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17 May 2013
SSE has acquired the £200m, 33-turbine Dunmaglass wind farm project in Scotland from Renewable Energy Systems.
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17 May 2013
Emerging markets power company Globeleq has inaugurated its 44MW Eolo de Nicaragua wind farm in the country.
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17 May 2013
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will make $1.5bn of fund and direct investments into clean power through a new partnership with Masdar that a spokesperson told NewNet will initially focus on MENA opportunities.
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16 May 2013
US billionaire Donald Trump has today launched his legal challenge against the Scottish government’s decision to grant planning permission for an offshore wind farm off Aberdeen.
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16 May 2013
Nordex has received the first down payment from the five 50MW contracts recently signed in Pakistan.
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16 May 2013
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon’s wholly-owned subsidiary REpower Systems has clinched 580MW of wind power orders over the past three months in various countries.
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16 May 2013
Tata Power is reportedly considering carrying out an initial public offering of its clean energy unit in the next financial year.
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16 May 2013
Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the 100MW Sere plant on the west coast of South Africa.
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16 May 2013
The Alstom Grid and Keppel Verolme consortium has installed the North Sea’s first self-erecting substation for the 400MW Global Tech I offshore wind farm.
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16 May 2013
Danish wind supplier Vestas has confirmed its 396MW Mareña Renovables project in Mexico has been delayed.
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15 May 2013
European renewable energy investors are wasting €45bn on choosing the wrong locations of where to site projects, engineering giant Siemens has warned.
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15 May 2013
Chinese wind turbine maker Sinovel has lost its second chairman in only two months as Wei Wenyuan resigns.
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15 May 2013
Brazil’s wind industry is rapidly gaining momentum, with over 1.1GW installed between 2011 and 2012, and a total of 9GW expected by 2017.
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15 May 2013
The Canadian province of Québec has laid open a call for tenders for 800MW of wind power capacity.
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14 May 2013
Suzlon Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary REpower Systems, a manufacturer of onshore and offshore wind turbines, has agreed to supply 27 wind turbines to Bürgerwindpark im Kirchspiel Medelby for four projects totalling €90m.
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14 May 2013
Canadian investor Northleaf Capital Partners and infrastructure specialist Palisade Investment Partners have acquired a majority shareholding in the 111MW Waterloo wind farm in South Australia from EnergyAustralia.
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14 May 2013
Renewable energy group Kedco’s wholly-owned subsidiary Reforce Energy has expanded the wind farm projects under its co-development agreement to 40MW while also adding a further 12.5MW project.
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14 May 2013
The £30m Spittal Hill wind farm, set to be built by Statkraft in Scotland, has been cut from 30 turbines down to eight, reducing generation capacity to 24MW.
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14 May 2013
Warren Buffett’s MidAmerican Energy has told NewNet that the $1.9bn it is investing into Iowan wind will come at no cost to its customers due to revenues from production tax and renewable energy credits.
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13 May 2013
Spanish utility Iberdrola has completed the geophysical studies for the proposed 400MW offshore wind farm due to be built in the Baltic Sea.
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