New Zealand has an excellent wind resource, which is largely untapped. A study completed for the Electricity Commission of New Zealand indicated that the country?s economic wind resource is over 50,000 GWh per year.

Rapid expansion of the Chinese wind market is resulting in the opening up of the country?s offshore market. The Chinese offshore wind capacity is expected to increase from 1 MW in 2008 to exceed 400 MW by 2011.

Ceuta, como toda la zona del Estrecho, tiene un gran potencial eólico. Ahora falta voluntad política para dar las autorizaciones pertinentes, permitir el desarrollo de la energía eólica y evitar las emisiones de CO2.

China’s top legislature yesterday turned its attention to the creation of specific plans for more renewable energy, such as wind and solar power.

The Alpha Ventus in the North Sea began producing electricity could someday power 50,000 homes. The wind turbines, with a nominal capacity of five megawatts, are located 45 kilometres north of the island of Borkum.

The 396 MW offshore wind energy project will generate enough energy to provide electricity to 130,000 B.C. homes, help the province reach its goal of becoming electricity self-sufficient by 2016.

On the west coast of the Black Sea, in the Dobrogea region, the first foundations for all in all 35 wind turbines of the type Enercon E-53 with 0,8 MW output each are under construction since June 2009.

This high-performance fiber glass enables manufacturers to make larger wind turbine blades, which help to increase turbines? energy output.

The wind potential for Europe could be 20 times greater than energy demand in 2020, according to the report from the European Environmental Agency, “Europe’s Onshore and Offshore Wind Energy Potential”.