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7 March 2011

Brazilian Development Bank fronts R$790m financing for country’s wind parks

The Brazilian Development Bank is to finance nine wind farms that global manufacturer Impsa and Brazil-based developer Wind Power Energia propose to build in the country.

7 March 2011

Evoco Energy appoints entrepreneur Lawrence Tomlinson as director

Evoco Energy, a specialist in small-scale wind turbine technology and microgeneration, has appointed UK entrepreneur Laurence Tomlinson as its new director.

4 March 2011

Brazilian partners launch wind turbine JV

Brazilian renewable energy project developer Weg and MTorres Group are to create a joint venture to manufacture and install wind turbines in Brazil.

4 March 2011

DOE grants $102m conditional loan to Maine wind farm

The Record Hill Wind project in the US state of Maine has been awarded a conditional loan guarantee worth $102m, US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced.

3 March 2011

First UK high voltage offshore transmission line gets green light

Transmission Capital Partners has secured a licence to operate the first high voltage wind transmission line in the UK following a competitive tender.

3 March 2011

Iberdrola Renovables cuts investment to fund Brazilian acquisition

Iberdrola Renovables, the renewable energy division of Spanish developer Iberdrola, said it will cut investment as it looks to make a Brazilian acquisition.

3 March 2011

Acciona profits up, debt margin narrows

Spanish renewable energy heavyweight Acciona increased its net profit 11.9 per cent in 2010 as it closed down a portion of debt and stepped up energy production.

3 March 2011

Bentley acquires offshore wind modeling business SACS

Global infrastructure engineering company Bentley Systems is planning to capture a greater share of the global offshore wind market following its acquisition of offshore structural analysis business SACS from Engineering Dynamics.

3 March 2011

Plutonic Power, GE Energy Financial Services power up Dokie Wind project

Plutonic Power, a developer and operator of clean power projects, and GE Energy Financial Services have achieved commercial operations of Dokie Wind project.

3 March 2011

CleanTech Innovations wins $6.2m wind tower contract from China HuaNeng

CleanTech Innovations, a designer and manufacturer of high performance clean technology products, has won a wind tower supply contract for $6.2m from a subsidiary of China HuaNeng Group, one of China’s largest energy companies.

3 March 2011

Edison Mission Energy closes $255m refinance package

Edison International subsidiary Edison Mission Energy has closed $255m in debt refinancing to fund its Viento II wind energy portfolio, which includes three separate wind projects in three states.

2 March 2011

SSE scraps Kintyre offshore wind farm

Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has said it will not go ahead with its proposed wind farm 2km (1.2 miles) off the coast of Kintyre.

2 March 2011

Brazil’s Bioenergy signs $840m GE wind turbine deal

A Brazilian developer of wind and solar power projects has reportedly signed a deal with General Electric for it supply wind turbines in $840m transaction.

2 March 2011

AMSC secures Dongfang wind turbine control order

Nasdaq-listed power component supplier American Superconductor Corporation has secured an order for a series of wind turbine control systems from Dongfang Turbine that will be used in turbines it jointly developed with the Chinese wind manufacturer.

2 March 2011

Scotland’s Energy Skills Investment Plan to create 28,000 offshore wind jobs

Scotland’s new Energy Skills Investment Plan is anticipated to create close to 28,000 job opportunities in the offshore wind sector alone.

2 March 2011

AES closes financing of 49MW wind project in California

AES Wind Generation, a subsidiary of the AES Corporation, has closed financing of the 49MW Mountain View IV wind project located in Palm Springs, California.

1 March 2011

Offshore wind must grow 14-fold to meet EU emissions targets

Global offshore wind capacity will need to be multiplied 14-fold if Europe's 2020 emissions targets are to be met, according to a representative from power and technology giant General Electric.

1 March 2011

Offshore wind must reduce costs or risk dying out: Vattenfall

The global offshore wind industry must reduce the costs of its operations or risk becoming extinct, according to Vattenfall’s head of offshore UK projects.

1 March 2011

Vestas to supply turbines for PNE’s offshore project

Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has confirmed that it will supply the turbines for PNE’s 252MW Gode Wind II offshore wind project.

1 March 2011

REG WindPower connects 4MW wind farm

The wind power subsidiary of UK renewable energy project developer Renewable Energy Generation has connected its 4MW wind project in County Durham in the north-east of England, one month on from rejecting a takeover bid.

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