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23 May 2012
Wind company Suzlon has won a 138MW project contract from the Department of Energy in South Africa.
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22 May 2012
Metal component manufacturer, Cleantech Solutions International, has received an order to supply motor shaft forgings to Nanjing Turbine & Electric Machinery Changfeng Alternative Energy for an aggregate of £1.7m.
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22 May 2012
Danish wind energy company Vestas has been contracted to supply turbines with a combined capacity of 297MW, for five projects in South Africa.
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22 May 2012
Wind energy company RWE has questioned Germany’s ambition of adding 10GW of offshore wind power to the country’s generating network by 2020.
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21 May 2012
Spanish renewable energy developer Acciona has won, alongside partner Aveng, a deal to own and operate a 135MW wind park and a 74MW photovoltaic solar plant in South Africa as part of its latest renewable energy tender.
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21 May 2012
US wind company Pattern Energy said it will plan to go forward with its windmill project in Ocotillo, despite being met with opposition from a Quechan Tribe lawsuit.
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21 May 2012
India-based wind turbine make Suzlon said it will look to monetise non-critical assets going forward having secured a deal in principle to extend a term loan of up to $300m.
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21 May 2012
Siemens has received a wind turbine order for a total of 50 turbines with a combined capacity of 115MW in Chile, representing its first order in the country.
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21 May 2012
TSX-listed Alterra Power is to acquire a portfolio of wind power sites in British Columbia from a group led by English Bay Energy.
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18 May 2012
US clean energy developer RMT has announced that it will construct seven wind farms with a combined capacity of 555MW throughout 2012.
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18 May 2012
Renewable engineering group RMT has been selected by US-based Alliance Power to construct a 67MW Colorado Highlands Wind project in Logan County, Colorado.
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18 May 2012
AlphaMundi, a Swiss investment firm, told NewNet it is targeting $25m for the first close of its latest impact investment fund, which will finance renewable energy projects in Africa and Latin America.
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17 May 2012
Spanish wind giant Gamesa said it will sell off parts of its development pipeline in the coming quarters as it gradually looks to reduce its debt.
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17 May 2012
Eolectric Club, a newly-launched fund by Quebec project developer Eolectric and Fiera Axium Infrastructure, has made its initial investment into a Canadian wind farm as it embarks on sourcing further deals.
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17 May 2012
An India-based wind developer has decided to try and raise $30m to help pay off loans and bondholders.
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17 May 2012
Scottish companies Burcote Wind and Wind Towers have signed an agreement securing Burcote’s billion-pound development plans to support jobs and manufacturing in the region.
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17 May 2012
US community-focussed renewable developer Juhl Wind made a net loss of $414,000 in the first quarter, compared to a $2.8m profit in the same period last year.
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17 May 2012
UK utility Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) added 570MW of additional renewable energy capacity over the financial year ending 31 March.
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16 May 2012
A consistent pipeline of European offshore wind projects is helping large players to bring the cost down, Bent Christensen of Dong Energy told NewNet, but he warned the industry still faces major challenges.
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16 May 2012
Africa Finance Corporation, a hybrid investment bank and multilateral development financial institution, has revealed it is looking to invest in a number of energy projects across the continent.
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