Report: $335 billion-plus to be spent on offshore wind through 2016
Thursday, 22 March 2012 REMA new report from analysts Douglas-Westwood contends that over $225 billion will be spent on offshore wind over the next four years, with production services dominating the expenditures.
Wind power can save water as well as cut emissions, says EWEA
Thursday, 22 March 2012 REM The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has taken the opportunity on World Water Day today to highlight how wind energy can also contribute to cutting our water consumption compared with other ene...
World's most powerful turbine installed off Belgium
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 REMREpower Systems SE and Belgian offshore project development company C-Power NV have installed the world’s most powerful offshore turbine, 28 kilometres off the port of Oostende.
TPI Composites and ALKE launch wind blade JV in Turkey
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 REMScottsdale, Ariz.-based TPI Composites, Inc. and ALKE ÃŽNÅžAAT, an engineering firm in Istanbul, have formed JV to manufacture large composite wind turbine blades in Turkey.
United Kingdom
Coordinated approach could save offshore wind billions, says energy regulator
Wednesday, 21 March 2012 REM The UK’s Energy regulator, Ofgem, and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published a report at the start of the month showing how more coordination in the development of offshore lin...
Gamesa enters distributed and community wind market in the US
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REMGamesa is entering the distributed and community wind energy market through an agreement that makes Harvest the Wind Network a primary distributor of Gamesa's family of G5X-850 kW turbines.
Hochtief ODS acquires four North Sea wind farms from Enova
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REMGermany's Hochtief Offshore Development Solutions has acquired the four offshore wind farms, North Sea Windpower 4-7 (NSWP 4-7), from the project developer Enova for an undisclosed purchase price.
Alstom inaugurates largest offshore wind turbine in the world
Monday, 19 March 2012 REMFrench infrastructure and energy giant Alstom has debuted the largest offshore wind turbine in the world, at Carnet in the Loire-Atlantique.
Sweden
Deal in place for 160 MW to 250 MW wind farm in Sweden
Friday, 16 March 2012 REMArise Windpower has signed a memorandum of understanding with Platina Partners LLP, a European investment firm to jointly finance, build, own and operate a a substantial wind farm in Lingbo, Sweden.
Europe
Dong Energy ditches coal and gas in favour of wind
Friday, 16 March 2012 Toby Price At the same as announcing plans to invest more in wind rather than new coal and gas plants, Dong Energy has submitted a letter to the European Commission after it presented its Energy Roadmap 2050 for...
Low-cost solar thermal solutions launched for Indian industries
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