European Wind Energy Association


Denmark has been a European haven for cleantech companies seeking to install new renewable energy infrastructure. As other European countries have labored under the impacts of an economic slowdown rooted in a currency and sovereign debt crisis, Denmark – still outside the eurozone if closely linked to it – has remained comparatively committed to ambitious clean energy goals.

Situated on a windy peninsula that divides the North and Baltic seas, Denmark has turned to wind power as an obvious mechanism for building out its clean energy capacity. Huge windmills turning serenely along the water are a feature of the above video, as are interviews with a number of officials, energy industry executives and politicians attending a recent European Wind Energy Association meeting. Keep reading →


With current Production Tax Credits for wind set to expire at the end of 2012, the US wind business is getting nervous.

PTCs may be absolutely necessary for the wind sector to grow in the United States, AWEA Chief Economiost Elizabeth Solerno says in this video from the recent American Wind Energy Association conference, WindPower 2011. Keep reading →


There may be fewer players in the European wind sector in a few years, but it won’t be because the continent’s industry has shrunk.

With order volumes on the rise and the industry’s cumulative backlog reaching new highs, investment firm Jefferies & Co. said in its most recent wind industry outlook for Europe. Vestas and Siemens lead the pack in the sector. Keep reading →