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IMPSA wins 450MW Brazilian wind farm contract

BRAZIL - Argentinian wind energy company Pescarmona Metallurgical Industries (IMPSA) has won a contract to provide wind turbines with a capacity of 450MW to Brazil.

IMPSA subsidiary wins Brazil contract
 

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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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 
 
 

Sinovel unveils plan for wind turbine plant

Sinovel's SL 3MW series turbine

CHINA - Sinovel Wind Group has announced plans to invest 3 billion...

 
 

California proposes increase in TREC cap

Windhub - one of California's largest substations

US - Utilities will be able to use unbundled renewable energy credits...

 
 

Kenya agrees guarantees to unblock wind farm pipeline

Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta

KENYA - The government has agreed to guarantee loans to help unlock...

 
 

France tender signals offshore wind drive

France currently has no offshore wind farms

FRANCE - The French government will next month launch a tender which...

 
 

Windpower Monthly launches tracking service

Windpower Monthly launches tracking service

Windpower Monthly has launched the Windpower Intelligence Tracker, an online information tool...

 
 

Duke Energy axes North Carolina offshore project

UNITED STATES: Utility Duke Energy has withdrawn plans for a three-turbine demonstration...

 
 

AMSC receives Indian turbine order from IWL

AMSC receives Indian turbine order from IWL

INDIA: Indian turbine manufacturer Inox Wind Limited (IWL) has placed its first...

 
 
 
 
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A resource identified

MEXICO: Wind measurements began in Brazil in the late 1990s, when early...

 
 

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...

 
 

Asian firms vie for slice of shrinking US wind energy pie

Asian firms vie for slice of shrinking US wind energy pie

US: Until recently, Mitsubishi had been a lone wolf as an Asian...

 
 

Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Simpler investment rules to boost renewable sector

SLOVENIA: Slovenia missed the June 30 deadline to file its National Renewable...

 
 

Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Plan makes provision for offshore exploration

PORTUGAL: Portugal's General Directorate for Energy and Geology has adopted a National...

 
 

Europe 2020: Renewable Energy Plans - Government told to go back to drawing board

POLAND: Poland's draft National Renewable Energy Action Plan (NREAP) proposes that renewables...

 
 

Europe banks on wind to make targets reality

EUROPE: Some goals are set without a plan to reach them. EU...

 
 

Michael Skelly moves into transmission lines

Michael Skelly

US: The former CEO largely responsible for building Horizon Wind Energy up...

 
 

Windicator: Quarterly update of industry share price performance and global installed capacity

As world capacity growth continues to slow and cheap gas in North...

 
 

Scotland banks on North Sea once again

UK: Scotland is today a major supplier of petroleum and gas. But...

 
 
 

Business and Finance events

 

Eolica Expo Mediterranean

 
Date:
07-09 September 2010
Location:
Rome
Organiser:
Zero Emission Rome
 

Husum WindEnergy 2010

 
Date:
21-25 September 2010
Location:
Husum, Germany
Organiser:
Husum Wind Energy
 

CanWEA 2010

 
Date:
01-03 November 2010
Location:
Montreal, Canada
Organiser:
CanWEA
 
 
 

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