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Renewables investor acquires 1GW wind portfolio

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:41:00 GMT

CANADA: Canadian renewables investor Alterra Power Corp has acquired a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites in coastal British Columbia with a potential combined installed capacity of 1GW.

NRG announces PTC-related job cuts

Tue, 22 May 2012 11:01:00 GMT

UNITED STATES: Wind measurement specialist NRG Systems yesterday announced the first job cuts in its 30-year history, blaming the federal government's failure to extend the production tax credit (PTC) subsidy.

Western Wind to acquire CGEI for $20m

Thu, 17 May 2012 10:36:00 GMT

UNITED STATES: Western Wind has agreed a deal to acquire Champlin/GEI (CGEI) Wind Holding's 4GW wind project pipeline in a $20 million deal.

AWC offshore grid closer to reality

Mon, 14 May 2012 22:16:00 GMT

UNITED STATES: The Google-backed Atlantic Wind Connection (AWC) offshore wind transmission line cleared a regulatory hurdle Monday, with the US Department of the Interior announcing it has not received any overlapping interest in similar projects from competitors.

Sany to sell US projects in $38m deal

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:15:00 GMT

UNITED STATES: Chinese turbine manufacturer Sany Electric is set to sell an upcoming 40MW project cluster in Oregon to the Yeland Group, a Chinese real estate developer, for $38.4 million.

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.

Chinese turbines for Texan project to be biggest in US

Thu, 10 May 2012 09:17:00 GMT

CHINA: Chinese investors are reportedly backing a 61.5MW project in Texas with 17 of the largest wind turbines on US soil -- prototype 3.6MW wind turbines by China Creative Wind Energy (CCWE).

NPS appoints Patton as president and CEO

Tue, 08 May 2012 10:08:00 GMT

UNITED STATES: Northern Power Systems (NPS) has promoted its president of the utility wind Troy Patton as overall president and CEO.

Gamesa halts US offshore R&D project

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:54:00 GMT

SPAIN: Gamesa has cancelled plans to install its G11X 5MW offshore turbine in the US after switching the project over to Spain's Canary Islands.

Review of this week's top 5 stories on Windpowermonthly.com

Fri, 04 May 2012 11:54:00 GMT

WORLDWIDE: The five top stories this week have come courtesy of the wind turbine manufacturers and has very much been a case of the good, the bad and the ugly.