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Conference Report China: World asks China to drop its barriers
The flood of visitors to China Wind Power 2009 was testimony to the excitement surrounding China's dynamic market, but the challenges to sustainable growth are many - with issues of quality, market tr...
Conference Report China: Grid weakness hinders growth
As visitors swarmed through the doors of the exhibition hall at China Wind Power 2009, the leading turbine suppliers were ready to do battle for their business.
Conference Report China: Battle for technology supremacy
One step into the exhibition hall at the China Wind Power 2009 exhibition in Beijing in October, was enough to see that some feisty rivalry was afoot.
Conference Report UK: Town halls blamed for permits slump
The gloves came off in Liverpool as the UK wind industry rounded on England's Nimbyocracy and attacked the country's sluggish planning system for choking off wind development.
Conference Report Offshore: Experts plan wind without borders
With all EU member states now obliged to meet firm targets for renewable energy use, offshore wind is set to play a major role but, policy-wise, there is much to do and its success will largely hinge ...
Conference Report Offshore: The Stockholm Declaration
A total of 29 recommendations for action in four policy areas to enable offshore wind power "to provide a significant contribution to European energy supply at low costs" make up the Stockholm Declara...
Conference Report Offshore: Prospects for Offshore supergrid
The offshore supergrid bandwagon was in full throttle at the European Offshore Wind conference in Stockholm in September.
Australia Report: The lucky country ups the stakes
Australia has launched a new renewable energy target that should act as a major catalyst to wind development, but there are still grid problems and a credit crunch to overcome.
Conference Report Italy: Plenty of potential but problems persist
Driven by its obligation to meet the EU's renewables targets for 2020, Italy's installed wind capacity has seen a remarkable increase despite the recession. But if that growth is to continue, the coun...
Conference Report Italy: A Record Year
ZeroEmission Rome is a three-day event at Rome's trade fair devoted to renewable energy, environmental sustainability, climate change mitigation and emission trading.
Conference Report: Canada - Questions hold back a burgeoning market
With Canada's federal Eco-Energy for Renewable Power incentive programme coming to a close, and insufficient clarification on the country's current political stance on wind energy, the mood of the ann...
European Offshore Wind Conference: Confidence around every corner
Attracting almost double the number of delegates expected, the vitality of the offshore wind market was on full show at the recent European Offshore Wind conference in Stockholm.
Operations and Maintenance: Independent Service makes its case
With turbine owners struggling to manage downtime, independent service providers are upping their game and making a case for preventative maintenance to improve performance figures.
New Zealand conference: Enthusiasm high but market stuck
It seems nothing can take the wind out of the sails of the New Zealand wind community. Even as the global recession bites, project refusals mount and national policy hangs in the air, visitors attendi...
New Zealand conference: Opportunities across the Tasman sea
Ties across the Tasman Sea have traditionally been strong between the Australian and New Zealand wind power markets. With the Australian wind business set to take off again, eyes in New Zealand are sw...
Wind integration becomes big business
No two transmission system operators are demanding the exact same technical requirements for hooking wind turbines onto the wires, forcing their manufacturers to provide a range of variables for each ...
Wind finding its way in liquidity crisis
Institutional investors and infrastructure funds are stepping up to invest in wind alongside cash laden utilities, while government lending entities are easing the purse strings on lines of credit. Ev...
Pioneering passion missing in Marseille
Depressed by the dismal state of the financial markets and having now won a series of political victories for which it has fought for years, the European wind power sector seemed uncertain about what ...
Market drivers are stronger than ever
The global credit crisis has done little to impact the soaring confidence in China's wind market. The message coming out of the Global Wind Power 2008 conference in Beijing in late October was that, i...
Provincial leadership for federal policy
So convinced are Canada's provinces about the benefits of wind power that they are forging ahead with strong policies to see it developed. But a clear federal energy policy is essential for pulling it...
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