Offshore wind turbines installed in 2010 - an increase of 51% in installed wind power capacity on the previous year - offshore wind power experienced a new record growth in Europe.
In total, 883 Megawatt (MW) of new capacity, worth some €2.6 billion, were installed in 2010 in nine wind farms in five countries, making a total of 2,946 MW.
The installed offshore wind power capacity...
EWEA had invited Europeans as part of its 'Breath of Fresh Air' campaign to symbolically adopt a wind turbine by going online and registering to adopt one of 50,000 turbines in Europe on the campaign website .
The winners of the contest were those who managed to get the most friends to vote for their turbine, also via the website.
EWEA has published today the results...
Vestas receives 86 MW order in Brazil. The total capacity of the order is 86 MW,made up of 21 turbines of 1.8 MW and 16 of 3 MW. Delivery of the turbines is scheduled to start in September 2011 and the projects are expected to be completed by the end of 2011. Offshore wind farm inaugurated in the Baltic Sea - Denmark. With a capacity of 207 MW. It is made up of Siemens’ 2.3 MW turbines....
The International Energy Agency’s 2010 World Energy Outlook, released in November, should finally stamp out the myth that renewable energies are dependent on subsidies, EWEA’s Chief Executive Christian Kjaer wrote on EWEA’s blog. The IEA report says that fossil-fuel consumption subsidies amounted to $312 billion in 2009, while renewable energies in the same year received just...
New survey published by the European Commission on attitudes to technology shows Europeans are extremely positive about wind energy.
People were asked whether particular technologies ‘will improve our way of life in the 20 years’, ‘will have no effect’, or ‘will make things worse’, The technologies covered included wind energy. 84% of the respondents said...
The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 % of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Today the European Wind Energy Association published its analysis of the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans, submitted by the EU Member States to the European Commission.
“Taken together the Action Plans show that the EU-27 will meet 20.7 % of its 2020 energy...
A survey published by the European Commission at the end of last year on attitudes to technology shows Europeans are extremely positive about wind energy. People were asked whether particular technologies ‘will improve our way of life in the 20 years’, ‘will have no effect’, or ‘will make things worse’, The technologies covered included wind energy. 84% of...
Large wind turbines do not produce any more low frequency noise than small ones, concludes new research which studied noise and ‘annoyance levels’.
The research, by Consultancy Delta and University of Salford in Manchester for the Danish Energy Authority, was carried out due to concerns that replacing older, smaller turbines with newer, bigger ones would cause low frequency...
Last week the European Commission said: “The EU pays the price for its outdated and poorly interconnected energy infrastructure”. Today the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) publishes 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’, launched...
