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- Category: Publishers Note
Will 2007 be another record year?
Recently the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) announced that 2006 had been another record year. Despite the supply chain issues that have caused problems for the industry for several years now, the market grew by 23%. In 2006, 15,197MW was installed, taking the total installed wind energy capacity to 74,223MW.
- Category: Publishers Note
The European Renewable Energy Roadmap
The year 2006 started with conflict between Russia and Ukraine about supplying gas to the latter. The new year 2007 started with a similar battle between Russia and Belarus about oil and Russia shut down the pipeline which transports oil to the rest of Europe. The dependency on fossil fuels from other countries and the problem of global warming has put renewable energy back on the top of the European political agenda. EU citizens largely favour renewable energies while only 20% are for nuclear energy, according to a new European Commission survey.- Category: Publishers Note
Looking ahead is important…
I am pleased to present you with the last issue of Windtech International for 2006. Once again, in our second year, the comments we receive from our readership prove that we are a valuable magazine for the industry. This is also shown by the increase in the number of qualified individual recipients from 30 to 50 per cent this year. The technological focus of the magazine with articles from around the globe seems to be much appreciated by our readers. For 2007 we will certainly maintain the quality of our editorial content and add new items.
- Category: Publishers Note
Wind Power in Spain
Between 20 and 22 September 2006, the fifth Power Expo was held in Zaragoza, Spain. During the three days of the fair, more than 430 companies from 25 nations presented their products and services; more than 50% of the exhibitors were from outside Spain. Compared to the show two years ago the total number of exhibitors has increased a little and the event was more international.
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- Category: Publishers Note
New Concepts and Research…
We strive to cover new and innovative technologies in our magazine as much as possible. At the last couple of shows and conferences we have visited we discovered new concepts we would like to share with our readership. As we focus on technological issues we also pay attention to research that is done related to wind energy. The articles in this issue fit very well in this philosophy.
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- Category: Publishers Note
Follow-up on Topics…
The last couple of months have been busy with conferences and exhibitions. Recently we have been at WindEnergy in Hamburg and Windpower 2006 in Pittsburgh, USA. You will find reviews of these events in this issue on pages 24 and 36 respectively. As we experienced at the last couple of shows, more and more companies from Asia and central Europe are starting to exhibit their products at European and North American shows, and this proves that the industry is becoming more global.
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- Category: Publishers Note
Searching for the higher winds…
Wind farm developers try to maximise the output of wind farms as much as possible to make them more cost-efficient. Turbine manufacturers continue to develop larger turbines. A result of this is that turbines become bigger, with larger rotor diameter and higher hub height. But bigger turbines mean that new issues such as wind measurement, manufacturing and transportation need to be addressed.
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