As part of a drive to generate 10 percent of electricity from renewable resources by 2015, Wisconsin Public Service Corp. on Friday is expected to announce it plans to acquire part of a southeastern Minnesota wind farm.

Malta fully agrees with the renewable energy targets set for it by the European Commission and will be launching a multi-million euro initiative for the development of an offshore wind farm soon.

The global wind energy market is set to keep growing in 2008, despite pressure on turbine makers from raw materials prices, but it is likely to slow in Germany, the German Engineering Federation (VDMA) said on Tuesday.Thorsten Herdan, head of VDMA power systems, said Germany, one of the world’s biggest markets, would probably experience a further slowdown after shrinking by 25 percent in 2007.
“Worldwide we see further growth,” Herdan said.
“The situation in the supply markets is a little tight and that has to do with the fact that lots of …