Jan 30, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Michael Vickerman, Executive Director, RENEW Wisconsin, to learn more about the proposed legislature that threatens to “kill the wind industry” in Wisconsin.
Jan 27, 2011
If you are building an offshore wind farm then you are buying into a whole bundle of purchasing headaches. But developers are starting to benefit from their limited experience in the market.
Jan 26, 2011
Understanding interplay between domestic vs. foreign manufacturing looking at pressure points such as ease of access, quality and transportation the question that rings out again and again is “Can North American manufacturers really compete on price and quality with China and Asia?”. Well MAKE consulting have been doing critical work in this area for a number of months and have the statistics...
Jan 25, 2011
Britain boosts Europe’s most efficient and developed processes for offshore wind turbines, according to The European Offshore Wind Standards, Permitting and Markets report.
Jan 25, 2011
In a nascent industry like wind vertical integration has its share of risks. But as a way to bypass supply chain bottlenecks, vertical integration has a clear upside at this stage of the sector’s development.
Jan 24, 2011
2010 sees up tick in offshore wind energy financeThis week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: European Wind Energy Association; North Seas Offshore Grid Initiative, Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan & the European Commission; Gamesa, Scottish Enterprise, Dundee City Council and Forth Ports PLC; Spanish Wind Energy Association, Gamesa...
Jan 24, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Philippe Cochet, Senior Vice-President of Alstom Hydro & Wind about Alstom’s pact with EDF Energies Nouvelles to jointly bid for the France’s proposed 6GW of offshore wind, and to learn more about Alstom’s latest 6MW direct drive turbine.
Jan 21, 2011
Manufacturers and operators are pursuing a number of avenues to solve wind energy’s biggest bugbear: intermittency.
Jan 18, 2011
This week’s Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organizations: Dong Energy, Scottish & Southern Energy, PGGM, Dutch Ampère Equity Fund & Triodos Investment Management; Maryland Offshore Wind Task Force; Gamesa, Western Wind Energy Corporation & UniSource Electric; RWE Innogy; Vestavind Offshore, Reinertsen, Vattenfall, Technip, ViciVentus, AF Gruppen...
Jan 18, 2011
A research project led by Gamesa is looking to give Spain a head start in the production of bigger turbines for offshore wind farms.
Jan 17, 2011
Jan 17, 2011
Wind Energy Update speaks to Maxime Pachot, offshore wind turbine manager in the Marine Division of Bureau Veritas, about the first guidelines to be issued for floating offshore wind turbines.
Jan 10, 2011
The US wind industry has reached a utility scale wind capacity of 36,698 MW, with many of the turbines fast approaching the end of their warranty periods.
Jan 10, 2011
As the UK enters round three, offshore wind projects in Europe are fighting for funding. Wind Energy Update speaks to Annette Schmitt, energy director at consulting firm KPMG, in Frankfurt, about European developers’ strategies for securing funding and garnering returns on offshore wind investments, as well as the challenges ahead for German offshore wind farm developers.
Jan 10, 2011
Cape Wind seeks project financeThis week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: Cape Wind, Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Grid; Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation and Freshwater Wind; Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction and American Superconductor; RWE Innogy, Linnhoff Offshore AG and...
