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Hungarian government overwhelmed with bids for wind energy licenses

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:09:00 GMT

HUNGARY: The Hungarian Energy Office has received 68 bids to establish 1.1GW of wind power capacity in the country, nearly three times the 410MW for which licenses will be granted later this year.

US wind industry answers Schumer bill with lobbying for RES

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:40:00 GMT

US: The US wind industry is combining to press the government to pass strong renewable energy legislation and emphasise the sector's importance to the country's economy.

Clipper makes loss in second half of 2009 as CEO resigns

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:38:00 GMT

US: Wind turbine manufacturer Clipper Windpower has announced in its preliminary results it expects to make a loss for the second half of 2009.

Mexico hands Acciona $600million deal for three wind projects

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:52:00 GMT

MEXICO: Acciona Energy has been awarded a tender by the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission to develop three wind farms with a total capacity of 304.2MW.

'Visual concerns' set to halt one of Finland's biggest wind energy projects

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:02:00 GMT

FINLAND: PVO-Innopower (PVOIP) may be required to change its proposed windfarm in the Kristiinankaupunki area from an offshore to an inshore project, following "visual environmental" concerns identified in a report by the City of Kristiinankaupunki's (CoK) Health and Environment Safety Unit (HESU).

Norway plans 160MW wind farm

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:14:00 GMT

NORWAY: The Norwegian government has approved plans by Andmyran Vindpark to build a 160MW wind farm in the north of the country

Daewoo signs C$139m manufacturing plant deal and wins $30m Texas order

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:43:00 GMT

NORTH AMERICA: South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Ltd. (DSME) will establish a wind turbine tower and blade manufacturing facility at the site of a mothballed railcar plant in Trenton, Nova Scotia after the province agreed to invest C$60 million in the venture.

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

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:53:00 GMT

US: The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has affirmed that Thomas Wilkins, a California-based engineer, is a co-inventor of GE's valuable low-voltage ride-through technology (LVRT) as described in the so-called '985 patent.