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Impsa plans tower factory in Uruguay

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:34:00 GMT

URUGUAY: Argentinian turbine manufacturer, Impsa, has confirmed plans to build a wind turbine tower factory in Uruguay to supply both the local market and projects in neighbouring Brazil and Argentina.

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.

Work starts on 115MW Chile wind farm

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:22:00 GMT

CHILE: Construction of Chile's largest wind farm has begun following financial close of the 115MW El Arrayán project's debt facilities on Friday.

Gamesa wins first order in Uruguay

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:04:00 GMT

URUGUAY: Gamesa has been handed a 50MW deal for a wind project in Uruguay, the manufacturer's first order in the country.

Consultation claim stops 112MW build

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

CHILE: The construction of Ecopower's 112MW Chiloe wind farm has been suspended after the Chilean supreme court found that a local indigenous community had not been properly consulted during the environmental impact approval process.

Bahia aims high with strategy for gigawatt projects

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT

BRAZIL: Having attracted major wind companies to open local factories, the state is now authorising large-scale wind farms.

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.

Fuhrlander begins work on Brazilian factory

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:41:00 GMT

BRAZIL: German turbine builder Fuhrländer has begun construction of a wind turbine factory in Brazil.

Acciona plans 'mobile' tower factory in Brazil

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:40:00 GMT

BRAZIL: Acciona Windpower is to build a 'mobile' factory in Brazil to build towers for its upcoming wind farm Rio Grande do Sul, the country's southern-most state.

Latest coverage from EWEA 2012 liveblog day 3

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:13:00 GMT

The final day of Windpower Monthly's blog from the EWEA 2012 conference in Copenhagen. Covering launches and events as it happens. Or if you're at the event, visit Windpower Monthly at stand BL-13.

Latest coverage from EWEA 2012 liveblog day 2

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:09:00 GMT

The second day of Windpower Monthly's blog from the EWEA 2012 conference in Copenhagen. Covering launches and events as it happens. Or if you're at the event, visit Windpower Monthly at stand BL-13.