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Massachusetts court throws out Cape Wind challenge

US - Massachusetts' highest court has dismissed an attempt to derail the Cape Wind offshore project.

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

Project development news

 

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...

 
 

EDA launches latest Azores venture

EDA to complete Azores wind farm by the end of next year

PORTUGAL - The first wind farm on the Azores island of San...

 
 

Big break for largest wind farm in West

The Roscoe project in Texas will be dwarfed by the Alta Wind Energy Center

US - Construction has begun on what is planned to be the...

 
 

Huaneng to invest in massive inter-tidal wind farm

Huaneng Group installing turbines at a wind farm in Rushan, east China's Shandong Province

CHINA - Electric power company Huaneng has announced it will invest 6...

 
 
 
 

Sinovel unveils plan for wind turbine plant

Sinovel's SL 3MW series turbine

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

 
 

Planning concerns endanger Idaho project

UNITED STATES: Ridgeline Energy has been denied permission to build the Meadow...

 
 

Vestas is handed 40MW Indian deal

Vestas' V82 1.65MW turbine will be used on the wind farm

INDIA: Vestas has been handed a deal by Hong Kong-based wind developer...

 
 

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UNITED STATES: Utility Duke Energy has withdrawn plans for a three-turbine demonstration...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

 
 

Latin America - a sleeping giant begins to stir

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

LATIN AMERICA: For many years Latin America has been considered prime territory...

 
 

The rail revolution

On track: Rail allows cost effective movement of large loads

US: Rail transportation is playing an increasingly important role in wind industry...

 
 

The pivotal role of ports

Storage space: Turbine blades at Port of Vancouver

Once a shipment of wind components arrives at a port, the land,...

 
 

Prepare for the long haul

Even giant Schnabel trailers sometime struggle with giant 3MW components

US: Specialised heavy haul carriers are seeking new ways of accommodating the...

 
 
 

Project development events

 

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
 

World Engineering Congress - WEEC

 
Date:
08-09 December 2010
Location:
Washington DC
Organiser:
World Energy Engineering Congress
 
 
 

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