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SC Electric Awarded to Upgrade 585 MW Wind Farm in Texas
May 28, 2013 (SPX)
SC Electric Electric Company has been awarded a $2.6MM contract by Sweetwater Wind to upgrade a portion of their 585 MW wind farm in Sweetwater, Texas. This upg...
Raytheon using Wind Farm Mitigation kits across Dutch air bases
May 27, 2013 (SPX)
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) has contracted Raytheon to upgrade four additional Airport Surveillance Radar sites following the successful implementat...
Wind power blows into Africa
May 26, 2013 (AFP)
Giant turbines churning in the wind are a rare sight in Africa -- but that will not be the case for long. Until now the meagre amounts of investment in African ...
Globeleq Inaugurates Nicaraguan Wind Project
May 23, 2013 (SPX)
Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. (Eolo) wind farm in Nicaragua, strengthening its position as the ...
Scottish energy sector gets a bit greener with RWE Innogy project
May 23, 2013 (UPI)
Scotland received another addition to its renewable energy portfolio with the inauguration of a hydroelectric facility, German energy company RWE Innogy said. R...
A WindVision For Alberta
May 23, 2013 (SPX)
Alberta can once again be a leader in renewable energy development and address global concern about the province's environmental record by meeting rising electr...
Not just blowing in the wind: Compressing air for renewable energy storage
May 22, 2013 (SPX)
Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehe...
Goldman Sachs to invest in Japan green energy
May 20, 2013 (AFP)
US investment banking giant Goldman Sachs said Monday it will start investing in Japanese renewable energy projects, with a reported $2.9 billion outlay over th...
German energy company RWE Innogy starts turbine installation at mega wind project
May 20, 2013 (UPI)
German energy company RWE Innogy said Tuesday it started installing the 48 turbines for the Nordsee Ost wind farm off the country's coast. "Since mid-March all ...
Morocco to harness the wind in energy hunt
May 18, 2013 (AFP)
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is se...
Irish 'green paper' outlines transition to a low-carbon economy
May 12, 2013 (UPI)
Ireland aims to move energy efficiency and renewable energy to the forefront of an economy that depends on imported fossil fuels, the energy minister said. "A p...
Scotland approves 640-foot prototype offshore wind turbine
May 10, 2013 (UPI)
The tallest offshore wind power turbine in Scotland got the go-ahead this week under plans approved by the country's energy ministry despite local opposition. S...
U.S. moves closer to first-ever offshore wind farm
May 09, 2013 (UPI)
The Rhode Island government signed off on environmental permits for what will become the nation's first offshore wind farm, the project's developer said. Deepwa...
970-MW wind farm off the Isle of Wight considered
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
British campaign group Friends of the Earth said Thursday a wind farm proposed off the coast of the Isle of Wight was a "huge success" for energy security. A na...
Offshore wind supported with U.S. federal funding
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
The U.S. Energy Department said it was backing three offshore wind demonstration projects with up to $47 million to help take advantage of an untapped resource....
GDF Suez, others, selected to build offshore wind farms
May 08, 2013 (UPI)
French energy company GDF Suez said it was selected by the French government to install and operate two 500 megawatt offshore wind farms. GDF Suez and its partn...
E.ON anchors transformer to offshore wind farm
May 02, 2013 (UPI)
German energy company E.ON said Friday the multi-ton offshore transformer station for the Amrumbank West wind farm in the North Sea is in now place. Eckhardt Ru...
UK Ministry of Defense Deems Wind Towers a National Security Threat
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
Twenty-plus years on, the collapse of the USSR in 1991 threatened massive Western defense budgets, bereft of a major enemy like the "Evil Empire." Western milit...
Wind Power: TUV Rheinland Certifies HybridDrive from Winergy
May 01, 2013 (SPX)
TUV Rheinland has certified the HybridDrive system from wind turbines component manufacturer, Winergy, according to the GL2010 Guideline The system consists of ...
Benefits from a low-carbon economy are clear, Scotland says
May 01, 2013 (UPI)
An independent Scotland will make its mark on the global stage by advancing one of the best low-carbon economies in the world, the environment secretary said. S...
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