Posts Tagged ‘wind power’
23 May 2012
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to renewable energy and called for a transfer of skills from the oil and gas industry to the low carbon sector.
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23 May 2012
Wind company Suzlon has won a 138MW project contract from the Department of Energy in South Africa.
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22 May 2012
Metal component manufacturer, Cleantech Solutions International, has received an order to supply motor shaft forgings to Nanjing Turbine & Electric Machinery Changfeng Alternative Energy for an aggregate of £1.7m.
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22 May 2012
Danish wind energy company Vestas has been contracted to supply turbines with a combined capacity of 297MW, for five projects in South Africa.
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22 May 2012
Wind energy company RWE has questioned Germany’s ambition of adding 10GW of offshore wind power to the country’s generating network by 2020.
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21 May 2012
US wind company Pattern Energy said it will plan to go forward with its windmill project in Ocotillo, despite being met with opposition from a Quechan Tribe lawsuit.
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21 May 2012
Siemens has received a wind turbine order for a total of 50 turbines with a combined capacity of 115MW in Chile, representing its first order in the country.
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18 May 2012
US clean energy developer RMT has announced that it will construct seven wind farms with a combined capacity of 555MW throughout 2012.
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18 May 2012
Renewable engineering group RMT has been selected by US-based Alliance Power to construct a 67MW Colorado Highlands Wind project in Logan County, Colorado.
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17 May 2012
Scottish companies Burcote Wind and Wind Towers have signed an agreement securing Burcote’s billion-pound development plans to support jobs and manufacturing in the region.
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17 May 2012
US community-focussed renewable developer Juhl Wind made a net loss of $414,000 in the first quarter, compared to a $2.8m profit in the same period last year.
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16 May 2012
A consistent pipeline of European offshore wind projects is helping large players to bring the cost down, Bent Christensen of Dong Energy told NewNet, but he warned the industry still faces major challenges.
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16 May 2012
Malaysia-based Timar Wind Solar Energy Group will invest $800m in developing the wind power industry in the south-central province of Ninh Thuan.
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16 May 2012
Western Wind Energy has executed a term sheet with Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings to purchase the rights and title to a 4GW wind energy development pipeline, with near term projects in Hawaii and Utah, for $20m.
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15 May 2012
UK clean energy developer Banks Renewables has unveiled a £4.7m community package for residents in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, which would be derived from the 76MW Middle Muir wind farm.
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15 May 2012
German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has made a €14m first quarter loss, compared to a €1.8m loss in the same period last year.
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14 May 2012
The wind division of the AES has secured finance worth £16m from ING for the construction of a 16.4MW wind farm in Northamptonshire, UK.
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14 May 2012
Wind company Sauer Energy has fully acquired the assets of the Helix Wind, with the latter now being incorporated into Sauer’s business group.
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14 May 2012
Germany-based Nordex has received five new wind contracts from UK customer and Terra Firma-backed developer Infinis.
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14 May 2012
Zodiac Maritime Agencies and Totempower Energy Systems have partnered with Lloyd’s Register to assess the potential of wind generation devices onboard commercial ships.
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