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EU Wind Power Grows in 2012 - but Industry Challenged in 2013

2013-02-13 16:02:00| Transmission & Distribution World

The EU wind energy sector installed 11.6 GW of capacity in 2012, bringing the total wind power capacity to 105.6 GW, according to the 2012 annual statistics launched today by the European Wind Energy Association.

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Wind Capacity to Dominate Southwest Power Pool

2013-02-13 15:56:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Wind capacity will continue to dominate the Southwest Power Pool Inc. if all currently proposed renewable energy projects in the region totaling 23,164 MW, according to SNL Energy figures come online.

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Wind power is now cheaper than coal in some countries

2013-02-12 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Scientist: When many countries are choosing their next generation of power stations, they will be tempted to pick wind turbines. Thanks to better design, building wind farms can now be cheaper than building new coal or gas power stations. Figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show that this is already the case in Australia. Any wind farms built now would generate electricity for between A$80 (about US$80) and A$113 per megawatt-hour, whereas new coal plants would cost A$176/MWh. In Australia, coal's...

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Siemens to power German offshore wind farm with 80 turbines

2013-02-12 01:00:00| Power Technology

Power equipment manufacturer Siemens will supply and install 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant, off Germany's North Sea coast.

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Wind power capacity grew 20% globally in 2012

2013-02-11 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Wind power expanded by almost 20% in 2012 around the world to reach a new peak of 282 gigawatts (GW) of total installed capacity. Of the 45GW of new wind turbines that arrived in 2012, China and the US led the way with 13GW each, while Germany, India and the UK were next with about 2GW apiece. "While China paused for breath, both the US and European markets had exceptionally strong years," said Steve Sawyer, secretary general of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), which produced the statistics....

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