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Latest North America News

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 
 

Latest South America news

 
 

IMPSA wins 450MW Brazilian wind farm contract

IMPSA subsidiary wins Brazil contract

BRAZIL - Argentinian wind energy company Pescarmona Metallurgical Industries (IMPSA) has won...

 
 

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...

 
 

Price falls in second Brazilian renewables auction

The 25MW Paracuru wind farm in Ceara, Brazil went online in 2008

BRAZIL: Brazil's national electricity clearinghouse Câmara de Comercialização de Energia Elétrica (CCEE),...

 
 

Petrobrás unveils plans for first wind ever wind farm

Petrobrás unveils plans for first wind ever wind farm

BRAZIL: Brazil's state-run energy giant Petrobrás has rolled out plans to start...

 
 

Brazil bidders come back on hope of higher prices

Brazil: more deals on the table

BRAZIL: Wind developers hope to avoid cut-price deals in new auction of...

 
 

Brazilian firm wins Norwin wind turbine contract

BRAZIL: Brazilian manufacturer Tecnometal has signed an agreement to produce wind burbines...

 
 
 

Latest Middle East & Africa News

 
 

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...

 
 

Kenya agrees guarantees to unblock wind farm pipeline

Kenyan finance minister Uhuru Kenyatta

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

 
 

Wind Prospect opens in South Africa with 'no.1' aim

Wind Prospect opens in South Africa with 'no.1' aim

US: Wind Prospect, the UK based independent renewable energy group, aims to...

 
 

Yemen moves forward with 60MW Al Mokha project

Yemen moves forward with 60MW Al Mokha project

YEMEN: Yemen's 60MW Al Mokha demonstration wind power project, on the Red...

 
 

Jordanian projects back on track after PPA breakdown

Jordanian projects back on track after PPA breakdown

JORDAN: Jordan's first commercial wind power project may be back on track...

 
 

Israeli government approves Golan Heights repowering

Israeli government approves Golan Heights repowering

ISRAEL: Green Wind Energy Ltd has obtained a permit from the Ministry...

 
 
 

Latest Europe News

 
 

Eurus Energy plans 60MW Norway wind farm

A Eurus wind project in Mexico

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

 
 

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...

 
 

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...

 
 

France tender signals offshore wind drive

France currently has no offshore wind farms

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

 
 

Scottish offshore sector coud provide 48,000 jobs

The 180MW Robin Rigg project is Scotland's only major offshore wind farm

UK: Scotland's offshore sector could provide the region with as many as...

 
 

UK and Norway agree North Sea cooperation

UK energy minister Charles Hendry

UK: The British and Norwegian governments have agreed to co-operate on the...

 
 
 

Latest Asia-Pacific News

 
 

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...

 
 

Vestas is handed 40MW Indian deal

Vestas' V82 1.65MW turbine will be used on the wind farm

INDIA: Vestas has been handed a deal by Hong Kong-based wind developer...

 
 

AMSC receives Indian turbine order from IWL

AMSC receives Indian turbine order from IWL

INDIA: Indian turbine manufacturer Inox Wind Limited (IWL) has placed its first...

 
 

Nordex receives 68MW in orders from China and Portugal

The S77 1.5MW will be used on the Ningxia project

CHINA: Nordex has been handed a 45MW order from Chinese utility Ningixia...

 
 

Goldwind denies imminent $1bn IPO

Goldwind denies imminent $1bn IPO

CHINA: Goldwind Board of Directors Office denied media reports it is planning...

 
 
 

Latest Worldwide News

 
 

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...

 
 

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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Windpower Monthly has launched its first ever salary survey of professionals working...

 
 

Arup enters 10MW offshore wind turbine race

Prototype: Aerogenerator X

UK: Engineers working with a UK architect have entered the race to...

 
 

AMSC's plan to build 10MW turbines... offshore and onshore

The 10MW AMSC Sea Titan wind turbine

Windpower Monthly technical writer Eize de Vries looks at AMSC's developmental pipeline,...

 
 

Suzlon announces Q4 revenue fall

Suzlon announces Q4 revenue fall

INDIA: Suzlon Group has announced a Q4 $40.1m loss with chairman Tulsi...

 
 
 
 
 

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