Wind Turbines
R&D
Industry teams up with leading universities to reduce steel used in turbine foundations, potentially cutting costs by 40 per cent
08 August 2013
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Wind
Group of major wind energy firms, including Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall, start pilot projects designed to reduce bird collisions
07 August 2013
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Wind
ASA bans adverts claiming wind farms will depress house prices, as Scottish Renewables says proposed planning guidelines could halt £2bn of investment
24 July 2013
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Wind
Chinese manufacturer faces charges over alleged theft of wind turbine software technology
01 July 2013
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Investment
Government hopes latest funding round will help bring forward hundreds of community-owned renewable power projects
01 July 2013
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Energy
New SmartestEnergy report finds number of independent commercial green energy projects grew to over 2,000 in 2012
26 June 2013
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R&D
EXCLUSIVE: DNV KEMA on the verge of launching major new standard for developers of floating offshore wind foundations
21 June 2013
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Wind
"Paying more into community funds ... will unfortunately make some planned wind energy developments uneconomic in England"
06 June 2013
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Wind
Government, developers, and suppliers must work together to bring down the cost of offshore wind energy, says Benj Sykes of DONG Energy
24 May 2013
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Wind
Company developing high altitude wind energy device set to become part of secretive Google X lab
24 May 2013
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