Despite the tightness of global credit markets the Chinese are showing a willingness to finance renewable energy projects wherever they may be. A consortium of Chinese businesses backed by Chinese banks have committed $1.5 billion …

With the acquisition of ScanWind, based in Trondheim, Norway, GE has secured a foothold in the growing offshore wind energy market. GE is gambling that ScanWinds early-stage turbine technology that could make offshore wind farms …

Denmark is launching the world’s biggest offshore wind farm this week. Using 91 turbines across 35 square kilometers, the Horns Rev 2 farm, built by Danish utility company Dong Energy, will be able to produce …

The UK newspaper The Guardian reported that a recent period of extremely windy weather in Spain helped set a new wind-power generation record for the country, with “40 percent of the country’s energy needs being …

British Telecom (LON:BT.A) said last week that it might cancel a £250m plan to build electricity-generating wind farms because of a rule change by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
BT, whose shares hit …

Too often when reporting on renewable energy news, we bloggers can sometimes project the feeling that everything is going to be alright, look at all the pretty technology we’re rolling out and saying it will …

In a study, carried out by Mark Jacobson of the atmosphere and energy programme at Stanford University, wind power was found to be by far the most desirable source of energy. At the bottom of …

A British study warns that home wind turbines are only generating a fraction of electricity promised by the manufacturers while some even fail to provide enough energy to run the turbine’s electronics.
The survey conducted by …

A new study of the potential for wind energy in Nebraska shows there could be a big jump in jobs if new wind farms are developed in the state.
The report (link to PDF) from the …

The US wind industry has just finished another record year, and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is looking ahead to further progress in 2009. Despite the industry being rocked by the financial crisis and …