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British National Trust opposes wind farms

Mar 08, 2013 (UPI)

Britain's National Trust says it will challenge 25 wind farm projects as part of a battle plan to maintain the country's rural environments. The Trust -- a priv...

RMT Safely Constructs Seven Wind Projects in 2012

Mar 06, 2013 (SPX)

RMT has completed the design and construction of 555 megawatts of renewable energy in 2012. A subsidiary company of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, LLC ...

Prysmian Gets New Contract For Connection Of Offshore Wind Park

Mar 05, 2013 (SPX)

Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth in excess of 50 million euro by TenneT, operator of transmission systems in Germany and the Netherlands, fo...

Scientists have overestimated capacity of wind farms to generate power

Mar 04, 2013 (SPX)

People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as...

Rethinking wind power

Feb 26, 2013 (SPX)

"People have often thought there's no upper bound for wind power-that it's one of the most scalable power sources," says Harvard applied physicist David Keith. ...

Global wind energy capacity grows 19 percent in 2012

Feb 25, 2013 (SPX)

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with global installed wind energy...

Czech wind power generation up 'disappointing' 15 percent in 2013

Feb 24, 2013 (UPI)

Energy production from wind resources in the Czech Republic increased a "disappointing" 15 percent to 478 gigawatt-hours in 2013, industry backers said. The Cze...

Finding the right space for offshore wind turbines

Feb 22, 2013 (SPX)

Offshore wind has significant potential to help the United States meet its growing energy needs, but the U.S. marine renewable energy industry has lagged behind...

Oil-rich Brazil aims high with wind-power targets

Feb 20, 2013 (UPI)

Oil-rich Brazil will likely have more wind power capacity than all its Latin American neighbors within less than 10 years, analysts say. Brazil already imports ...

Spotting the invisible cracks in wind turbines

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

Physicists have now developed a new method for analysing the elastic characteristics of mechanical structures subjected to disturbances, akin to the turbulences...

Global wind energy capacity grows 19 per cent in 2012

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with global installed wind energy...

New framework for wind energy assessments

Feb 15, 2013 (SPX)

The new framework document, developed over two years in collaboration with leading consultants and developers, will lead to more transparency and advancements i...

Gone with the wind: French scheme targets farting cows

Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)

A French cattle feed company on Tuesday unveiled a novel form of carbon credits aimed at incentivising farmers to stop cows from emitting climate-changing farts...

Mainstream Renewable Power Starts Building Wind Farm in Chile

Feb 08, 2013 (SPX)

Global wind and solar developer Mainstream Renewable Power has successfully completed Financial Close and has started constructing its 33MW Negrete Cuel Wind Fa...

Britain wind farm proposal scaled back in face of opposition

Feb 07, 2013 (UPI)

The developer of a controversial offshore wind farm in the English Channel announced this week it has reduced its size and moved it farther from shore. Eneco Wi...

Hgcapital And Blue Energy Agree UK Wind Farm Investment Deal

Feb 05, 2013 (SPX)

HgCapital has sold its 177MW wind portfolio, including the developer RidgeWind, to Blue Energy, the UK-based renewable energy investor and developer, the compan...

Sabotage may have felled U.K. wind turbine

Feb 01, 2013 (UPI)

A 115-foot wind turbine that collapsed in Britain last week may have been sabotaged, and a second has been found toppled 18 miles away, officials said. An inves...

Residents oppose new grid link needed for German energy transition

Jan 31, 2013 (UPI)

A planned high-voltage power line seen as a key element of Germany's energy transition this week drew protests from Bavarians along its proposed route. More tha...

France's Areva, Spain's Gamesa announce joint wind power venture

Jan 22, 2013 (UPI)

A new heavyweight in the offshore wind sector took shape this week when France's Areva and Spain's Gamesa announced they were establishing a joint venture. The ...

Maine offshore wind project appears on track for federal funding

Jan 17, 2013 (UPI)

A pilot offshore wind farm project in Maine has received a key approval from state utility regulators, opening the way for federal funding. In a 2-1 vote Tuesda...