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AWS Truepower has released a new installment of its windTrends Bulletin, a quarterly analytical wind report. Produced in partnership with AWS Truepower’s European office, the report reviews wind patterns in the USA and Europe for the third quarter of 2010 based on AWS Truepower’s windTrends meteorological data set.
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Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has launched a ‘Smart from the Start’ wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects, spurring the rapid and responsible development of this abundant renewable resource.
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The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA)has published a new report with a vision for a modern renewable energy power system, which sets out how the grid can integrate increasing amounts of wind energy. ‘Powering Europe’ argues there are no major technical barriers, but there are major economic benefits, to integrating large amounts of wind energy into Europe’s electricity grid.
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New research released by Douglas-Westwood reveals the world offshore wind market will see expenditure of € 38 billion over the next five years. By 2015, annual expenditure will be in excess of € 12 billion. With over 3GW of capacity online by the end of 2010 and a further 2GW under construction at present, the offshore wind industry is growing extremely quickly.
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Ofgem has launched the second tender round for high-voltage transmission links worth around GBP 1.9 billion for six offshore wind projects. This is the second tender round in the offshore transmission regime, which is a joint policy initiative between DECC and Ofgem, to encourage cost-effective investment in the vital network links between the offshore windfarms and the mainland grid.
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AWS Truepower (AWST) released a statement calling into question recent media reports claiming an observed decline in wind speeds during the past few decades across the Northern Hemisphere. If true, such a decline could have serious consequences for the development of wind energy projects, which depend on a stable wind climate.
- Current EU strategy will not meet 2020 climate and energy targets
- Anti-windfarm campaigners could cost England over GBP 1.3 billion
- The EC releases document ‘Wind energy developments and Natura 2000’
- US wind industry reports slowest quarter since 2007
- US$ 1 billion market for wind energy storage by 2015
- UK Government to retain a fund for port infrastructure upgrades
- 16GW of wind power added in first half of 2010
- China’s wind power can reach 230GW of installed capacity by 2020
- La Nina likely to boost wind power production across US
- Wind power to provide a fifth of world’s electricity by 2030
- First US offshore wind farm lease is signed by secretary Salazar
- Denmark can have a fossil free energy supply
- Global wind capacity to reach close to 200GW this year
- UK reached 5GW milestone
- Certification for small wind turbines in the UK
- US wind power sinks back to 2007 levels with only 700MW installed in Q2
- European offshore wind heads for record year
- Europe launches 10 year research and development plan for wind energy
- US wind markets face a growth-constrained 2010
- Report confirms North Sea as ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’
- The Crown Estate announces 2GW of extensions
- Brazil leads Latin America wind energy markets
- US wind energy industry installs 530MW in first quarter
- Cape Cod marks birth of a global offshore wind industry
- Industry and MoD agree support for key offshore wind farm developments
- A manufacturing Budget needed to solidify renewables lead
- Ten industry players form new organisation to advance Offshore Supergrid
- EU money injects new life into electricity interconnection
- Wind energy at heart of EU smart growth strategy
- Offshore electricity grid needs a coordinated approach
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