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World News -
China
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November 20, 2008
According to a report by Emerging Energy
Research, China’s plans to reach 100 GW of installed wind power
generation capacity by 2020 are unlikely to be derailed—or even side-tracked—by
the current global financial crisis.
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World News -
India - Pakistan
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November 19, 2008
Wind power turbine maker Suzlon Energy has
announced plans to enter the solar energy sector. Suzlon Energy chairman and Managing Director, Tulsi
R. Tanti said this would be in addition to the plans for tapping the wind power
potential in India.
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North American News -
United States
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November 18, 2008
GE Energy announced the shipment of its
10,000th 1.5-megawatt wind turbine, a global wind industry milestone. Over the
past ten years, GE’s 1.5-megawatt machines have been installed in 19 countries
and have accumulated more than 130 million operating hours, producing more than
78,000 gigawatt-hours of electricity.
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North American News -
United States
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November 17, 2008
The American Wind Energy Association announced the appointment of Denise Bode as its new CEO, effective
January 2, 2009. Bode will succeed
Randall S. Swisher, who is retiring after a 19-year career with AWEA.
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World News -
China
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November 14, 2008
Taiwan's wind power generation may grow to
3,000 MWs by 2020 due to increased government attention to clean or renewable
energy. Many experts believe Taiwan,
with some of the world's best engineers and advanced technologies, could emerge
as an important player in the clean energy field.
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World News -
Europe
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November 13, 2008
RWE
Innogy has gained access to three further wind energy projects in Poland with a
total installed capacity of 150 MW. The
sites, each with 50 MW of planned capacity, are located in northern Poland. RWE
Innogy has concluded a contract for the projects with a Polish project
developer. All three projects are still in the early phase of development. Based on current planning, official approval
of the wind farms is expected from 2011.
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North American News -
United States
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November 11, 2008
When most regional customers are asleep, utilities and power providers often
have to dump the power generated by windmills during the wee hours. When
utilities dump power, they loses sales.
GeoBattery will try to solve this problem with sodium sulfur
batteries. “They have the lowest cost and highest charge
density of any battery,” says the CEO of GeoBattery, Dan Volger.
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North American News -
United States
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November 10, 2008
Arizona Public Service Co. plans to buy 100 MWs of electricity beginning
next year from the High Lonesome Wind Ranch being built 55 miles southwest of
Albuquerque. The purchase will give APS
190 MWs of wind capacity. That is enough electricity for about 47,500 houses in
APS territory.
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World News -
Europe
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November 7, 2008
Irish
company Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a $1 billion euro joint venture
with Andes Energy in Chile to develop 400 MW of wind farms in that
country. Mainstream Renewable plans to develop, construct and operate a
range of renewable energy plants across Europe, the U.S., South America and
Australia and expects to have 200 MW of power built by 2010.
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World News -
China
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November 6, 2008
BP
Alternative Energy, a subsidiary of oil giant BP, has pulled out of a partnership in a wind farm
project with a subsidiary of Goldwind Science & Technology Company of
China. Goldwind is China's largest maker
of wind turbines. It said BP decided to
suspend its wind power business in Asia.
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World News -
China
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November 5, 2008
Research and Markets has announced the
addition of the "China Wind Power Market Potential" report to their
offering. The report on Wind Power in
China is a complete analysis of the Chinese wind energy industry. The report
analyzes the technology, barriers to the development of wind energy in China,
regulatory framework, and a profile of the major industry players.
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North American News -
United States
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November 4, 2008
California regulatory officials last week
effectively killed San Diego Gas & Electric Co.'s plan to build the Sunrise
Powerlink through the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park and parts of North
County. An administrative law judge for
the Public Utilities Commission and a PUC commissioner who were assigned to
review the project concluded the route
doesn't make economic or environmental sense.
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North American News -
United States
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November 3, 2008
The Middle East has displayed a growing
interest in investing in renewable-energy projects. New policies could make the
sun-baked region an attractive greentech market. The region's demand for energy
far exceeds what it can generate from natural-gas plants. Rnewable energy sources, especially wind and
solar, will be needed to satisfy this growing demand.
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North American News -
United States
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October 30, 2008
National Wind announced the formation
of Goodhue Wind LLC, a community wind development company in Goodhue County,
Minnesota. National Wind, the project's manager, helped capitalize Goodhue Wind
alongside local Goodhue County investors. Goodhue Wind intends to develop a 78
megawatt (MW) wind farm, which will supply energy to
Midwestern utilities.
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World News -
Europe
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October 29, 2008
Europe leads the world in production
of wind power, and Germany leads Europe. The 20, 000 windmills that line the
landscape generate 8% of Germany’s electricity, power 10 million German homes
and save an estimated 42 million tons of carbon dioxide.
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World News -
Europe
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October 28, 2008
Britain’s Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd. has
started a 1.2 billion-pound ($1.9 billion) bid to build its Infinis unit into
of the U.K.'s largest wind-energy producers.
The company plans to buy or build up to 800 mega-watts of onshore wind
generating capacity over 10 years. Guy
Hands, the buyout baron behind music publisher EMI, heads Terra Firm. Infinis presently concentrates on
waste-to-energy commerce.
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North American News -
United States
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October 27, 2008
The U.S. wind energy industry
installed nearly 1,400 (MW) this quarter, bringing to 4,204 MW the total of
wind power projects completed in what is expected to be another record year,
the American Wind Energy Association announced today in its 3rd quarter market
report.
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World News -
India - Pakistan
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October 24, 2008
Pakistan will produce 1,000 megawatts of
electricity through wind energy within the next few years, according to Irfan
Afzal Mirza, Technical Director of the
country’s Alternative Energy Development Board.
He told the Voice of Germany that approval has already been given to
over twenty-three projects producing 50 megawatts each.
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World News -
Europe
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October 23, 2008
Britain has enough offshore wind farms to provide power
to 300,000 households. The UK has become
the world’s leading producer of offshore wind power, toppling Denmark from the
top spot. The completion of the latest wind farms off the Lincolnshire coast
has taken the industry past the 3 gigawatts capacity mark.
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World News -
Middle East
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October 22, 2008
El Sewedy Cables has started up a wind energy group to
build turbines in Egypt. The company
expects sales of 434.6 million euros ($584 million) by 2011. Sewedy created the
Sewedy Wind Energy Group after buying a 30 percent stake in Spanish wind energy
equipment manufacturer M.Torres Olvega for 40 million euros. Sewedy retained
the option to buy the remainder by March 2011.
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World News -
Asia/Pacific
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October 21, 2008
Korea based Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the
largest shipbuilder in the world and a major engineering conglomerate, is set
to enter the global wind energy market.
Hyundai signed a deal to build wind turbines designed by American
Superconductor (AMSC), a leading U.S. energy technology company.
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North American News -
United States
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October 17, 2008
AeroCity LLC on Thursday introduced New York business and government leaders to its urban rooftop
"Aerotecture" wind turbine, an engineering installation to be
followed by the manufacture of demonstration units in Kingston, N.Y., early
next year. The company also announced that it has received notice of a $1
million grant from New York State.
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North American News -
United States
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October 16, 2008
According to the “Global Wind Power Report 2008 ” released
by Research and Markets, the global wind industry is estimated to grow by more
than 70 % and reach 160 gigawatts by 2012.
The report states wind is the world’s fastest-growing energy source with
an average annual growth rate of 29 % over the last ten years, while power
generation costs of wind energy have dropped by 50 %.
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North American News -
Canada
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October 15, 2008
British Columbia’s first commercial wind
turbine has been erected on a ridge west of Chetwynd for the Dokie Wind
Project, and construction is advancing at the Bear Mountain Wind project site
outside Dawson Creek. British Columbia is making its debut as a wind energy
producer, long after other provinces have begun harnessing wind to help light
homes and industry.
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World News -
Middle East
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October 14, 2008
A major Ethiopian wind power project got
off the ground last week. The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation
(EEPCo) signed a 210 million Euro contract agreement with Vergnet Group - a
French company specializing in the manufacturing and installation of wind
turbines - for the construction of a 120Mw capacity Ashegoda Wind Power
Project, in Tigray Regional State.
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North American News -
United States
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October 13, 2008
Even with today's credit crunch and falling
energy prices, money continues to flow for new U.S. wind farms. Offshore wind has particular potential for
rich rewards in the wind energy business. Atlantic coast and other offshore wind
locations promise clean, ample energy in areas that fetch some of the highest
electrical rates in the U.S.
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World News -
Latin America / Caribbean
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October 9, 2008
Wind energy in Brazil could increase capacity by 1GW
annually in the next 10 years, according to Lauro Fiuza Jr, president of
Brazil's wind energy association ABEEólica.
He believes the Brazilian government needs to come up with a long-term
wind power program for that to happen.
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North American News -
United States
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October 8, 2008
New Jersey’s Governor called for a tripling of the state's
commitment to develop offshore wind energy.
"We will be changing the objective from 1,000 mega watts to 3,000
mega watts by 2020," says Governor Jon Corzine. That would mean about 13
percent of New Jersey's electricity needs would come from the ocean's breeze.
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World News -
Europe
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October 7, 2008
Wind turbines do not drive birds from surrounding areas,
according to British scientists in findings published in the Journal of Applied
Ecology. Conservation groups have raised concerns that large birds could get
caught in the turbines and that the structures could disturb other species.
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North American News -
United States
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October 6, 2008
New Jersey utility regulators picked a
PSEG-backed wind-power venture Friday for a 350MW offshore pilot project. The selection gives Bluewater Wind's Delaware
startup a new neighbor. Bluewater, a
company that already plans to build more than 60 turbines off Rehoboth Beach,
was a runner-up in the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities competition for up
to $19 million in state assistance.
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