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Price falls in second Brazilian renewables auction

BRAZIL: Brazil's national electricity clearinghouse Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica (CCEE), has handed out 50 projects with a total capacity of 643.9MW in the country's second renewables auction.

 
The 25MW Paracuru wind farm in Ceara, Brazil went online in 2008
 

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US wind energy usage grows by 28%

US wind energy usage grows by 28%

UNITED STATES: Consumption of electricity from wind rose by 28% between 2008...

 
 

Oettinger singles out states failing EU interconnection target

EC energy commissioner Gunter Oettinger

EUROPE: The UK and Spain are among the EU member states to...

 
 

ATC to build 345KV Wisconsin transmission line

ATC to build 345KV Wisconsin transmission line

US: American Transmission Company (ATC) is to pursue the development of a...

 
 
 
 

Ofgem selects 2GW offshore transmission bids

The UK hopes to create high voltage links for around 50GW of offshore projects including this one planned for Dogger Bank

UK: Balfour Beatty Capital, Macquerie Capital and Transmission Capital Partners have won...

 
 

Utilities take control and turn producers

US: US wind power producers' customers are becoming their competitors as regulated...

 
 

Paltry new capacity falls below rivals

US: After a record-breaking 2009, US wind power installations fell to fourth...

 
 
 
 
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A resource identified

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

 
 

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...

 
 

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 - Offshore development hit in disappointing plan

SPAIN: Although Spain still expects to surpass its 20% renewable energy target...

 
 
 

Power System Issues events

 

Grids 2010: the backbone of Europe's energy future

 
Date:
23-24 November 2010
Location:
Berliner Conference Centre, Berlin
Organiser:
EWEA
 
 
 

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