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Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses

HUNGARY: The Hungarian Energy Office has received 68 bids to establish 1.1GW of wind power capacity in the country, nearly three times the 410MW for which licenses will be granted later this year.

 
Iberdrola's 50 MW Kisigmand wind farm, made up of 2 MW Gamesa turbines. Iberdrola is currently constructing 74 MW in Hungary and is among the investors bidding in the 410 MW tender
 

Business and Finance news

 

US wind industry answers Schumer bill with lobbying for RES

US wind industry attempts to head off calls for a stimulus moratorium by senator Chuck Schumer (pictured)

US: The US wind industry is combining to press the government to...

 
 

AWEA response to Schumer push to suspend stimulus

AWEA statement on Senators Schumer, Casey, Brown, and Tester Urging Administration to...

 
 

Clipper makes loss in second half of 2009 as CEO resigns

Clipper - set to make loss for second half of 2009

US: Wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has announced in its preliminary results...

 
 

Daewoo signs C$139m manufacturing plant deal and wins $30m Texas order

Daewoo is to build the factory at an mothballed railcar plant

NORTH AMERICA: South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) will...

 
 

Falck does €150million deal to back 80MW Italian wind farm

A winter view of a 1.5 MW General Electric turbine at the Falck Renewables San Sostene wind farm in Calabria, currently operating at 42 MW.

ITALY: Falck Renewables, the London-based wind development unit of Italy's Falck group,...

 
 

Patent wars - ITC rules GE is not 'sole inventor' of disputed LVRT

The controversial MHI 2.4MW turbine

US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins,...

 
 

Incentives - US tax credits lure new names into wind supply chain

Brevini's new turbine gearbox factory is under construction

US: Release of US government funds for component manufacturing sees growth in...

 
 

LM Glasfiber signs strategic deal with Envision

LM Glasfiber signs deal with Envision to supply blades for its 1.5MW turbine

DENMARK: LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese manufacturer...

 
 
 
 

Erg Renew plans to double wind capacity by 2013

Vestas 2 MW turbines at Erg Renew's 24 MW Faeto wind farm in the southern Italian region of Apulia

ITALY: Italian renewable energy group Erg Renew plans to double its installed...

 
 

European renewables R&D set for 'multi-billion euro' increase

Barroso: promises greater spend on renewables R&D

EUROPE: The European Commission has announced a significant rise in the amount...

 
 

GSPL hands Suzlon 52MW order for wind farm in western India

The S82-2.5MW turbine used for the Rajkot project

INDIA: Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPL) has handed Suzlon an order to...

 
 

Sinovel to seek IPO to fund expansion plans

Sinovel launches its first 3MW turbine

CHINA: Sinovel has announced plans to raise CHY3.5billion through an initial public...

 
 

Iberdrola launches offshore division in UK

Iberdrola's Blacklaw 2 wind farm in Scotland

UK: Iberdrola Renovables has announced plans to create a global offshore arm...

 
 

AGL revives major wind farm plan following policy shift

AGL's Hallett wind farm: company now plans further wind expansion

AUSTRALIA: AGL, one of Australia's largest energy retailers, has revived plans for...

 
 

Market Status: Latin America - Brazil and Mexico take off leading the region

Last year was the strongest yet for wind power in Latin America,...

 
 
 
 

Business and Finance in depth

 
 

German consumers face sharp renewables levy hike

Germany report: As the bells were ringing in the new year, Germany...

 
 

German wind gets a new way to market

Negative pricing can be avoided with the help of demand-side management at major users such as Stahlwerke Thuringen

Germany report: A new system to get wind energy and other renewables...

 
 

Mixed views on US firm's plan to buy wind project leases from landowners

Former owners of Noble Altona Windpark in upstate New York are using the lull in devleopments to embark on financial deals to buy and sell project leases

Business & Finance: "It seems we have the first-mover's advantage," says Andrew...

 
 

Offshore: Cabling crunch will hit in five years

OFFSHORE: The offshore wind industry will face a supply chain bottleneck around...

 
 

Cloudy outlook for Texas factory as protectionism row over Chinese imports deepens

NORTH AMERICA: A senator's outcry over federal stimulus funds for a proposed...

 
 

CDM decision to block Chinese wind projects provokes industry outrage

Huiteng Liangfeng wind farm at Xilinguole League, Inner Mongolia

CHINA: Wind professionals have lambasted a decision by the executive board (EB)...

 
 

Conference Report Italy: A Record Year

ZeroEmission Rome is a three-day event at Rome's trade fair devoted to...

 
 

Emissions Programmes: Alternative carbon finance for Turkey

The 135 MW Rotor Electrik Uretim wind farm is set to be Turkey's largest when completed

Carbon markets have become an important source of finance for clean energy...

 
 
 

Business and Finance news from the web

 
 

Top wind plant operations stories from the web, chosen by Windpower Monthly.

 

China Goldwind believed to be ready for $1.5 billion IPO

Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co 002202.SZ has chosen China International Capital...

17595Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60I0OR20100119978331
 
 

Suzlon Energy is in talks with private equity players like WL Ross & Company and BC Partners to raise up to $500 million

Suzlon is in talks with private equity companies like WL Ross &...

17483Bloomberghttp://www.bloombergutv.com/stock-market/stocks/commentary/364346/new-order-lifts-suzlon-energy.html976796
 
 
 

Business and Finance events

 

Wind Power Commercial Strategies Conference & Exhibition 2010

 
Date:
10-12 March 2010
Location:
Prague
Organiser:
InnoQube
 

Wind Power Commercial Strategies Conference & Exhibition 2010

 
Date:
10-12 March 2010
Location:
Prague
Organiser:
InnoQube
 

Globalcon

 
Date:
24-25 March 2010
Location:
Philadelphia
Organiser:
Globalcon
 

EWEC 2010

 
Date:
20-23 April 2010
Location:
Warsaw, Poland
Organiser:
EWEC
 
 
 

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