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Cape Wind Remains a Dream: Project Developer Gives Up

12/04/2017

It was to be the first offshore wind farm in the USA. What remains is 16 years of struggle against windmills.

'Red Wind' for Russia

12/01/2017

Dutch wind turbine manufacturer Lagerwey has set up a joint venture with Russian company NovaWind to push wind energy in Russia.

Offshore Boom in the Netherlands

12/01/2017

The Netherlands are small, but the coast is long. This is why the government has released three large offshore areas off the North Sea coast in recent years: Borssele, Hollandse Kust Zuid (South) and Hollandse Kust Noord (North) creating an ever-increasing offshore boom.

ENGIE Wins Big in Mexican Auction

11/29/2017

French power producer ENGIE has obtained four projects in the Long Term Electricity Auction organized by Mexico’s National Center for Energy Control (CENACE), the company announced last week.

One Man's Curse Is Another Man's Blessing

11/24/2017

In early November, the U.S. House of Representatives published its tax reform proposal. Since the wind industry is massively affected, wind energy associations and companies have been running a storm ever since. However, the reform could also bring advantages for small wind turbines. One manufacturer is indeed particularly delighted.

Importance of met towers will decrease

11/21/2017

Vaisala predicts SoDAR and LiDAR measurements are the future, as they can collect significantly more data.

Onshore Giant Up in the North

11/17/2017

Sweden hasn't yet made a name for itself in the wind energy sector. But this will soon change. Within the next two years a new cluster of onshore wind farms will be built high up in northern Sweden - the largest one in Europe.

Repowering Europe's Highest Wind Farm

11/15/2017

Vestas is to repower the Tauernwindfarm in Austria - a task that requires special solutions

Comment: Rumble in the Jungle in Germany

11/10/2017

In Germany, the climate topic is at the centre of attention these days: While the former capital Bonn hosts the COP23 world climate conference, participants in the current capital Berlin are also fighting over climate issues in exploratory talks for a so called 'Jamaica Coalition'.

E. ON Wind Service Takes over Maintenance in Scottish Wind Farm

11/09/2017

The Drone Hill wind farm has 22 Nordex wind turbines, which will be maintained by E. ON Wind Service over the next five to ten years.

MHI Vestas Finds Cause for Turbine Fire in Prototype

11/06/2017

On 4 August, the prototype of the world's largest wind power plant to date, with an output of 9.5 megawatts, burned to the ground. Now the cause is found.

Green Lights for Grid Development: Denmark Approves Major Expansion of International Electricity Grid

11/03/2017

The Danish Ministry of Energy has given green lights for the building of the Viking Link. This will allow the Danish grid operator Energinet to route a power cable from Denmark to the UK, thus simplifying the international exchange of energy. At the same time, the power connection towards Germany is being expanded.

Outdated Energy Policy Will Cost Britain Billions

10/27/2017

The British Government has ambitious objectives: to offer Europe's lowest electricity generation costs to its citizens, as promised by a recent plan. An outdated energy policy, on the other hand, will ensure that the island will soon lag far behind its neigtbouring countries, as an environmental protection organization has now pointed out.

Chinese Order for Vestas‘ Tubular Steel Towers

10/26/2017

Vestas’ high tower solutions is designed for projects in low- and ultra-low-wind sites and helps China get more wind projects done.

Amazon's Largest Wind Farm Is Delivering Electricity

10/20/2017

Internet giant Amazon continues to invest heavily in renewable energies and is bringing its largest wind farm to the grid, the Amazon Wind Farm Texas with 253 megawatts.

DEWEK 2017: Tendering System Calls for Further Cost Reductions

10/20/2017

For the 13th time German Wind Energy Conference DEWEK took place in Bremen the last two days. Conference focus was once again on technical and scientific innovations that ensure the competitiveness of wind energy, even in times of tendering.

Dig First, Build Later

10/13/2017

Wind energy is supposed to bring people a clean future. But sometimes dirty details from the past are revealed...

Russia Will Invest in Renewables Next Year

10/12/2017

Next year, calls for tenders for the construction of renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of almost 1 GW are to take place in Russia

A New Start After The Disaster - Puerto Rico Offers a Unique Opportunity

10/06/2017

It is well known how difficult and cost-intensive it is to convert an existing electricity grid so that it can absorb fluctuating amounts of renewable energy. Puerto Rico now has the opportunity to show how quickly a functioning grid coping with renewables from the beginning can be built up.

New MHI Vestas plant in Denmark starts production

10/05/2017

Power Converter Modules (PCM) will be assembled in the port of Esbjerg on the Danish west coast.

All Eyes On... Iowa

09/29/2017

In recent decades, the US state of Iowa has developed from a classical agricultural state to a progressive and innovative one. The high-tech company Apple recently announced that its new data center in Iowa is under construction. The reason for the attractiveness of the state is blowing in the wind...

Major European project: Serbia gets 105 MW wind farm

09/28/2017

One of the first large wind farms in Serbia is put together by far-reaching international cooperation

Will the US soon stand side by side with Syria?

09/22/2017

According to reports from state media, Nicaragua will soon sign the Paris Climate Agreement which they initially refused in 2015. This would make Syria the only non-signatory state standing alone – at least for a while. Because a prominent partner is already in sight...

FairWind installs wind farm in Uruguay

09/19/2017

FairWind has successfully completed the installation of 22 E-92 wind turbines for Wobben Windpower in Uruguay.

A storm is brewing for the wind industry

09/15/2017

Sometimes reality writes the best stories – at least this is what happened in Husum, Germany, where storm front Sebastian yesterday caused a temporary interruption and evacuation of the HUSUM Wind trade fair. At the same time this is exactly what is happening to the German wind industry at the moment – it's going to get ugly.

Watershed moment: World will reach a plateau of final energy demand around 2030

09/08/2017

The first energy transition outlook from DNV GL predicts that the world's energy supply will flatten from 2030 onwards, but there is still cause for concern because the two-degree target of Paris will clearly be missed.

Netherlands: Capacity of 10 GW untapped in the area of the Dutch Wadden Sea Islands

09/05/2017

A new study by BLIX shows the huge potential of 10 GW for offshore wind energy which is currently untapped in the Wadden Sea off the province of Groningen. The province wants to use this capacity and sends a recommendation to the national government.

Until the Bubble Has Burst

09/01/2017

The wind power industry has developed magnificently over the past few years in Germany. More and more people have been employed in this industrial branch, and German know-how is exported all over the world. But Germany's change of system to tenders now threatens to end this trend. Recently voices have been getting louder, which draw attention to a looming drama in (German) wind industry.

30-Year Anniversary for the First German Wind Farm

08/25/2017

30 turbines went live 30 years ago - the dimensions have changed quite a bit since then though...

Who turned the clock back?