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  • Is wind energy storage about to ramp up?

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy’s director of corporate planning, about progress on its wind-to-battery project to date.

  • Is wind storage about to ramp up?

    WindEnergyUpdate speaks to Frank Novachek, Xcel Energy’s director of corporate planning, about progress on its wind-to-battery project to date.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 16 - August 23

    AWEA lauds FERC’s rejection of Puget Sound Energy’s tariff proposalThis week's WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: American Wind Energy Association; Vestas; Iberdrola and Neoenergia; AMSC & Blade Dynamics; Duke Energy; New Jersey's Offshore Wind Economic Development Act; DOE offers fourth loan guarantee solicitation ; IdaCorp; and Sureblades.AWEA lauds FERC’s rejection of Puget...

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 09 - 16

    This week’s WindEnergyUpdate news brief includes: Vestas, PNE Wind, Nordisk Vindkraft and HgCapital; Block Island wind farm; Cape Wind & the FAA; Sea Energy & Ampelmann; Corus; Siemens, Samsung & C&T Corp.; and Douglas Westwood.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: August 02 - August 09

    This week’s intelligence brief includes the following companies and organisations: Ofgem, Balfour Beatty, Macquarie and Transmission Capital Partners; Dong Energy, National Renewable Energy Centre (Narec), 2-B Energy & Aberdeen Offshore Wind; State Grid Energy Research Institute (SGERI) & Vestas; Gamesa & Iberdrola; REpower; ABB & RWE Innogy; Acciona; and Nexans.

  • Ontario and renewables: A perfect FiT?

    Only recently out of the starting blocks, Ontarios’ feed-in tariff scheme is already being hailed a success. But to succeed, Ontario will need to overhaul its existing energy infrastructure and unravel its centralized energy paradigm.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief 27 July - 2 August

    Companies, organisations and projects in this round-up include: US Department of Energy, Kahuku Wind Power, Kahuku Wind Power project, First Wind, Clipper Windpower, Xtreme Power, Hawaiian Electric Company, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), Ofgem, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise, The Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES...

  • BZE’s ‘Easy Way’: Renewable Energy for the price of lunch

    Matthew Wright, executive director of Australian non-profit organisation Beyond Zero Emissions, walks WindEnergyUpdate through the world’s first step-by-step plan to an affordable, 100% renewable energy-powered nation.

  • Wind Energy Update seeks technical experts and experienced researchers

    Wind energy professionals who are able to recommend qualified researchers and experts have the chance to receive a £200 cash referral bonus.   

  • Turbine test facilities: The quest for reliability

    Turbine testing facilities are sprouting out around the globe. But will testing conditions provided by NAREC's facilities and others provide the industry with even more robust components? And attract the vital private and corporate investment this energy sector requires?

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief 19 July - 26 July

    Lead story: 118 new offshore wind turbines connected to European gridCompanies and organisations included in this round-up include: The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), Poseidon,E.ONClimate and Renewables, DONG, Vattenfall, Vestas, Repower, European Investment Bank, Stadtwerke München, ABB, transpower, Prysmian,Siemens Energy, TenneT, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Mitsubishi

  • UK’s OFTO Bidding Process: too many wires getting crossed?

    The new regulatory regime for UK’s offshore wind electricity transmission has incurred some teething problems, and greater coordination is needed on the grand design. Andrew Williams speaks to some of those in the industry to get their opinions on what needs to be done (and not done) to create a smooth integration process.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief 12 July - 19 July

    Weekly Intelligence Brief 12 July – 19 JulyCompanies and organisations included in this week’s round-up include: United Nations Environment Programme,Renewable Energy Policy Network, Proserv Offshore, Dong Energy,  Siemens,  Rostechnologii, RusHydro, China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) COSCO Qidong, AWEA, FERC and OffShoreWindDC 

  • Wind energy output modelling: The Weibull Correlation

    A new wind energy output model promises to deliver more accurate output estimates, resolving some of the weaknesses of existing models.

  • Weekly Intelligence Brief: July 05 - July 12

    This week's Wind Energy Update news brief includes the following companies and organisations: DECC; Vestas; Atlantic Power & Idaho Wind Partners; Vattenfall; UKA & Vestas; Sheringham Shoal Wind farm; CanWEA; SeaEnergy & Nantong COSCO Ship Steel Structure Co; and New Jersey's Offshore Wind Economic Development Act.

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