World's First Floating Wind Turbine to Be Built in North Sea ; EUROPE
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By Claire Soares  The world's first floating wind turbine could be up and running in under two years after the German engineering giant Siemens teamed up with a Norwegian energy group yesterday to try to generate electricity in the middle of the North Sea.
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Home wind turbines may never become be as ubiquitous as satellite dishes, but their popularity is steadily gaining momentum.
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By Peter MacMahon Scottish Goverment Editor  THE company behind controversial plans to site the world's largest onshore wind farm in the Western Isles last night strongly denied that pressing ahead with the project would breach European rules on protecting wildlife.
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BERLIN, Feb 15 (IPS) - Germany is blowing more wind into energy with the  setting up of new offshore facilities. Germany already has the  world's largest installed capacity for wind energy.
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Work has begun on wind power stations that will provide electricity for next year&#39;s Beijing Olympics and showcase China&#39;s ambitions to become more environment friendly, state press reported Tuesday.
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Military, regulators take Quixotic stance Britain's fledgling wind power industry has suffered blows from two directions over the weekend. The energy regulator, Ofgem, has attacked the system of subsidies given to wind-farm operators, saying it channels excessive profits to owners and does little to stimulate new build. On top of this, the ministry of defence (MoD) has said that wind farms cause unacceptable gaps in radar coverage, to the extent of leaving Blighty vulnerable to 9/11 style airborne attacks.â¦
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THE REGION The same energy investor proposing the 130-tower Cape Wind project in Nantucket Sound officially began the process of seeking state environmental approval to build a diesel power plant in Chelsea to run during periods of peak electric demand. Cape Wind backer Jim Gordon's Energy Management Inc. asked the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act Office to approve the 250-megawatt Chelsea ...
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The company behind the UK's largest wind farm project - proposed for the Hebridean island of Lewis - has unveiled revised plans for the scheme.
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The Western Isles Council, Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, has approved proposals for a 651MW windfarm scheme to be built on the Isle of Lewis in the Western Isles of Scotland.
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By Jeff Gelles, The Philadelphia Inquirer Jun. 20--If wind energy ever plays a big role in Pennsylvania's economy, a little-noticed 2003 recycling conference in Bilbao, Spain, may merit some of the credit.
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A controversial wind farm development gets the go-ahead at the third time of asking.
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The great wave that wreaked disaster round the Indian Ocean has brought its first cargo of death to the northern shores of Europe.
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BREMEN, Germany  - Putting a harness on ocean  winds, a German shipping company plans to unfurl a giant  high-tech kite over a cargo ship next year to boost the  vessel's propulsion and to conserve fuel.
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A wind power plant proposed for the shallow waters south of Cape Cod would do no major harm to birds and other marine life and could lead to significant public health benefits
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By Grand Forks Herald, N.D.  Feb. 15--LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China's leading wind turbine manufacturer, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co.
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The European wind energy industry, thriving as climate change tops the global agenda, says it could eventually supply all the continent's electricity, but must first overcome public resistance over eyesore turbines.
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The Christian Science Monitor - Amid the rooftops and chimneys of this seaside town south of London spins a solitary symbol of Britain's growing devotion to green energy. Usually relegated to windy plains or planted offshore, a wind turbine has sprouted on the roof of Daren Howarth's terrace house.