Posts Tagged ‘onshore wind’
6 March 2013
European Union cumulative installed wind power capacity surpassed 100GW in 2012, according to a new major report.
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15 February 2013
Arise Windpower is set to invest SEK400m ($63m) into three wind energy projects in southern Sweden.
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12 February 2013
Canadian investor Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has extended an offer to purchase the common shares of Western Wind.
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12 February 2013
The renewable energy division of French utility EDF has purchased Séchilienne Sidec, owner of 56.5MW of wind energy assets in France.
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12 February 2013
Australia’s AMP Capital is set to invest $100m into Capistrano Wind Partners, which was established to develop a portfolio of US wind farms.
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11 February 2013
The last two years have seen China overtake the US as the world leader of wind power, now accounting for 26.8 per cent of the global total.
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11 February 2013
UK green energy developer Ecotricity has been granted planning permission to build a 66MW wind farm in Lincolnshire.
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7 February 2013
Canadian investor Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners has allocated the majority of its existing BAIF fund and is set to begin raising new capital.
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7 February 2013
French utility GDF will build a 300MW wind farm in Morocco, set to be one of the largest project of its kind in Africa.
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6 February 2013
French technology giant Alstom has signed a preliminary wind energy agreement with Brazil’s Renova Energia that could be worth more than €1bn.
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4 February 2013
US technology giant General Electric has been contracted to supply ten, 1.6MW turbines to Sweden’s Stena Renewables.
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1 February 2013
Ireland’s Mainstream Renewable Power has secured $52m from the China Development Bank to finance construction of a 33MW wind farm in Chile.
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1 February 2013
A wind turbine that collapsed in South West England last week may have been sabotaged, according to preliminary investigations.
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1 February 2013
India-based wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon has commenced construction of a 138.6MW project in South Africa.
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1 February 2013
Renewables developer Blue Energy has purchased UK-based RidgeWind for £250m from private equity investor HgCapital, bolstering its onshore wind portfolio by 177MW.
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31 January 2013
Sweden’s Arise Windpower has signed a development agreement with Argyll Estates, for the design and construction of a Scottish onshore wind project.
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31 January 2013
The US wind industry had its strongest year ever in 2012, installing 13GW of new capacity and leveraging private investment worth $25bn.
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31 January 2013
Italy’s Leitwind has commissioned a 24MW wind farm in Apulia, south-east Italy, using its 1.5MW gearless turbines.
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31 January 2013
German wind specialist REpower, subsidiary of Suzlon, has been contracted by EDF to supply 350MW of turbines for a project in Quebec, Canada.
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30 January 2013
A generous incentive regime means that returns on onshore wind projects in Romania can be significantly higher than in Germany, but concerns around long-term policy have created a funding for development.
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