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MidAmerican plans $1.9 billion Iowa investment

UNITED STATES: MidAmerican Energy, the utility owned by Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway company, has announced a $1.9 billion plan to add more than 1GW of wind power in Iowa by 2015.

GE sells first 1.7MW turbines to NextEra

UNITED STATES: NextEra has become the first customer for GE's new 1.7MW turbine, launched earlier this week at AWEA Windpower 2013.

NextEra signs 225MW of PPAs in Q1

UNITED STATES: NextEra Energy signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 225MW of US wind projects in the first quarter of 2013, putting it on track to add up to 1.5GW of new US capacity to its portfolio by the end of 2014.

Broader global role replaces rapid growth

WORLDWIDE: The wind industry has grown up. This is one way of interpreting the findings from the latest edition of BTM Consult's annual market report and forecast to 2016, International Wind Energy Development: World Update 2011.

GE wins 460MW Ontario supply deal

CANADA: GE has been handed a 460MW supply deal by NextEra to go to six projects in Ontario.

BPA files changes to curtailment plan

UNITED STATES: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), grid operator for the majority of the Pacific Northwest region of the US, yesterday filed a plan to change the way it curtails wind farms' output at times of over-generation by the region's hydroelectric dams.

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