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G7 gets go-ahead for five projects

G7 wins five projects in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA - Wind developer G7 Renewable Energies this summer confirmed that...

 
 

IMPSA wins 450MW Brazilian wind farm contract

IMPSA subsidiary wins Brazil contract

BRAZIL - Argentinian wind energy company Pescarmona Metallurgical Industries (IMPSA) has won...

 
 

Average wind bids lower than hydro

BC Hydro issued a call for clean power bids

CANADA - The winning wind projects in BC Hydro's recently completed call...

 
 

Banks cut wind power growth forecasts

Banks recommend site developer investment over turbine manufacturers

UK - Weak power demand has led two leading banks to cut...

 
 

RES 'could still appear in US energy bill'

The US senate could still consider a national RES as part of energy bill

US - The Senate energy bill could include a renewable electricity standard...

 
 

Massachusetts court throws out Cape Wind challenge

Cape Wind's meteological tower: the first, and only, US offshore construction

US - Massachusetts' highest court has dismissed an attempt to derail the...

 
 

Iberdrola agrees to partner Neoenergia

Iberdrola has operated in Brazil since the late 1990s

BRAZIL - Iberdrola Renovables and Brazilian power distributor Neoenergia have signed a...

 
 

Utilities pair up to develop gorge line

UNITED STATES - Oregon's two largest investor-owned utilities, Portland General Electric and...

 
 

Eurus Energy plans 60MW Norway wind farm

A Eurus wind project in Mexico

NORWAY - Eurus Energy Holdings, an offshoot of Tokyo Electric Power is...

 
 

Offshore: France poised to create offshore industrial base

France currently has no offshore wind farms

Its onshore sector stymied by Grenelle 2, France has turned its attention...

 
 

Exelon buys John Deere wind operation

ohn Deere's Bluegrass Ridge project in Missour

US - John Deere has sold its wind operation and development division...

 
 

AMSC acquires 25% of Blade Dynamics

US - Wind component manufacturer American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has acquired a...

 
 
 
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Lawyer Keith Martin says the Senate could block grants proposal

Draft law extending grants is vulnerable to political attack

US - Legislation that would extend the period in which renewables developers...

 
 

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Country by country - Europe's renewable energy plans

Country by country - Europe's renewable energy plans

Wind power is a common factor when it comes to European countries...

 
 

Indian investors spurn 'unlucrative' government wind subsidy

Indian investors spurn 'unlucrative' government wind subsidy

INDIA: The Indian government's Generation Based Incentive (GBI) is off to a...

 
 

US looks to high tech to see off Asian wind manufacturing threat

US manufacturer Timken wants to base itself in the local market

US: America's manufacturing sector has hedged part of its future on the...

 
 

How to build an offshore grid

Borwin Alpha. The world's first high-voltage direct converter mounted on an offshore platform

EUROPE: An offshore grid in the North and Baltic seas could be...

 
 

Retrospective cuts end freeze in Spain amid disgruntlement

Build dismay: production incentives were meant to be secure for a wind farm's useful life

SPAIN: The Spanish wind association, Asociacion Empresarial Eolica (AEE), has finally negotiated...

 
 

UK green bank may need £400m capital

UK: A Green Investment Bank (GIB) in the UK may need a...

 
 

Germany and the long goodbye for nuclear power

Germany's nuclear phase-out law was partly driven by the1986 Chernobyl disaster (above)

GERMANY: The German government's plan to extend operating lifetimes of nuclear power...

 
 

US ready to fight hard with China's trade 'cheats'

US firm GE has invested heavily in manufacturing in China

US: Simmering tensions over China's protective policies disadvantaging foreign wind turbine manufacturers...

 
 

Micro manufacturer scales up to 2MW

Micro manufacturer scales up to 2MW

US: Vermont-based Northern Power, best known for manufacturing 100kW turbines that cater...

 
 

Just build wind farms, say US grant makers

US: As the December deadline approaches for the federal government's lucrative renewable...

 
 
 

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MW wind power capacity in Brazil is 740MW up from 634MW in April 2010, a rise of 17%.

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