Power from the Islands Three 65-metres high wind turbines are to forever change the face of the Högsåra archipelago off the coast of Finland. (May '08)
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Michael Blunk: "These are the challenges to be faced by the wind power of the future"Michael Blunk works on the wind power of the future. He talks about the competitiveness of wind power, challenges and possible solutions by ANNETTE ÖSTRAND (Jul’10)
Wind strengthening across Europe to 2020Analysis of national plans shows EU will have more installed wind capacity than solar and hydro combined
Wind Power Soared Past 150,000 Megawatts in 2009Even in the face of a worldwide economic downturn, the global wind industry posted another record year in 2009 as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew to 158,000 megawatts
Floating ocean wind turbines proposedWind turbines as a renewable energy source have problems of noise, visual clutter and land use, and one U.S. researcher says moving them offshore is a solution.
Integrating renewables into the electricity gridEurope has put in place legislation to promote renewable energies but is now faced with the challenge of integrating increasing amounts of intermittent power sources like solar and wind into the electricity grid, running the risk of destabilising it
The Ecologic Way to Paradise
Ecobuildings
The Ecologic Way to ParadiseAn energy-efficient church has been recently built in Norway by a pool of European designers and architects (Jun. '08)
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Solar Energy
When will solar power become competitive?Researchers around the world are improving solar cell efficiency; however, high efficiency comes with a price and different factors affect their competitiveness. (Jul ’10)
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The End of Fossil EnergyThe End of Fossil EnergyThanks to innovative techniques and a more ecological lifestyle, the municipality of Växjö, in Sweden, could be on its way to become the first fossil fuel free city in the world. (Apr. '08)
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Renewables offer EU more powerRenewable energy is finding a strong niche in the EU power market. In a new report, the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission reveals that renewable energy sources represented 62% of the new electricity generation capacity in the EU-27 in 2009, up 5% year-on-year