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5 April 2012
The US Department of the Treasury has awarded $29m to Gestamp Wind for the commercial start-up of a wind farm Petersburg, in Nebraska.
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5 April 2012
International Power has rejected GDF Suez’s £6bn takeover offer for the remaining 30 per cent stake it does not already own.
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4 April 2012
German energy company RWE has been granted permission to construct the Innogy Nordsee 1 offshore wind farm, to be located in the German North Sea.
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4 April 2012
Wind component supplier AMSC has raised $25m from the sale of convertible notes and warrants.
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4 April 2012
The Scottish government has granted consent for a 103 turbine wind farm on Shetland, an island of the north-west coast of the country.
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4 April 2012
The €10bn offshore wind energy tender launched by the French government is expected to result in the chosen companies being announced this week, and is likely to prompt a series of follow-on deals as supply chains get shored up for the various projects.
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4 April 2012
Suzlon has sold off a block of Indian wind assets for $40m it looks to reorganise its capital structure.
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4 April 2012
International Power, a subsidiary of French energy company GDF Suez, has purchased the development rights for a 140MW wind farm in Scotland, for an undisclosed price.
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4 April 2012
US electronics giant General Electric has been contracted to supply wind turbines with a combined capacity of 650MW, for nine projects in Ontario, Canada.
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3 April 2012
European wind turbine manufacturer Nordex said it would focus on its core profitable business and will continue to look to secure a joint venture partner to progress its offshore ambitions.
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3 April 2012
US President Barack Obama has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Governors of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New York and Pennsylvania to streamline the development of offshore wind in the Great Lakes.
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3 April 2012
US community project developer Juhl Wind achieved a net income of $3m in 2011, a significant improvement on the preceding year when the company made a loss of $12.8m.
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3 April 2012
Energy and resources-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has closed its sixth fund, Denham Commodity Partners Fund VI, with commitments of $3bn.
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3 April 2012
US-based energy business the PHI Group has agreed to acquire a 51 per cent stake in the Vietnam-Hungary Technological Application Joint Stock Company, which is Vietnam-based and focused on wind and solar technology developed in Hungary.
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3 April 2012
Private equity firm Terra Firma is to acquire a 150MW California wind farm from Terra-Gen through its wind energy development portfolio company EverPower.
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2 April 2012
GE Financial Services, an investment division of General Electric, has partnered with Enel Green Power North America to support one of Oklahoma’s largest wind projects.
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2 April 2012
Japanese asset manager Sparx Group is to launch a renewable energy fund to target domestic opportunities as the country moves away from nuclear power.
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2 April 2012
Finavera Wind Energy has received environmental approval for its 49.6MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Energy Project set to be built in British Columbia, Canada.
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2 April 2012
Electronics giant Hitachi has agreed to buy the wind division of Fuji Heavy Industries for $12m.
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30 March 2012
Partial closings by US cleantech companies means there are still opportunities for investors to get involved in businesses that are proving popular with other financiers.
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