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Towers - the next area for innovation?
WORLDWIDE: Taller wind-turbine towers are becoming increasingly important as the best wind sites are taken up in a growing number of markets. A move to locations with lower wind speeds is pushing some...
Proposed curtailment policy threatens growth
IRELAND: Wind developers active in the Irish market were feeling reasonably positive at the end of last year, predicting more than 272MW in new installed capacity for 2012, more than one third above l...
BMT produces two-metre wave docking unit for new vessel
UK: A jet propulsion unit to allow docking with offshore turbines in higher sea states is the key feature in a new wind farm support vessel announced by design group BMT Nigel Gee and vessel operator ...
European interest returns to onshore wind
EUROPE: The big wind projects announced in Europe in 2011 are largely onshore, a marked change from previous plans, where offshore has brought in major developments.
Windpower Monthly's round-up of 2011
As Windpower Monthly winds down for the end-of-year holidays, we leave you with a round-up of some of 2011's best read — if not most important — wind-energy stories from both the magazine and the webs...
Alternative solutions for offshore foundations
EUROPE: Offshore wind turbines are largely fixed to the seabed with a permanent or semi-permanent support structure. Some models float with the aid of a floater body and mooring system --tension leg o...
Choosing cost-effective vessel design
EUROPE: For the successful installation and maintenance of offshore wind farms across Europe, more vessels will be needed. Whether they will be specialised, focusing on one activity, or multipurpose w...
Going to great depths to store wind power
UK: A project led by Nottingham University in the UK and partially funded by German utility E.on aims to test the viability of storing air compressed by renewable power in energy bags submerged at sea...
Energy oasis or mirage?
Vast desert areas in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) offer the prospect of a formidable sustainable-energy source for a growing population, the promise of much-needed jobs for the region's you...
Rising above the political woes
Since Windpower Monthly published its last report on the Mediterranean markets two years ago, the situation on both sides of the sea has undergone major change.
Industry soldiers on in the face of adversity
Of the countries bordering the Mediterranean that are most active in wind-power generation, a few are well established, but the majority are still emerging markets, as summarised below.
Private players wait for signs of stability
Scores of investors, from private-equity infrastructure funds to large utilities, have contributed to the wind-energy markets on the Mediterranean's northern shores, helping to propel Spain, Italy and...
Market growth defies incentive uncertainty
ITALY: The lack of detail about the Italian government's new incentive regime does not seem to be having an immediate short-term impact.
Terna feels heat in grid row
ITALY: Power curtailments and slow grid growth are impacting on the viability of wind projects in Italy.
Europe's key ports take the offshore test
EUROPE: Offshore wind projects need supporting infrastructure and a chain of assets at both the construction and operational phases to ensure their success. Ports are the logistical hubs and the gatew...
Enercon adds high tower E-101 to range
GERMANY: Direct-drive pioneer Enercon of Germany installed a prototype 3MW E-101 turbine in June, a second-volume model to go with the 2/2.3/3MW E-82 series.
Can the green bank fix UK offshore finance?
UK: The UK government's 2020 offshore target of 18GW will cost £38 billion and around £26 billion of that will have to come from capital markets. The planned Green Investment Bank, if constituted corr...
The gearbox repair market continues to grow
EUROPE: The annual rise in wind-turbine installations means a bigger market for servicing, a major part of which is gearbox repair and refurbishment. As the wave of new demand approaches, the industry...
Bard turbine know-how boosts project potential
GERMANY: Europe's most integrated offshore wind-energy project Bard Offshore I is now partly in the water in the southern North Sea. Eize de Vries has a close look at where it all came together -- Bar...
Offshore propels Belgium into wind premier league
OFFSHORE: Despite having the shortest coastline of any European country bordering the North Sea, Belgium is surging ahead with ambitious plans for offshore wind power on a scale that belies its size a...
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