wind energy development News
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Nheolis joins AFPPE
NHEOLIS has recently joined the AFPPE, French Professionnal Association of Small Wind Energy, founded in september 2010 and chaired by Olivier KRUG, renowned Small Wind Turbine expert. AFPPE aims at raising the government's awareness on the emergence of a new market and its significant job creation potential. AFPPE further intends to enlarge the concept of Wind Energy Development Areas, ...
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Gamesa continues to grow in China, having signed new agreements for the supply of 95 MW
These turbines are custom-designed to withstand the extreme winds typical of this coastal area which is often hit by typhoons. Gamesa has achieved a new product strategy milestone, namely the introduction of its new G114-2.5 MW turbine into China. Specifically, the company will supply 38 (95 MW) of these turbines to state-owned developer Zhognmin1 at two wind complexes. Nineteen of these ...
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Broadwind Energy Opens Office in Hamburg, Germany
Move positions Company closer to customers and changing wind turbine technology NAPERVILLE, Ill. - Broadwind Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ:BWEN) today announced that it has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, and named Michael Stegelmann as managing director of Broadwind Energy Europe GmbH. “Many turbine manufacturers have engineering offices in the Hamburg area, and this new office will enable ...
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U.S. Offshore Wind Auction Generates $405 Million in Winning Bids
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Acting Director Walter Cruickshank recently (12/14) announced the completion of the nation's eighth and highest grossing competitive lease sale for renewable energy in federal waters. The lease sale offered approximately 390,000 acres offshore Massachusetts for potential wind energy development and drew competitive ...
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GE Accelerates Wind Energy Development in Brazil with Opening of New Services Center
Facility is First of Two Brazilian Wind Energy Service Centers to Open this Year, Improving Efficiency and Speed of Services to Local Customers Centers Represents a $1.5M Investment of a Total of $5.5M in 2013 for the Renewable Industry in Brazil GE (NYSE: GE), one of the world's leading wind turbine suppliers with more than 20,000 units installed, today announced the opening of a new wind ...
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WindVision 2025–a wind energy strategy for Quebec
By 2015 Quebec's wind energy industry will develop 4,000 MW of generating capacity, resulting in $10 billion in new investment, thousands of new jobs, and significant economic benefits for those regions hosting wind farm developments, according to a study commissioned by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) by the firm Hatch in collaboration with economist Jean-Claude Thibodeau. "These ...
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Media advisory - Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) 28th Annual Conference and Exhibition October 14 - 17, 2012
Who: The Canadian Wind Energy Association and over 2,500 international wind and renewable energy experts from around the world will gather at CanWEA's 28th Annual Conference and Exhibition. What: Canada's largest renewable energy event will bring together over 2,500 international experts to discuss the opportunities and latest developments in the wind energy industry. The ...
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Millions of Euros for innovative wind energy demonstration projects
A call for renewable energy project funding, which potentially totals tens of millions of Euros under NER300, was launched by the European Commission today. NER300 is the EU's funding programme for innovative demonstration projects for renewable energy and carbon capture and storage (CCS). However while no CCS projects qualified for funding as part of the first call in 2011, renewables projects ...
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Canada on track to install more than 1,500 MW of new wind energy capacity in a record setting 2012
Canada will enjoy another record year for wind energy development in 2012 with the addition of approximately 1,500 MW of new installed capacity, according to the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). The projection was highlighted in the five-year industry forecast published today by the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) at Europe's largest wind energy conference in Copenhagen. ...
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Finavera Wind Energy Announces $22 Million Sale of 77 MW Wildmare Wind Energy Project
Finavera Wind Energy Inc. ('Finavera Wind Energy' or the 'Company') (TSX-V: FVR) is pleased to announce it has signed a binding Purchase and Sale Agreement to sell the 77 megawatt ("MW") Wildmare Wind Energy Project for approximately $22,000,000 to Innergex Renewable Energy Inc. (TSX: INE) ("Innergex"). The Wildmare Wind Energy Project, located near the community of Chetwynd in north east ...
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WISE Power launches online engagement tool for onshore wind farms in Europe
The project website - WE Engage - aims to foster public support for onshore wind power through information and advice to communities, Transmission System Operators, developers and local authorities. The interactive platform creates a one-stop shop for information-sharing, which allows groups and individuals to have a say in the siting and expansion of wind projects. The online tool also includes ...
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Global wind energy capacity grows 19 per cent in 2012; Canada remains the world´s 9th largest wind energy market
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its 2012 market statistics, showing continued expansion of the market, with global installed wind energy capacity increasing by 19 per cent in 2012 to 282,000 MW. Canada remains a global wind energy leader as it experienced the 9th largest increase in installed capacity in 2012 (936 MW). Both China and the United States, the world's wind ...
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South Africa to Stimulate Research and Development in Clean Energy
Johannesburg - South Africa is set to play a more meaningful role in international energy affairs, particularly in the research and development of new energy technologies and strategies. South Africa, through the newly-established South African National Energy Research Institute (Saneri), together with the International Energy Agency (IEA) are hosting the first joint collaborative workshop to be ...
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Report: National Guidance on Wind Power Planning Needed
WASHINGTON (ENS) - The use of wind power is increasing rapidly in the United States, but government guidance to help communities and developers evaluate and plan proposed wind energy projects is lacking, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council. The nation's wind energy capacity more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2006. The report concludes that in view of ...
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Wind energy is safe; calls for moratorium would put significant clean energy investments and jobs at risk
Calls for a moratorium on wind energy development pending results of a Health Canada study are not warranted because the balance of scientific and medical evidence to date clearly concludes that sound from wind turbines does not adversely impact human health, says the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). "The vast majority of Canadians choose wind energy as a top source for clean and ...
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PfR opens its first wind development at Kent prison
The wind energy developer Partnerships for Renewables (PfR), founded by the Carbon Trust in 2007*, last week unveiled its first completed turbine installation at HMP Standford Hill on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, with a formal opening by local MP, Gordon Henderson. The two-turbine, 4.6MW development is the result of a collaboration with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) and the Sheppey Prisons ...
By Carbon Trust
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WindMade: leading businesses and non-profit organisations will develop first global consumer label for companies using wind energy
The Global Wind Energy Council, WWF, the LEGO Group, the UN Global Compact, Vestas Wind Systems, PricewaterhouseCoopers (the Official WindMade Verification Partner) and Bloomberg (the Official Data Provider to WindMade) today announced their support for the development of the first global consumer label identifying corporations and products made with wind energy. The WindMade initiative is a ...
By 3BL Media
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Wind Turbines Affect Behavior of Desert Tortoise Predators
How a wind energy facility is designed can influence the behavior of animal predators and their prey, according to a recent study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management by researchers at the University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists placed motion-activated cameras facing the entrances of 46 active desert tortoise burrows in a wind energy facility near ...
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DOE Awards $28 Million for Wind Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Projects
Recently (10/22), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of 13 projects to receive a total of $28 million to advance wind energy nationwide. While utility-scale, land-based wind energy in the United States has grown to 96 gigawatts, significant opportunities for cost reductions remain, especially in the areas of offshore wind, distributed wind, and tall wind. The funding ...
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Expanding Support for Its Customers, GE Opens Regional Wind Turbine Service Centers
Centers to Support Midwest Region—the Strongest Potential for Wind Development in the US SCHENECTADY, N.Y. - Expanding its support for customers in the wind-rich Midwestern United States, GE (NYSE: GE) has opened two new wind turbine service centers in Albert Lea and Pipestone, Minn., with plans to expand into additional states in the region. The centers will serve as headquarters for ...
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