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Latest North America News
AWEA response to Schumer push to suspend stimulus
AWEA statement on Senators Schumer, Casey, Brown, and Tester Urging Administration to...
Clipper makes loss in second half of 2009 as CEO resigns
US: Wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has announced in its preliminary results...
Mexico hands Acciona $600million deal for three wind projects
MEXICO: Acciona Energy has been awarded a tender by the Mexican Federal...
Daewoo signs C$139m manufacturing plant deal and wins $30m Texas order
NORTH AMERICA: South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) will...
Patent wars - ITC rules GE is not 'sole inventor' of disputed LVRT
US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins,...
Incentives - US tax credits lure new names into wind supply chain
US: Release of US government funds for component manufacturing sees growth in...
Latest South America news
Market Status: Latin America - Brazil and Mexico take off leading the region
Last year was the strongest yet for wind power in Latin America,...
Iberdrola outlines renewables expansion
SPAIN: Spanish electricity giant Iberdrola has announced plans to invest €9 billion...
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez calls for development of wind energy
VENEZUELA: Venezuela president Hugo Chavez has announced the country is planning to...
Alstom branches out to build turbines in Brazil
BRAZIL: French company Alstom, which acquired Spain-based turbine maker Ecotecnia in 2007,...
Business: Brazil base for global wind giant
US firm GE Energy is establishing a wind turbine manufacturing base in...
Wind Wire: Auction delay
Brazil's first auction of power purchase agreements (PPAs) specifically for wind energy...
Latest Middle East & Africa News
Market Status: Morocco - Market almost doubles but 2010 could slow down
MOROCCO: Renewable energy was high on the Moroccan agenda last year. In...
Masdar picks up contract to build Egypt's first 200MW wind farm
EGYPT: Abu Dhabi's Masdar has signed a deal with the Egyptian government...
Algeria seals deal for first ever wind farm
ALGERIA: Algeria's first industrial-scale wind farm is due to be up and...
10 bid for 250MW Gulf of Suez project
EGYPT: Ten companies and consortia have been shortlisted to bid for the...
RES enters South African wind market with acquisition of 300MW portfolio
SOUTH AFRICA: Renewables Energy Systems (RES) has announced its first acquisition in...
Hyundai partners with Yunus Brothers to build 50MW wind farm in Pakistan
SOUTH KOREA: South Korean industrial giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has announced...
Latest Europe News
Wind energy at heart of EU smart growth strategy
PRESS RELEASE: The European Commission's 'Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and...
'Visual concerns' set to halt one of Finland's biggest wind energy projects
FINLAND: PVO-Innopower (PVOIP) may be required to change its proposed windfarm in...
Norway plans 160MW wind farm
NORWAY: The Norwegian government has approved plans by Andmyran Vindpark to build...
Falck does €150million deal to back 80MW Italian wind farm
ITALY: Falck Renewables, the London-based wind development unit of Italy's Falck group,...
LM Glasfiber signs strategic deal with Envision
DENMARK: LM Glasfiber has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Chinese manufacturer...
EU hands out €910million for nine grid projects
EUROPE: EU member states will receive €910million to finance nine electricity interconnection...
Latest Asia-Pacific News
GSPL hands Suzlon 52MW order for wind farm in western India
INDIA: Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPL) has handed Suzlon an order to...
Sinovel to seek IPO to fund expansion plans
CHINA: Sinovel has announced plans to raise CHY3.5billion through an initial public...
AGL revives major wind farm plan following policy shift
AUSTRALIA: AGL, one of Australia's largest energy retailers, has revived plans for...
Australia environment minister loses renewables brief
AUSTRALIA: Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has pulled environment minister and former...
Wind Potential - Japanese wind body ups prediction
Asia: Japan can viably install 133GW of wind power capacity by 2020,...
Grids - Transmission shortfall may slow growth in China
CHINA: Grid bottlenecks mean that new wind build in China is likely...
Latest Worldwide News
Market Status Reports: Global wind power booms
SOUTH AMERICA: The global wind sector upset the economic odds yet again...
Windtech: Gearbox oil - Magnetic debris filtration
Keeping oil free of debris is important for ensuring the long life...
Windtech: Blade testing - Centre in Asia open for business
A new test centre for turbine rotor blades at Vadodara in Gujarat,...
Windtech: More lidar - Ahead-of-time wind monitoring
American company Catch The Wind is developing laser technology to scan the...
Windtech: Smarter Blades - Laser sensors for load control
Laser-based wind direction sensor systems integrated into individual rotor blades could increase...
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