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8 May 2013

Sweetwater brings in S&C Electric to upgrade 585MW Texas wind farm

S&C Electric Company has been awarded a $2.6m contract by Sweetwater Wind to upgrade a portion of its 585MW wind farm in Sweetwater, Texas.

8 May 2013

Vestas turnaround going ‘according to plan’

Despite Danish wind turbine supplier Vestas recording first quarter 2013 losses of €151m, company chiefs insist its fortunes are on the up.

8 May 2013

World’s cheapest wind in focus for GE’s Brazilian deal win

General Electric will sell BRL1.8bn ($895.3m) of turbines to Brazilian group Bioenergy Geradora de Energia, which wants to develop the cheapest wind power in the world.

7 May 2013

Canada loses WTO renewable energy appeal

Canada has lost a World Trade Organization appeal over incentives offered to local renewable energy companies in the province of Ontario.

7 May 2013

Suzlon to sell off assets in attempt to raise $400mp

Embattled Indian solar group Suzlon will look to sell off 15 non-core assets to raise $400m in an on-going effort to cut its debt.

7 May 2013

Gamesa offloads 70MW of Mexican wind to Iberdrola

Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa has sold a 70MW development in Mexico to utility Iberdrola.

7 May 2013

Samsung gets go-ahead for Scottish 7MW offshore wind test site

Scotland has approved a proposal by South Korean conglomerate Samsung to build a 7MW offshore wind test site at the Fife Energy Park in Methil.

7 May 2013

Kuwait pledges $215m to Jordan’s wind, LNG ambitions

A Kuwaiti development fund has awarded grants of $215m to Jordan for it to develop wind and liquefied natural gas projects.

7 May 2013

PTC pushes GE’s wind orders to 1GW

General Electric said its wind business saw orders of 1GW following the ruling of the production tax credit at the start of the year.

7 May 2013

AWEA: Avoid boom-and-bust with stable US policy

Gabriel Alonso, chair of the American Wind Energy Assocation said the US wind market must not fall into a ‘boom and bust’ industry brought about by uncertain policy regimes.

7 May 2013

Denham invests $75m in 1GW of Australian wind power

Energy-focused private equity firm Denham Capital has invested $75m in a 1GW portfolio of Australian wind power projects currently under development.

6 May 2013

Partners Group brings on HgCapital’s Jean Perarnaud

Partners Group has reportedly boosted its renewable energy investment know-how by hiring HgCapital director Jean Perarnaud.

6 May 2013

WHEB’s Prime Renewables buys wind portfolio in France

Investment firm Prime Renewables, which is advised by Ben Goldsmith’s Wheb Infrastructure, has acquired a portfolio of three wind farms in France.

3 May 2013

Utah utility relaunches community-scale green power funding schemep

A US utility operating in Utah and Idaho has launched a request for proposals as it offers funding to support community-based renewable energy projects.

3 May 2013

Vattenfall CEO: Outlook remains weak

Vattenfall chief Øystein Løseth said outlook remains week as the company ends the first quarter by continuing to focus on improving the efficiency of operations and cutting costs.

3 May 2013

Atlantic Power completes sale of Path 15 transmission, wind projects

NYSE-listed Atlantic Power has completed the sale of its interests in the Path 15 transmission line and the syndication of its $44m tax equity investment in the Canadian Hills wind project with Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

2 May 2013

Stadtwerke München brings in Siemens, RES for 144MW Swedish wind farm

German utility Stadtwerke München has bought a 144MW wind farm being developed by RES Group’s subsidiary Nordisk Vindkraft, with Siemens winning the contract to supply the turbines.

2 May 2013

ASEAN Infrastructure Fund readies $1bn project pipeline as lending begins

The Association of South East Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) largest ever financing initiative, the ASEAN Infrastructure Fund, is set to begin its lending operations in the second half of 2013, with a pipeline of around $1bn in projects for the next three years.

2 May 2013

Trinity sees uplift in wind tower revenues

Multi-industry manufacturer Trinity Industries, which makes wind turbine towers, said revenues in its energy equipment group totalled $154.7m in the first quarter, up from $125m last year.

1 May 2013

GE to supply wind turbine storage tech for Invenergy

US wind turbine supplier General Electric (GE) will supply its battery storage systems for three of Invenergy’s turbines at its Texas wind farm.

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