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A fashionable flotation
Such was the demand for Gamesa shares on the first day of its stock market launch in late October that their value immediately rose by 72%. The Spanish financial publication, Cinco D as, wrote that no...
Wind boom as prices spiral in Northwest
The Northwest of the United States is desperate for power -- and wind is helping fill the gap. Consumers want it, utilities need it and the high prices to be had on the market and the various incent...
AN Windenergie grows
AN Windenergie expects to move to larger premises within three years -- and it might find a location with enough space to resume turbine production. Presently it markets AN Bonus machines built in Den...
Jacobs 1.5 MW installation
Wind turbine manufacturer Jacobs Energie has installed its first three 1.5 MW machines with rotor diameters of 77 metres at a site in Saxony Anhalt for a local operator. They are new versions of its 1...
Greenpeace short film sells wind
A new short film has been launched by Greenpeace warning of the dangers of global warming and promoting wind energy. "The Wind" features a host of archive film excerpts and interviews with key figures...
Swedish court rules on beachfront compensation claims
The Swedish environment court has approved plans for a 42 MW offshore wind farm off N sudden. The project is being developed by Vindkompaniet, an affiliate of Danish wind turbine manufacturer NEG Mic...
Sudden request for proposals -- Kansas utility tests the waters
UtiliCorp of Kansas issued a hurried request for proposals (RFP) to a handful of wind plant developers early last month. All of them are prominent in the Midwest wind scene. UtiliCorp is hoping to cap...
From out of nowhere to the top of Spain
Gamesa E lica started from scratch just six years ago in its joint venture with Danish Vestas. Today it dominates the Spanish wind market. Much of its success is thanks to its parent company, which ha...
BC Hydro prospecting for wind in British Columbia
BC Hydro is boosting its wind prospecting efforts in Canada's western province of British Columbia. The utility recently installed three wind monitoring towers, one on the province's north coast and t...
Government pilot back on track -- Dutch offshore
Plans for the Netherlands' Near Shore Windpark (NSW) are back on track following the favourable outcome of an expert commission's report on the siting of the government's 100 MW pilot project. The sam...
Power company launches wind feasibility study for 25 MW
Colombia's integrated power company, EPM, and the German agency for technology co-operation agreements, the Deutsche Gesellschaft f r Technische Zusammenarbeit, will start an 18 month feasibility stud...
Binding targets a sticking point -- European parliament calls for amendments to draft directive
Any possibility of a common position being reached on the draft renewables directive at this month's meeting of European energy ministers appears increasingly remote. The European parliament is demand...
Historic 3 MW toppled at Burgar Hill
The world's first multi-megawatt sized wind turbine came crashing to the ground in November in a controlled explosion. The experimental 3 MW machine had stood at Burgar Hill in Orkney to the far north...
Texas seething with even more activity -- Further announcements
It's like a Texas oil rush, except that this time it is clean power. In the last few weeks, almost 200 MW of wind projects have been announced in addition to the 470 MW publicly presented in the Lone ...
Fixed utility prices not a subsidy -- EU Advocate General speaks
A long awaited judgement from the European Court of Justice is predicted to find that premium payments for green electricity made by electricity companies at the behest of the government do not consti...
Major utility snaps up emission credits -- SeaWest's new 44 MW plant sold
Interest in emissions derivatives from US wind projects has taken another major step forward. Last month, SeaWest WindPower Inc announced that PG E Corporation's National Energy Group is buying SeaWes...
Utility green fund under suspicion
A Japanese environmental citizens group is opposing a new utility "green fund," claiming it is no more than an attempt to forestall the passing of a new law requiring utilities to buy electricity gene...
Toronto project ready to go -- Call for wind plant supply
Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) and Toronto Hydro Energy Services have issued a call for tenders for North America's first urban wind turbine, destined for the east end of the city's wate...
Another gear box failure warning -- Red flag up for all Nordtank 600 kW turbines
The gear box bearings of 270, 600 kW Nordtank wind turbines distributed in four European countries are guaranteed to fail within five years, says the technical consultant to the Danish wind turbine ow...
Carbon credits and aid can make a difference
A series of wind market players and industrial giants are either considering wind projects in Latin America or actively involved in them. This report reveals what attracts them and what they and other...
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