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Transmission needs a European approach
An electricity network disturbance which put the lights out across large patches of the European continent early last month added a new dimension to not only the EU's energy supply dilemmas, but also ...
Tackling the issues with confidence
For the most part, the Canadian Wind Energy Association's 22nd annual conference was a reflection of what president Robert Hornung happily described as a year unlike any we have seen in Canada befor...
Answers trickle in on bird death report
Formal responses from the California Energy Commission (CEC) to charges that a 2004 report it commissioned on bird deaths in Altamont Pass is deeply flawed in its scientific approach and resulted in t...
Beijing forum boxes with pricing policy
Backed by Greenpeace, the wind industry is applying intense pressure on the Chinese government to drop its insistence on competitive tendering and introduce a fixed power purchase price instead. The C...
Seeking a strong lead by government
A clarion call for more strategic clarity from government on energy policy was sounded loud and clear by Britain's wind industry at its annual conference in Glasgow this year. The sector faces a perio...
Big appetites seek new meals abroad
The Spanish wind market is reaching its peak and it would have been no surprise if the industry's main trade fair had been a quiet affair, but exhibitor booths at PowerExpo in Zaragoza were buzzing wi...
Setting the stage for a market renaissance
California, once the world's largest wind market by far, has long been becalmed, scraping an average of less than 150 MW of new development annually for the past five years in a period when others hav...
Happy convergence of man and resource
Wind, wheat farmers and a well-maintained grid form a powerful force for wind power development in the Pacific Northwest. Landowners and the region's utilities are happily working on facilitating many...
Behind the British energy review
In the unshaken belief that electricity markets, when properly structured, serve the people better than bureaucrats fixing purchase prices, the British government is determined to make its Renewables ...
In the mood for doing business
Spirits were high at Global Windpower 2006 last month, a marked change for a renewables event in Australia where the mood at this time last year was anything but cheerful. New market opportunities, bo...
A country with confidence in wind
India's wind power sector, worth around $1.6 billion a year, is booming. Market growth is running at 40% while year-on-year installed capacity grew 48% from 3595 MW in the 2004/05 financial year to 53...
No limits to high wind penetration
The world's wind resource is huge. Global demand for electricity could be met by wind power alone several times over. The presumption, however, is that it is neither technically nor economically feasi...
India spawns a leader without brakes
Having conquered its home market and gained strong footholds in China and the US, Indian wind turbine maker Suzlon has just secured its first large European orders, is considering a factory in Brazil ...
Pioneer marries well and heads for gold
Not many small scale pioneers have made it to the big time as wind plant developers and owners, but La Compagnie du Vent is a thriving exception. Its willingness to marry a far stronger partner to hel...
A tricky market of shifting dynamics
Doing wind business in America is likely to remain a nerve wracking affair of tight margins and perennial problems, even in today's booming market. The potential for wind power is massive and so are t...
Global player makes a stiff bet on wind
Since it announced it was moving into wind three years ago, global power company AES has had a busy time, not least after it bought veteran American wind project developer Seawest. While America remai...
Mixing nuclear and wind in Sweden
With nuclear power enjoying a broad political renaissance in both Europe and America, governments are starting to talk about mixing it with renewables to provide the ultimate low-carbon electricity su...
Facing a market of new realities
The rising price of wind power, the shortage of turbines, the entry of far stronger financial players, and the oil and gas sector's growing interest in the wind business were all strong themes at a re...
Shoulder to shoulder on wind integration
Encouraged by the government, Spain's power system operator is working closely with the wind industry on finding solutions to integrating large volumes of wind power into the national grid while maint...
Settling down to rapid growth
The wind industry's traditionally strong markets in western Europe are being elbowed aside by rapid growth in the United States, Asia and the emerging markets in Europe's east, while some of the most ...
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