Project development

News, press releases and in-depth analysis and coverage of wind energy and wind farm project development.

Mexico hands Acciona $600million deal for three wind projects

MEXICO: Acciona Energy has been awarded a tender by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission to develop three wind farms with a total capacity of 304.2MW.

Acciona's 250 MW "Eurus" wind project in the Oaxaca region of Mexico using Acciona's 1.5 MW turbines

'Visual concerns' set to halt one of Finland's biggest wind energy projects

Kristiinankaupunki is on Finland's western coast

FINLAND: PVO-Innopower (PVOIP) may be required to change its proposed windfarm in...

Norway plans 160MW wind farm

The Andoy region of Norway is one of the country's most plentiful in wind

NORWAY: The Norwegian government has approved plans by Andmyran Vindpark to build...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Market Status: Croatia - Investment needed as developers lose interest

Croatia has set itself a goal of producing 5.8% of its total...

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

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

Community Wind - Small projects chip at Bay State target

US: Massachusetts' wind power future may be offshore, but community-owned projects are...

Offshore - huge logistical challenges facing contractors behind London array

UK: The success or failure of offshore wind projects depends on robust...

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Market Status: Japan - Slow start for green growth under new regime

JAPAN: In September last year, the centrist Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ),...

Market Status: Israel - Premium price rise coming as country slowly wakes up

ISRAEL: Israel had been expected to see an increase in wind capacity...

Market Status: Egypt - Banking on private sector to keep momentum going

EGYPT: Egypt added 66MW of operating wind capacity in 2009 with the...

Market Status: Tunisia - Strategy to encourage more private investment

No new wind power capacity was added last year to the 54MW...

Nine North Sea wind farms planned for the UK

UK prime minister Gordon Brown gives the go-ahead to spend £100bn on...

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