and foremost
Britain is the only country where military interests pose a major barrier to wind development. Pressured by government, the country's defence authorities are now working with the wind industry to asse...
Political chill puts freeze on optimism
Blue skies and winter sunshine greeted the 300 delegates gathered in Sydney for the seventh annual conference of the Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA), Auswind 2005, in mid August. The overa...
Going mainstream at the grid face
Electricity supply systems were not designed with wind power in mind and until recently wind turbines were not designed to aid grid stability. But times are changing. Grid codes are being modified to ...
On the way to a proper market
Wind project developers have descended on Italy in force after green certificate trading replaced production incentives for renewables. Certificate prices are being kept high thanks to careful nursing...
Nuclear utility with a wind portfolio
EDF Energies Nouvelles, the dedicated renewables arm of state-run utility Electricit de France (EDF), is not only the largest developer, owner and operator of wind generation in France, but also the ...
Creativity is the key in a hot money market
Renewable energy in the US is seeing a surge in support from investors, but rising costs and the lack of long term purchase contracts and uniform standards means developers and financiers need to be r...
Booming market but tougher than ever
A shortage of wind turbines is driving up prices in the United States. With demand outstripping supply in the brief time span of the current PTC, delegates at the American industry's annual conference...
Market economics favour green choice
New Zealand's wind market is taking off as rising electricity prices, fears of hydro shortages and carbon constraints make development of wind power stations an economic option for companies in the bu...
The giant stirs and shakes its fist at wind
In its renewed pitch for legitimacy as a viable provider of electricity, the nuclear power industry is discovering that in wind energy it has a serious rival. Attack has been adopted as the best form ...
More investors bring financial health
Not long ago, finding institutional investors and lenders willing to take a chance on wind plant ownership was no easy task. Today, new sources of equity are flooding in and competition among lenders ...
A company determined to be different
Since it was founded in 1984, Germany's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Enercon, has developed into perhaps the most enigmatic company in the wind industry. Despite selling what appear to be the mo...
Industry pressured by bigger customers
Undeterred by a year of market stagnation, the march of utilities and large independent power producers into wind plant ownership continues, putting turbine manufacturers under ever increasing pressur...
Taking the risk out of variable supply
Markets for trade of electricity are traditionally structured without taking account of generation that cannot meet pre-determined delivery schedules. The policy failure makes trading wind generation ...
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