Renewable Energy Homepage

There needs to be significantly more government investment in onshore and offshore wind power projects if the UK government is to reach its renewable energy targets, it has been warned

Optimism abounds that the wind power sector will create jobs and help reduce the state’s emissions of greenhouse gases. Gov. Jim Doyle’s global warming task force has recommended the state move toward getting 25% of its electricity from wind power by 2025

With growing demand around the globe to boost incentives for renewable energy projects, several countries including China and Argentina are looking to beef up their renewable portfolios with wind power

MADRID, Madrid June 8 (Reuters) – Spanish wind energy developers, faced with a possible reduction in subsidies which would spark a sector-wide cost-cutting battle, called on turbine makers to cut their prices

The world’s first water-based, electricity-generating wind turbine is set to be installed off the coast of Norway this coming weekend

BILBAO, Spain (Reuters) – Spanish renewable energy company Acciona Energia on Tuesday estimated factory gate costs for wind turbines will fall by 20 percent in three years, a factor the wind power industry says is crucial to their future

To date, most offshore wind farms proposed in the United States have been in the Northeast

More than 10,000 new engineering and construction jobs will have to be created if Ireland is to meet its ambitious renewable energy targets, a new report has concluded

A commitment signed by federal and state authorities in Brazil Thursday was described by the energy minister as a “historic step” towards promoting wind power

The variability of renewable energy sources such as wind, often cited as the sector’s Achilles’ heel, does not have to be a problem, according to a new report from the National Grid