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Germany Acts to Ensure Level Playing Field and Data Security in Wind Energy
The German Economy and Energy Ministry issued a five-point Action Plan today to address current challenges to the European and German wind energy supply chain. The Action Plan recognises the need to...
THE EUROPEAN SOLAR INDUSTRY FACING A CHALLENGE – PROPOSED EMERGENCY MEASURES TO PROTECT EU PRODUCERS
The European solar industry could face big losses, if policymakers do not implement urgent measures to protect producers of solar photovoltaic modules in the European Union in the coming period, according to...
Net Zero Industry Act threatens to be a backward step for Europe’s wind industry
Wind is 19 per cent of the electricity consumed in Europe. Nearly all of Europe’s wind turbines are made in Europe. Europe’s wind energy supply chain is big – over 250 factories...
GE & ENGIE Partner On 119 Megawatt South Australian Wind Farm
GE Renewable Energy has partnered with ENGIE in Australia to develop the 119 MW Willogoleche Wind Farm in South Australia, which is expected to be completed by the middle of 2018 and...
US Solar Industry Creates Jobs 17 Times Faster Than Rest Of The Economy
A new report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reveals that solar jobs in the U.S. (and other nations) are expanding quickly. As of November 2016, the American solar industry...
Wind Power Gives Oklahoma Schools a Lifeline During Budget Cuts
The Oklahoman recently took a look at what the Sooner State's growing wind industry has meant for rural school districts.
Its findings: Wind power has made a big difference.
Oklahoma has faced steep cuts...
US Wind Sector Has Best Quarter Since 2009, With More Than 2,000 MW Installed
The US wind energy sector had its best quarter since 2009, installing 908 utility-scale wind turbines totaling 2,000 megawatts of new capacity.
New figures published Tuesday by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA)...
DONG Energy Retires World’s First Offshore Wind Farm
The offshore wind industry yesterday marked the end of an era, as Danish utility DONG Energy announced it is to decommission the world's first offshore wind farm after 25 years of service.
The...
UK Offshore Wind ‘Will Lower Energy Bills’ More than Nuclear
Offshore windfarms could provide cheaper power than Britain's new wave of nuclear power stations, a leading figure in the wind industry has claimed.
Speaking to the the Guardian, Hugh McNeal, the chief executive...
Wind Industry Salutes Fresh Output Record
The UK's onshore and offshore wind farms set a new output record yesterday, passing the 10,000MW mark for the first time, according to new figures from National Grid.
The record of 10,104MW was...
New Mexico Breezes into Wind-Energy Gigawatt Club
New Mexico became the seventeenth state in the U.S. in December to surpass the 1,000-megawatt mark for installed wind energy capacity, following the startup of a 250-megawatt wind farm in Roosevelt County.
New...
