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Acciona secures 138MW project in South African tenders

Tue, 22 May 2012 10:47:00 GMT

SOUTH AFRICA: An Acciona-led consortium has confirmed it has secured the rights to develop a 138MW wind farm in the Western Cape Province as part of South Africa's second renewable energy tender.

South Africa approves 562MW of wind projects

Mon, 21 May 2012 15:14:00 GMT

SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa has approved seven wind projects totalling 562MW as part of its second renewable energy tender.

Gestamp to build South African tower factory

Tue, 15 May 2012 16:01:00 GMT

SOUTH AFRICA: Spain's Gestamp Renewable Industries has announced plans to open a factory near Cape Town to manufacture steel towers in association with an unnamed local industrial partner.

Friday review - the week's top 5 stories

Fri, 11 May 2012 09:58:00 GMT

WORLDWIDE: Offshore may only make up a fraction of the world's installed wind power, but it has supplied a large proportion of this week's five most popular stories on Windpowermonthly.com.

Sinovel to launch offshoot in Turkey

Mon, 07 May 2012 08:51:00 GMT

TURKEY: Sinovel is planning to set up an offshoot in Turkey as part of its aim to expand its presence in Europe.

Enel heads south to offset gloom in Italy

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

WORLDWIDE: Italian renewable energy group Enel Green Power (EGP) is targeting wind power in Latin America and Morocco as it seeks to break out of a declining domestic market.

Financing wind in sub-Saharan Africa

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:03:00 GMT

AFRICA: Access to electricity is fundamental to economic development and all the associated health and social benefits. Yet sub-Saharan Africa is chronically short of power, despite decades of aid and investment. More than a billion people in the region have no electricity, according to the United Nations (UN), while the capacity that does exist is generally stretched beyond its limits. And population and economic growth put further strain on facilities.

Loan to build 50MW Tanzania plant

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:44:00 GMT

TANZANIA: Tanzania's state-run National Development Corporation (NDC) has secured a $123 million loan from the Exim Bank of China to build a 50MW wind power project, according to local media reports.

Bids invited to repower 50MW Moroccan plant

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:32:00 GMT

MOROCCO: Independent French producer Theolia and Moroccan state utility the Office National d'Electricite (ONE) have called for tenders to repower Theolia's 50MW Koudia al Baida facility, increasing its capacity to 100MW.

Funding agreed for Yemen demo project

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 10:08:00 GMT

YEMEN: Yemen's long-delayed Al Mokha demonstration wind power project has received a shot in the arm with news that the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) has agreed a grant of $65 million.

Tunisia doubles up

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:06:00 GMT

TUNISIA: Tunisia has doubled its installed wind capacity with the completion of the first 50MW of a 190MW plant under construction at Metline and Kchabta in the northern Bizerte region.