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AWEA response to Schumer push to suspend stimulus

AWEA statement on Senators Schumer, Casey, Brown, and Tester Urging Administration to suspend stimulus program

 
 

Wind energy at heart of EU smart growth strategy

PRESS RELEASE: The European Commission's 'Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and...

 
 

Clipper makes loss in second half of 2009 as CEO resigns

Clipper - set to make loss for second half of 2009

US: Wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has announced in its preliminary results...

 
 

Mexico hands Acciona $600million deal for three wind projects

Acciona's 250 MW "Eurus" wind project in the Oaxaca region of Mexico using Acciona's 1.5 MW turbines

MEXICO: Acciona Energy has been awarded a tender by the Mexican Federal...

 
 

'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...

 
 

Falck does €150million deal to back 80MW Italian wind farm

A winter view of a 1.5 MW General Electric turbine at the Falck Renewables San Sostene wind farm in Calabria, currently operating at 42 MW.

ITALY: Falck Renewables, the London-based wind development unit of Italy's Falck group,...

 
 

Patent wars - ITC rules GE is not 'sole inventor' of disputed LVRT

The controversial MHI 2.4MW turbine

US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins,...

 
 

Incentives - US tax credits lure new names into wind supply chain

Brevini's new turbine gearbox factory is under construction

US: Release of US government funds for component manufacturing sees growth in...

 
 

LM Glasfiber signs strategic deal with Envision

LM Glasfiber signs deal with Envision to supply blades for its 1.5MW turbine

DENMARK: LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese manufacturer...

 
 
 
 

EU hands out €910million for nine grid projects

The Estlink-2 line between Finland and Estonia is among the projects to be developed

EUROPE: EU member states will receive €910million to finance nine electricity interconnection...

 
 

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...

 
 

European renewables R&D set for 'multi-billion euro' increase

Barroso: promises greater spend on renewables R&D

EUROPE: The European Commission has announced a significant rise in the amount...

 
 

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...

 
 

Europe in danger of losing wind technology lead, warns Vestas CEO Engel

Vestas president and CEO Ditlev Engel

EUROPE: Europe could be overtaken by either the US or China as...

 
 

US senators urge Obama administration to alter renewables stimulus package

New York state senator Chuck Schumer

US: The Obama administration is being urged by a group of Democratic...

 
 

Sinovel to seek IPO to fund expansion plans

Sinovel launches its first 3MW turbine

CHINA: Sinovel has announced plans to raise CHY3.5billion through an initial public...

 
 

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...

 
 

UK suppliers 'behind on renewables investment'

Power companies 'need to invest more'

Energy companies in the UK could help meet the country's targets for...

 
 

AGL revives major wind farm plan following policy shift

AGL's Hallett wind farm: company now plans further wind expansion

AUSTRALIA: AGL, one of Australia's largest energy retailers, has revived plans for...

 
 
 
 

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