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GWEC recommendations for Indian offshore wind market

Greentech Lead Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), in its latest Offshore Wind Policy and Market Assessment Outlook, has recommended a set of guidelines for Indian offshore wind energy market. While the offshore wind industry has completed over ten years in commercial operation, the industry in India represents a significant regulatory, technical and financial challenge, says

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FOWIND Launches Global Offshore Wind Policy Assessment Outlook

Sun & Wind The report was developed as a part of the FOWIND (Facilitating Offshore Wind in India) project launched by the GWEC led consortium in December 2013. The report reviews the experiences to date in major offshore wind markets (Belgium, China, Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, and the United Kingdom) as well as puts the offshore

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Doubling wind distance in France to kill sector’s future – FEE

SeeNews Renewables The proposed doubling of the distance between wind turbines and homes in France would make it nearly impossible to build new wind farms in the country, says France’s Wind Energy Association (FEE). The Senate is planning to increase the wind farm distance requirement to 1 km (0.62 miles), as compared to 500 metres

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North America lags behind Europe in offshore wind energy projects

The Globe and Mail A series of setbacks has stalled wind energy projects along the coasts of North America and in the Great Lakes, leaving this continent far behind Europe in the use of offshore turbines as a power source. The latest disappointment for offshore wind proponents was the demise of Cape Wind, a massive

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