Wind power News for June 2014

Wind power News Archive

Vestas announces conditional settlement of US class action

Settlement consists of a cash payment of USD 5m to the plaintiffs; Vestas does not concede any wrongdoing or liability in relation to the claims raised against it.

IREC supports launch of National Energy Efficiency Standardization Roadmap

Initiative aims to establish a national framework for action on renewables.

Ethos Distributed Energy acquires Rev1 Renewables

Merged companies to leverage expertise in the installation, operations and maintenance of distributed renewable energy systems.

FREE DOWNLOAD: WEU Onshore O&M Report 2014 FREE DOWNLOAD: WEU Onshore O&M Report 2014

This download is an extract from Chapter 2 of the Wind Energy Update Onshore O&M Report: Cost effective O&M strategies to minimize downtime and maximize wind energy yield.

DoE announces winners of its 'Innovative Offshore Wind Energy' projects programme

Award-winning projects designed to help speed the deployment of more efficient offshore wind power technologies in the US.

AWEA teams up with DWEA AWEA teams up with DWEA

Leading wind energy associations to collaborate on both distributed and community wind market initiatives.

GlobalData report: Worldwide cumulative wind power capacity to more than double by 2020 GlobalData report: Worldwide cumulative wind power capacity to more than double by 2020

China accounts for the largest single wind power market with 45% share of total global annual capacity additions in 2013.

Innovative 'suction bucket’ offshore wind foundation trials scheduled for summer

Alternative low-cost foundations could cut energy costs by 10% over the next decade, developers say.

Commercial-scale power-to-gas 'demonstration' project launches in Denmark

1MW facility will use excess wind energy to produce pipeline-grade renewable gas for storage in the Danish natural gas grid.

NEC commissions 5.7MWh of grid energy storage installations in the UK

Six new GSS sites to help integrate more solar and wind energy into the UK’s electricity grid.