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Brazil Tax Exemption Removal Curbs Wobben's Wind Turbine Orders
Wind energy in Brazil is among the cheapest sources of power. The country has the biggest capacity in Latin America, according to a Global Wind Energy Council report of 2013. Wobben is optimistic about winning its appeal in court, according to Mathias.
Safe Setbacks at Issue in Suit over Oklahoma Wind Farm Plan
Seven central Oklahoma landowners filed a federal lawsuit against several companies planning wind farms, expressing concern for the health and safety of local residents. The lawsuit filed in Oklahoma City by the Oklahoma Wind Action Association names ...
High Court rules on compensation for noise from wind turbines
In order to promote local support for wind energy projects, the Parliament passed the Promoting Renewable Energy Act, which establishes a compensation scheme for neighbours of wind turbines. Under the scheme, those who build one or more wind ...
ThinkProgress
Justin Wilkes, the deputy chief executive of the European Wind Energy Association, told the Guardian that the IEA report shows that goal is inadequate. “Not only is a 27 percent target too low but it doesn't oblige member states to follow through,” Wilkes said.
North American Windpower
The 60 MW Adelaide Wind Energy Center and 73 MW Bornish Wind Energy Center, both located in Middlesex County, Ontario, are providing environmental and economic benefits since beginning construction in November 2013. "In addition to supplying ...
Sydney Morning Herald
On Wednesday it will open the 20 megawatt Royalla Solar Farm – the largest solar plant on the national grid – and take bids for 200 megawatts of wind energy. "It's a fairly bleak prospect for the renewable energy industry without supportive governments," ...
$2b wind plan king hit
Hydro Tasmania, which cut 100 jobs and suffered a $70m hit when the carbon tax was repealed, produces 10,000 gigawatt hours of renewable water and wind energy a year. Westcoast Wind Pty Ltd chief executive Alex Simpson, the proponent of a $150 ...
Test site selection signals progress in Japan
The three sites involving offshore wind energy were selected based on a prior understanding with local stakeholders, such as the powerful fishing cooperatives that have legally binding rights to the waters where many offshore wind power facilities are to be ...
Wind Economics: Costs of managing variability are low
The AWEA briefing argues that the cost of integrating large conventional power plants on to the power system in Texas is more than 17 times larger than the cost of reliably integrating wind energy. This must of course be balanced by the fact that conventional ...
Viewpoint: The high cost of the lowest energy prices
In this environment the cost of wind energy is under greater scrutiny than ever before. The fact that wind plants receive non-market support often leads to the conclusion that wind energy is an expensive extravagance. Policymakers are scrambling to ...
Where will technology reduce costs next?
... beyond the turbine for development themes then I choose short-term weather forecasting. We have made spectacular progress in the last decade, but there are rich pickings in slight improvements in accuracy, making wind energy more and more reliable.
RES Americas -- Aiming for a transition
Her list of job titles includes: deputy CEO of UK-based parent RES Group, a leader in Europe's offshore sector; president of RES Canada; and chair of the board of directors of the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Educated in Scotland, Zambia and ...
Technology continues to move the industry forward
The wind energy industry is driven by innovation like few others. It is a story of remarkable development, with the sector evolving from its initial pioneering role as a niche technology few people took seriously, to becoming the key driver of the energy transition ...
