Posts Tagged ‘wind’

3 December 2009

GE partners with Horizon Wind Energy for $117m investment into Oklahoma wind farm

GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, in partnership with Horizon Wind Energy, is to invest $117m in an Oklahoma wind farm.

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2 December 2009

UN halts carbon credits for China wind farms

The United Nations organisation in charge of the management of carbon trading has suspended carbon credit approvals for over 50 Chinese wind farms. According the the Financial Times, suspicions have arisen that the rising superpower is manipulating industrial policy to take rake in over $1bn from the scheme.

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2 December 2009

E.ON receives go-ahead for 30MW Scottish wind farm

Energy company E.ON has received planning consent for its 29.9MW Dungavel wind farm in South Lanarkshire, Scotland.

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2 December 2009

LM Glasfiber to deliver blades for up to 477 turbines to REpower in Canada

Turbine manufacturer LM Glasfiber and wind energy company REpower Systems have signed a long-term supply agreement which comprises delivery of up to 954MW or blades for up to 477 wind turbines for five wind farm projects in Quebec, Canada.

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2 December 2009

US energy utility Kansas City Power & Light to add up to 300MW of additional wind energy

US energy utility Kansas City Power & Light Company (KCP&L) has issued requests for proposals to add up to 300MW of additional wind energy generation in the 2010 - 2011 timeframe.

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2 December 2009

US Mid-Atlantic states establish offshore wind energy partnership

A tri-state partnership for the deployment of offshore wind energy in the Mid-Atlantic coastal region has been signed by Governor Timothy M Kaine of Virginia, Governor Martin O'Malley of Maryland, and Governor Jack Markell of Delaware.

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1 December 2009

Southridge Investment Group brings international investors to GC China Turbine financing

Southridge Investment Group , an affiliate of financial holding company Southridge, has successfully placed European institutional investors into the recently closed financing for a China-based wind turbine manufacturer GC China Turbine Corp, which has has licensed a new technology in the wind turbine manufacturing sector.

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1 December 2009

US small wind company Mariah Power names Walt Borland new president

US vertical axis wind turbine company company Mariah Power has appointed Walt Borland as its new president and CEO. Borland succeeds Mike Hess, who will assume the newly created role of executive advisor.

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1 December 2009

Clipper to supply 67MW of wind turbines for Mexican project

California wind company Clipper Windpower is to supply 67MW worth of wind power to Mexico, backed by an $80.66m direct loan from the US Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank). The export will be Clipper's first sale outside the US, and the first project financing agreement for a wind power transaction.

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1 December 2009

Judith Highlands Energy announces 500MW of community-owned wind power

National Wind, working with area ranchers and wind development company Montana Wind Resources, has established Judith Highlands Energy, a community-based wind development company located in Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties in Montana.

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1 December 2009

Constellation Energy to acquire 70MW Western Maryland wind project

Constellation Energy has signed an agreement with Clipper Windpower to acquire the Criterion wind project in Garrett County, in the US state of Maryland. The $140m, 70MW wind energy project would be developed, constructed, owned and operated by Constellation Energy. It is one of several clean energy initiatives Constellation Energy has recently completed or proposed across Maryland.

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30 November 2009

Tricorona calls for UN to continue encouraging wind power in China

Nasdaq-listed wind developer Tricorona has called for the UN to continue encouraging wind power in China.

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27 November 2009

WindStream Technologies to develop Indiana production facility

WindStream Technologies, a wind power start-up based in Manhattan Beach, California, is to develop a new production facility in Indiana. The company, which manufactures small scale wind turbines called TurboMills, said that it will invest several million dollars in the new operations, expected to be finished by 2012.

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27 November 2009

OU Spirit wind farm supply agreement with OG&E approved

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has approved the terms of the OU Spirit wind farm project.

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27 November 2009

DSME shipbuilder to construct windpower plant in China

South Korea-based Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is considering constructing a wind power plant in China, according to a report.

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27 November 2009

Bulgarian wind power set to balloon by 2020p

Bulgaria is set to expand its wind power output in the next ten years from 330MW to 3,000MW installed capacity by 2020, according to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).

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26 November 2009

EDF EN Canada announces framework agreement with REpower for 954MW of wind turbines

EDF Energies Nouvelles and RES Canada have signed a framework agreement with German turbine supplier REpower, covering the delivery of up to 954MW of wind generating capacity. The turbines are intended for five Québec wind projects being developed by Saint-Laurent Énergies, a Montréal based wind energy company jointly owned by the consortium of EDF EN Canada, Hydroméga Services, and RES Canada.

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25 November 2009

Nordex increases gross profit 12 per cent

In the first nine months of 2009, wind turbine developer the Nordex Group generated a four per cent increase in sales to €814m from €781.1m the previous year.

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25 November 2009

Hong Kong Energy takes stake in 200MW Danjinghe Wind Power

Asian renewables firm Hong Kong Energy has acquired a stake in a 200MW wind farm based in Danjinghe. The company obtained the stake through a $10.1m investment in HKE Wind Power, giving Hong Kong Energy 25 per cent of the company and a 10 per cent equity interest in the wind farm.

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25 November 2009

Duke Energy commits $44m to develop Texas wind battery storage system

Fortune 500 utility company Duke Energy is to spend $44m on the design, manufacture and installation of energy storage batteries at one of its wind farms in Texas. The company received a $22m grant for the project from the US Department of Energy (DOE), and has promised to match it.

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