WINDDAILY

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Offshore wind to bring $3.4 billion to British economy
Jul 16, 2013 (UPI)
The British government said Wednesday it signed off on plans to build the 700 megawatt Rampion wind farm off the coast of Sussex. German utility company E.ON is...
Sky Harvest To Acquire Vertical Axis Wind Turbine Technology And Manufacturing Facilities
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
Sky Harvest Windpower is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a vertical axis wind turbine manufacturing and sales business from...
Wind Energy: Components Certification Helps Reduce Costs
Jul 15, 2013 (SPX)
Due to increasing international competition, manufacturers of wind turbines are under pressure when it comes to costs. The certification process in particular c...
Scotland investing $3.67 million to make wind development cost effective
Jul 14, 2013 (UPI)
The Scottish government said it was investing more than $3.5 million to cut the cost of offshore wind energy development by at least 10 percent. The Scottish go...
London gives financial boost to rural renewable energy efforts
Jul 14, 2013 (UPI)
More rural communities across the United Kingdom could gain from developing their own sources of renewable energy, the British energy minister said Monday. The ...
Wind power does not strongly affect greater prairie chickens
Jul 12, 2013 (SPX)
Wind power development does not ruffle the feathers of greater prairie chicken populations, according to the results of a seven-year study from a Kansas State U...
Dominion doing tests off Virginia coast for possible wind farm
Jul 11, 2013 (UPI)
Dominion Virginia Power said it's conducting tests off the coast of Virginia to determine the strength of the sea bed for wind turbine installations. The compan...
U.S., German companies to operate Texas Panhandle wind farm
Jul 09, 2013 (UPI)
Subsidiaries of GE and German energy company E.ON announced a joint partnership to operate a 211-megawatt wind farm in the Texas Panhandle. GE Energy Financial ...
UAE's Masdar eyeing more Britain offshore wind investments
Jul 08, 2013 (UPI)
United Arab Emirates renewable energy company Masdar says it is seeking more investments in Britain following the inauguration of the massive London Array. Masd...
Mafia turning to wind farms to launder money
Jul 04, 2013 (AFP)
The Italian mafia is ramping up investment in wind farms to launder money and benefit from EU subsidies, according to a Europol report published on Thursday. Eu...
Sixteen companies cleared for August wind energy auction in Maryland
Jul 03, 2013 (UPI)
Sixteen companies are cleared to take part in an upcoming lease sale to develop wind energy off the Maryland coast, the U.S. government announced. Interior Secr...
O2 sells third wind farm to IKEA
Jul 03, 2013 (SPX)
The IKEA Group, in partnership with O2, has made a new investment in windpower in Sweden. 7 new wind turbines will be built at Ramsberget in the province of Dal...
Great progress on wind installations, Germany's RWE says
Jul 01, 2013 (UPI)
The last of the 160 wind turbines at an installation off the Welsh coast are in place and the facility should be online by winter, Germany's RWE said Tuesday. T...
Next step on King Island wind power project welcomed
Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)
The Clean Energy Council today welcomed the decision by Hydro Tasmania to proceed with a feasibility study for its proposed TasWind project on King Island, whic...
Policy issues plague hydropower as wind power backup
Jun 28, 2013 (SPX)
Theoretically, hydropower can step in when wind turbines go still, but barriers to this non-polluting resource serving as a backup are largely policy- and regul...
Chile expands wind power resources
Jun 27, 2013 (UPI)
Chile has set sights on expanding wind power generation as President Sebastian Pinera's government battles environmental controversies over multibillion dollar ...
Offshore wind dominates British renewable power sector
Jun 26, 2013 (UPI)
Offshore wind energy increased the most last year for any renewable energy resource available on the British grid, the government said Thursday. The British Dep...
Renewable energy use gaining worldwide: IEA
Jun 25, 2013 (AFP)
Renewables like solar and wind represent the fastest-growing source of energy power generation and will make up a quarter of the global power mix by 2018, the I...
Scotland boasts of financial weight behind climate change fight
Jun 23, 2013 (UPI)
The Scottish government said it's invested more than $100 million in a fund meant to help local communities address the challenges of climate change. Scottish M...
Spanish downturn a disaster for green energy
Jun 23, 2013 (AFP)
Spain's wind turbine manufacturers are laying off workers and farmers who installed solar panels are facing ruin as austerity policies afflict the long-coddled ...
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