News Archive March 2005

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Wind turbine to provide energy to cell phones?

03/01/2005

Utah, USA - Windtower Composites receives $1.5 million grant to demonstrate low speed wind Turbine

03/02/2005

Grant from the CEC helps test new turbine tower materials and erection methods to revolutionise the wind energy industry

Tasmania, Australia - Wind energy plans to create more Tasmanian jobs

03/03/2005

Newly appointed AWEA chief executive visits steel fabrication workshop at Breadalbane.

Gale-force winds snap wind turbine propellers in Japan

03/04/2005

Investigation into incident underway

Will the tide turn in renewable energy?

03/05/2005

Revolutionary breakthrough in tidal technology

Nordex shareholders withdrawing objections to resolutions passed at the annual general meeting

03/06/2005

Objections of shareholders withdrawn

Renewable energy law creates new opportunity in China

03/07/2005

PD journalist interviews Feng Zhijun for better understanding of law and it’s significance

Contracts for eight wind projects completed by GE Energy in Canada

03/08/2005

Previously Announced Agreement Totals 990 MW

UK - Wind farm in Cheshire generates questions

03/09/2005

Three turbines being considered set to power 1,600 homes

Subscription ratio required for Nordex AG recapitalization achieved

03/10/2005

Approximately 10 million shares subscribed in the subscription phase / new investors able to acquire a 52% majority stake

India ranks 5th in world in wind power installed capacity

03/11/2005

As of yet wind power projects aggregating 2,980 MW have been installed in the country

Wind Development in Sweden Grows by 10 MW

03/12/2005

SKF has partnered with energy company Falkenbergs Utvecklings to start a wind energy development centre

Global expansion of wind energy continues I

03/13/2005

Pace of installation needs to accelerate to combat climate change

Global expansion of wind energy continues II

03/14/2005

Pace of installation needs to accelerate to combat climate change

WIDESPREAD APPROVAL FOR EOLICA EXPO MEDITERRANEAN 2005

03/15/2005

2006 European Wind Energy Conference: Call for Abstracts

03/16/2005

Conference widely recognized as Europe's premier wind energy event

Australia - Roof turbine could slash energy bills

03/17/2005

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) applies to Perth and Kinross Council for the small turbine

Novera energy joins UK wind energy venture

03/18/2005

Co-development of wind energy sites in Scotland and northern England

Example for growth set by German wind energy industry I

03/19/2005

German wind energy example is best pratice for worldwide wind energy expansion

Example for growth set by German wind energy industry II

03/19/2005

German wind energy example is best pratice for worldwide wind energy expansion

Pakistan approves 25-year energy plan

03/20/2005

Plans to increase its energy generation capacity by 143,000 mw in the next 25 years to 162,590 mw

Africa project aims for clean energy

03/21/2005

Indebted Africa sinks under rising oil prices

Wind energy news from the province: Turbine bid turned down

03/22/2005

Plans to build a new wind turbine in St Newlyn East have been rejected by Carrick district council.

Wind energy is still expensive in Germany

03/23/2005

Wind energy development report shows that wind energy is expensive, but Germany will continue to build wind turbines

Spanish Congress underlines support to renewable energy

03/24/2005

Recommendation calls on member governments to promote renewable energy sources

Wind energy project planned in Syria

03/25/2005

USA - Texas takes alternative route

03/26/2005

State ahead of schedule to meet its mandate on energy

Germany - Nordex takes on N90 wind turbine blade production

03/27/2005

Nordex starts internal production of rotor blades for its N90 2,300 kW turbine

UK - Three quarters of Scots back wind farms, says new poll

03/28/2005

Celebrity champions join ordinary Scots as national pro-wind campaign launches

Philippines – First wind farm in Southeast Asia starts operations next month

03/29/2005

First 70-metre, 1.6-megawatt (MW) wind turbine erected two weeks ago

US company Zoltek wins major order for turbine blades

03/30/2005

Agreement to supply Spain’s Fiberblade

China - Energy from wind and solar resources for Shanghai?

03/31/2005

Attempt to optimize the city's energy structures