Posts Tagged ‘wind farm’
28 November 2011
The Pattern Energy Group has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with mining company Minera Los Pelambres for the sale of electricity from the 115MW El Arrayan wind farm in Chile.
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23 November 2011
US renewable power company Pattern Energy Group has abandoned plans to develop a 100MW wind farm in Yolo Country, California, due to the potential impact on sensitive local bird species including golden and bald eagles.
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21 November 2011
German wind energy developer wpd has secured €45m financing from German bank KfW IPEX for a 36.8MW development in Croatia.
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15 November 2011
Danish wind energy company Vestas has been contracted by First Wind to supply turbines with a combined capacity of 139MW for two projects in the US.
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10 November 2011
The Canadian division of global clean power specialist Renewable Energy Systems has completed installation of a 99MW wind farm on the north shore of Lake Superior, Ontario.
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2 November 2011
Spanish cleantech developer Acciona has won a tender bid to construct a 50MW wind farm in Costa Rica, the company’s first venture in the country.
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2 November 2011
US energy producer the S&C Electric Company has been contracted to procure and construct electrical equipment to connect 32 3MW Vestas wind turbines to the grid in California.
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1 November 2011
US wind energy developer the Edison Mission Group, together with Midwest Wind Energy and the Nebraska Public Power District, has commenced construction on an 80MW wind farm in Custer County, central Nebraska.
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28 October 2011
Subsidiaries of the US-based AES Corporation have completed the installation of a 98MW wind farm with integrated 32MW battery-based energy storage system in West Virginia.
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27 October 2011
UK power company Scottish and Southern Energy has withdrawn an application request made to the Scottish government for a proposed 72.5MW wind farm in Ayrshire.
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26 October 2011
US independent wind energy developer First Wind has completed installation of a 40MW facility in Vermont, North East US.
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21 October 2011
German energy company E.ON Climate & Renewables’ US division has generated electricity from the first turbines installed at the Pioneer Trail wind farm in central Illinois.
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11 October 2011
India-based construction company Tata Steel has announced it will invest £2m into its Hartlepool tube works in North East England and has signed a new supply deal with German company Eisenbau Kramer as part of a drive to increase its product and service offering to the offshore wind sector.
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4 October 2011
Global energy company BP has announced plans to construct a 419MW wind farm located in Kansas, Midwest US.
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20 September 2011
Marine engineering groups Houlder and BMT Nigel Gee have been awarded a contract from the Carbon Trust as one of the selected participants in the Offshore Wind Accelerator Access competition.
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16 September 2011
Deepwater Wind has stated its intention to submit a bid to the New York Power Authority as it announces its plan to lease an offshore site south of New York City.
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9 September 2011
Project developers of the 31.5MW Amherst wind farm in Novia Scotia, Canada, have closed on $45m non recourse debt financing for the construction of the facility.
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6 September 2011
Danish wind energy company Vestas has been contracted to supply turbines for a 26MW development in Apuila, Italy.
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24 August 2011
A new renewable apprenticeship scheme is close to approval in Scotland, which will be funded by electricity sold from a nine-turbine wind farm.
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22 August 2011
EDF subsidiary enXco has signed a 25-year purchase power agreement with US utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company for a 100MW wind facility to be built in Solano County, California.
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