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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
 

Project development news

 

'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...

 
 
 
 

Project development news from the web

 
 

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

 

Nine North Sea wind farms planned for the UK

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

17465BBChttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8448203.stm97647317463Daily Mailhttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1241548/National-Grid-able-cope-new-wind-farms-say-energy-experts.html97647317464New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/business/energy-environment/09wind.html976473
 
 

First US off-shore wind farm challenged by American Indians

US: Plans to build America's first off-shore wind farm in the sea...

17414Daily Telegraphhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/6937065/First-US-off-shore-wind-farm-challenged-by-American-Indians.html975859
 
 

Europe unites to build renewable energy 'supergrid'

EU: Europe's first electricity grid dedicated to renewable power will become a...

17378The Guardianhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jan/03/european-unites-renewable-energy-supergrid975567
 
 
 

Project development events

 

Wind Power Commercial Strategies Conference & Exhibition 2010

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

AWEA Wind Power Supply Chain Workshop

 
Date:
17 March 2010
Location:
Greensboro, NC
Organiser:
AWEA
 

Globalcon

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

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