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IMPSA wins 450MW Brazilian wind farm contract

BRAZIL - Argentinian wind energy company Pescarmona Metallurgical Industries (IMPSA) has won a contract to provide wind turbines with a capacity of 450MW to Brazil.

IMPSA subsidiary wins Brazil contract
 
 

G7 gets go-ahead for five projects

G7 wins five projects in South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA - Wind developer G7 Renewable Energies this summer confirmed that...

 
 

Average wind bids lower than hydro

BC Hydro issued a call for clean power bids

CANADA - The winning wind projects in BC Hydro's recently completed call...

 
 

Banks cut wind power growth forecasts

Banks recommend site developer investment over turbine manufacturers

UK - Weak power demand has led two leading banks to cut...

 
 

RES 'could still appear in US energy bill'

The US senate could still consider a national RES as part of energy bill

US - The Senate energy bill could include a renewable electricity standard...

 
 

Massachusetts court throws out Cape Wind challenge

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

US - Massachusetts' highest court has dismissed an attempt to derail the...

 
 

Iberdrola agrees to partner Neoenergia

Iberdrola has operated in Brazil since the late 1990s

BRAZIL - Iberdrola Renovables and Brazilian power distributor Neoenergia have signed a...

 
 

Utilities pair up to develop gorge line

UNITED STATES - Oregon's two largest investor-owned utilities, Portland General Electric and...

 
 

Eurus Energy plans 60MW Norway wind farm

A Eurus wind project in Mexico

NORWAY - Eurus Energy Holdings, an offshoot of Tokyo Electric Power is...

 
 

Exelon buys John Deere wind operation

ohn Deere's Bluegrass Ridge project in Missour

US - John Deere has sold its wind operation and development division...

 
 

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...

 
 
 
 

Draft law extending grants is vulnerable to political attack

Lawyer Keith Martin says the Senate could block grants proposal

US - Legislation that would extend the period in which renewables developers...

 
 

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...

 
 

AMSC acquires 25% of Blade Dynamics

US - Wind component manufacturer American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC) has acquired a...

 
 

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...

 
 

California proposes increase in TREC cap

Windhub - one of California's largest substations

US - Utilities will be able to use unbundled renewable energy credits...

 
 

Kenya agrees guarantees to unblock wind farm pipeline

Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta

KENYA - The government has agreed to guarantee loans to help unlock...

 
 

France tender signals offshore wind drive

France currently has no offshore wind farms

FRANCE - The French government will next month launch a tender which...

 
 

Windpower Monthly launches tracking service

Windpower Monthly launches tracking service

Windpower Monthly has launched the Windpower Intelligence Tracker, an online information tool...

 
 
 
 

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