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North American News -
United States
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July 3, 2009
The U.S. Energy Department issued a $16 million conditional loan guarantee to Nordic Windpower, part of a four-year-old federal program for alternative energy. The guarantee is for Nordic Windpower to build an assembly plant for its two-blade 1 MW wind turbine. Most wind turbines use three blades and are more expensive and more difficult to install than Nordic’s, the company said.
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North American News -
United States
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July 2, 2009
A newly formed organization is exploring the
possibility of building a wind farm 13 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean off the
south shore of Long Island. The Long
Island-New York City Offshore Wind Collaborative is a group that
includes utilities, transportation agencies and others. On Tuesday the group issued a Request for
Information (RFI) marking the next step in the development of what could be the
largest offshore wind farm proposal in the country.
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North American News -
United States
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June 29, 2009
The private equity firm Riverstone Holdings last week acquired Babcock & Brown's North American wind energy group and its development pipeline for an undisclosed amount. The group has renamed itself Pattern Energy Group LP. Riverstone is world's largest renewable energy private equity fund and has committed $400 million to expand and support Pattern Energy's renewable energy business.
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North American News -
United States
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June 24, 2009
For the first time federal government has issued offshore wind leases. On Tuesday the federal government issued five leases to allow wind-energy companies to explore the possibility of building wind farms off the coast of New Jersey and Delaware. The leases cover areas 6 to 18 miles. The leases were granted to Bluewater Wind New Jersey Energy, Fishermen’s Energy of New Jersey, Deepwater Wind, and Bluewater Wind Delaware.
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North American News -
United States
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June 22, 2009
The electric utility, Ameren UE, last week signed an agreement to buy wind power from Horizon Wind Energy’s Pioneer Prairie Wind Farm in Iowa. This is Ameren’s first purchase of wind power. The energy purchase of a 102 megawatts from Horizon Wind is enough to power 26,000 households.
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North American News -
United States
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June 19, 2009
A study, published this week in Energies Open Access Journal, claims to be the first survey of global high-altitude wind patterns. It found that wind speeds at high altitudes of about 30,000 feet can be 10 times greater than speeds on the ground as a result of the jet stream. The study concludes that high-altitude winds might be tapped as a regular and reliable source of energy.
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North American News -
United States
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June 18, 2009
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has passed the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, which would help expand energy development and increase production of low-cost electricity. The bill creates the first nationwide renewable electricity standard (RES) requiring electric utilities to purchase or produce up to 15 percent of electricity output by 2021 from renewable electricity sources, such as wind, biomass or solar.
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North American News -
United States
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June 15, 2009
Mainstream Renewable Power is off to a quick start. The new company bought three wind farm projects in Illinois with the potential to generate 787 MW by 2013, following a $1.7 billion investment. Mainstream Renewable Power was founded in February 2008, by Dr Eddie O’Connor and Fintan Whelan, former Chief Executive and Corporate Finance Manager of Airtricity respectively.
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World News -
Europe
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June 11, 2009
A new report
analyzes wind power sector in Germany.
Wind Power Profile of Germany discusses recent R&D activity in the wind
power sector in Germany
followed by information on key players - organizations and companies - in the
market and brief profiles of key wind power projects in Germany.
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North American News -
United States
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June 8, 2009
The Muskegon, Michigan based company
EarthTronics unveiled an inexpensive rooftop wind turbine they claim can reduce
average residential energy bills by 18 percent. EarthTronics announced the Honeywell Wind
Turbine, an innovative energy systems for home and business owners that has a
higher performance output and lower installed cost per kilowatt than any other
unit on the market, according to the company.
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North American News -
United States
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June 5, 2009
Beyond near-term market uncertainty created by
the financial crisis, the longer-term prospects for the US wind
industry remain strong, according to a new study from Emerging Energy Research,
a Cambridge, MA-based advisory firm. Under
EER’s base-case forecast scenario, US annual wind power growth will
increase from 8.5 GW in 2008 to nearly 15.5 GW by 2020.
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North American News -
United States
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June 2, 2009
Two competing companies have struck a deal to
share the building of an $800 million high-voltage power line project from Wichita to Dodge
City, Kansas. The agreed to project will be the first
extra-high voltage transmission lines west of the Mississippi River and will
connect the growing wind farm fields of Kansas to outside markets. Each company will be separate portions of the
lines and they are proposed to be up and running by 2013.
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World News -
Europe
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June 1, 2009
Leading
international energy companies were in Cologne
last week attending Power-Gen Europe 2009 (PGE), an industry trade show, to
discuss global climate change and the impact of the economic slowdown on the
global energy industry. At PGE, GE business leaders highlighted ways customers
are managing climate change.
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World News -
Europe
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May 28, 2009
A wind energy development co-operative in County Clare
today announced plans to construct one of Ireland’s largest wind farms. The company believes the proposed EUR200
million project would be capable of generating enough electricity to power
every home and business in County Clare, as well as meeting the Limerick
Clare Energy Agency’s 2010 targets for emissions reductions and renewable
energy production.
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World News -
India - Pakistan
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May 27, 2009
American Superconductor Corporation (AMSC)
announced that its wholly owned AMSC Windtec subsidiary has licensed its
proprietary 2 megawatt (MW) doubly-fed induction wind turbine design to Inox
Wind Limited, part of India’s Inox Group of Companies (Inox). The license
provides Inox with the right to manufacture and sell the wind turbines
globally.
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World News -
China
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May 26, 2009
The German energy giant Siemens is building its first wind turbine manufacturing plant in China. The wind turbines produced in Shanghai will be for the Chinese market and for export. Siemens is investing more than 60 million euros in setting up this new location.
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World News -
China
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May 25, 2009
China is planning to spend $4.4 trillion on expanding renewable
energy use, state media said, as it seeks to rely more on cleaner ways to power
its growth. The investment will be
partly focused on wind power. China's
government says it will have 100 gigawatts of wind-power capacity by 2020 -
enough to power more than 60 million homes.
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North American News -
United States
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May 22, 2009
Duke Energy announced it is acquiring a
70-megawatt wind power project in Pennsylvania
- the company's first in the eastern U.S. The company plans to purchase the North
Allegheny windpower project from wind turbine manufacturer and project developer
Gamesa Energy USA.
The project consists of 35 Gamesa wind turbines, each capable of producing two
megawatts of electricity.
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North American News -
United States
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May 20, 2009
The Detroit Edison Co.
has entered into a $90 million, 20-year agreement with Michigan-based Heritage
Sustainable Energy to purchase wind power and renewable energy credits. Heritage
Sustainable Energy, which is headquartered in Traverse City, plans to install seven or
eight large-scale wind turbines at a wind farm near Cadillac.
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North American News -
United States
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May 19, 2009
WindSim yesterday announced it has begun a
strategic partnership with AXYS Technologies Inc. (AXYS) aimed at helping wind
developers design more profitable offshore wind farms. WindSim's wind farm design software will be
bundled with every sale of the recently launched AXYS WindSentinel offshore
wind resource assessment buoy.
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North American News -
United States
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May 18, 2009
CPS
Energy of San Antonio, Texas ranks number one for the second consecutive
year in wind energy capacity among municipal utilities, according to the American
Wind Energy Association. The association
also presented CPS Energy with its Municipal Utility of the Year Award for its
growth and leadership in renewable wind energy.
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North American News -
Canada
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May 15, 2009
The Canadian province of Ontario
passed the Green Energy Act. The Act aims to improve conservation programs,
promote investment in renewable energy projects through North
America's first feed-in tariff program, and create green jobs. The
legislation is the cornerstone of the government's plan to put Ontario on a path towards reducing Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions, while
becoming a leader in the emerging global renewable energy sector.
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World News -
Europe
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May 13, 2009
Permission has been granted to create the
world's largest offshore wind farm 12 miles off the Kent
coast in the United Kingdom. The project is eventually expected to have 1
gigawatt of energy generation capacity, enough to supply power for around
750,000 homes—or a quarter of Greater London
homes.
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World News -
Middle East
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May 12, 2009
A 2008 study by Oman found
the nation's solar energy potential is sufficient to meet all of our domestic
electricity requirements and provide electricity for export. The study also found wind energy potential
along the southern coast and in the northern mountains. It said there was some
potential for biogas, geothermal and wave energy but recommended the country
focus on wind and solar.
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World News -
China
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May 11, 2009
The Jiuquan wind power project in Gansu province, which
mainly comprises 18 wind power stations each with a capacity of 200,000 kw and
two wind power stations each with a capacity of 100,000 kw, will soon start
construction. Upon its completion in 2010, the wind power's installed capacity
will amount to 5 million MWs.
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North American News -
United States
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April 28, 2009
The wind turbine materials and supply business appears to be
feeling the pinch of the global recession and unemployment. The PPG fiberglass
plant in Lexington, North Carolina announced it will lay off 110
employees effective June 30. The plant manager said the decision is driven
primarily by the downturn in the wind energy market.
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World News -
Europe
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April 27, 2009
Germany has created a unique
wind energy / hydrogen project which bears watching. German chancellor Angela
Merkel has laid the foundation for a “milestone” renewable energy plant that
answers the big question surrounding wind energy: what happens when it isn’t
windy?
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North American News -
United States
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April 24, 2009
Iowa
Governor Chet Culver signed two bills intended to further wind energy
development in the state. One bill sets
aside $1 million in tax credits for wind energy companies that engage in
research and development. The other bill allows colleges and universities,
cooperatives and other groups of Iowans who want to generate their own
electricity to qualify for the wind energy production tax credit.
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North American News -
United States
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April 23, 2009
The Interior Department released final rules
for offshore wind-power development. The rules establish a process for granting leases, easements, and
rights-of-way for offshore renewable energy development. The new program also sets up methods for sharing revenues generated from OCS renewable energy
projects with adjacent coastal States.
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World News -
Europe
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April 22, 2009
Chancellor Alistair Darling presented the
"world's first Carbon Budget" as part of his statement to the House
of Commons. Darling said the Labour government would cut the UK's emissions
by 34% before 2020. Offshore wind
projects are set to gain £525 million through a rise in the Renewables
Obligation banding for the next two years.
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