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Areva commits to Scotland turbine plant
Nov 21, 2012 (UPI)
A French wind turbine manufacturer that had earlier criticized Britain's wavering energy policies this week announced a major new facility in Scotland. Areva, w...
AREVA deploys its industrial plan to produce a 100 percent French wind power technology
Nov 16, 2012 (SPX)
To coincide with the opening of AREVA's first offices in Le Havre, Luc Oursel presented the progress made with AREVA's industrial plan to produce a 100% French ...
Gannets could be affected by offshore energy developments
Nov 14, 2012 (SPX)
Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that proposed offshore renewable energy developments in the English Channel have the potential to affe...
Scotland approves 85MW Highlands wind farm
Nov 07, 2012 (UPI)
An 85-megawatt wind farm in the Scottish highlands has been approved despite the objections of hikers who say spectacular views of the moors will be ruined. Sco...
China backs suit against Obama over wind farm deal
Oct 19, 2012 (AFP)
China on Friday said it hoped the United States would "fairly" handle a lawsuit filed by a Chinese-led company against President Barack Obama over a blocked win...
DNV KEMA awarded framework agreement for German wind project developer SoWiTec
Oct 09, 2012 (SPX)
Sonnenbuehl-based SoWiTec Development GmbH and Co. KG (SoWiTec) is working in various markets around the world. To support its ambitions, DNV KEMA Energy and Su...
Sandia Labs benchmark helps wind industry measure success
Oct 08, 2012 (SPX)
Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Monday, and the results should help the nation's growing wind ...
Bigger wind turbines make greener electricity
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
The latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS') award-winning Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions podcast series concludes that the larger the wi...
Lawsuit fights Obama ban on wind farm sale to Chinese
Oct 02, 2012 (AFP)
A Chinese-owned company has filed suit against President Barack Obama for blocking its purchase of wind farms near a US military base on national security groun...
EU wind power capacity reaches 100GW
Oct 01, 2012 (UPI)
Europe's installed wind power capacity has reached the landmark 100 gigawatt level even as doubts about the industry's future growth potential persist. The Euro...
US bars China wind farm deal on security grounds
Sep 28, 2012 (AFP)
President Barack Obama blocked a Chinese-led group from purchasing several wind farms near a US naval station Friday, saying the acquisition threatened national...
Wind power faces tax credit uncertainty
Sep 21, 2012 (UPI)
Uncertainty over the U.S. wind tax credit, set to expire at the end of this year, is taking its toll on the country's wind power industry. The tax credit, in ex...
Sufficient wind energy available to meet global demands without damaging climate
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
Though there is enough power in the earth's winds to be a primary source of near-zero emission electric power for the world, large-scale high altitude wind powe...
More accurate wind energy forecasts
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
Wind power is one of the most important forms of renewable energy. In order to exploit inland wind as effectively as possible, turbines must be optimally positi...
Wind could meet many times world's total power demand by 2030
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
In 2030, if all energy is converted to clean energy, humans will consume about eleven-and-a-half terawatts of power every year, all sources combined. If there i...
High-altitude winds have large potential as a source of clean energy
Sep 13, 2012 (SPX)
Airborne wind energy-an emerging approach to harnessing high-altitude winds-could scale up fairly quickly if given significant government support for research a...
Report backs greater role for wind energy
Sep 13, 2012 (UPI)
Wind power can play a greater role than currently supported in meeting most or bulk of global energy demand, a report from Stanford and Delaware universities sa...
South Australia blown away by wind power this week
Sep 12, 2012 (SPX)
South Australia's blustery conditions this week had one positive: wind power provided more than half of the state's power on Wednesday, according to the Clean E...
Long-planned Scottish wind project OK'ed
Sep 10, 2012 (UPI)
A major wind farm project in Scotland's Hebrides Islands has been approved after a 10-year battle and significant downsizing of the original plans. Scottish Ene...
SeaRoc charter MPI Adventure for Narec's Offshore Anemometry Hub Installation
Sep 06, 2012 (SPX)
International marine engineering company SeaRoc can confirm that they will charter MPI Adventure to install Narec's Offshore Anemometry Hub (NOAH), scheduled to...
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