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Presque Isle Facility's Poses Little Threat To Nearby Birds And Bats
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
A nearly two-year independent study has concluded a wind turbine poses no overt threat to bird and bat life while it generates supplemental power and serves as an educational aid at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center at Presque Isle State Park in Erie. "Undertaken by a scientific team from fall 2006 to spring 2008, this intense bird and bat mortality study supports the Bureau of State Park ... read more
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    TRC Completes EIS For Proposed Cape Wind Project
    Lowell MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
    TRC Companies has announced the recent completion of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) prepared for the U.S. Minerals Management Service (MMS) for the first proposed offshore wind energy project in the United States. The release of the FEIS moves the Cape Wind Project, a proposed 130-turbine wind farm off the shore in Nantucket Sound, Mass., closer to federal approval. The pr ... more

    Principle Power And EDP Team Up Phased Offshore Wind Power Project
    Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
    Principle Power is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Energias de Portugal ("EDP") for the phased development of a deep-water offshore wind power project sited of the coast of Portugal using the WindFloat. WindFloat, conceived by Marine Innovation and Technology and owned by Principle Power, is a patent pending floating foundation for offshore wind turbines w ... more

    Offshore Wind China 2009 Conference And Exhibition
    Shanghai, China (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
    The Offshore Wind China 2009 Conference and Exhibition (Offshore 2009 Wind China) will be staged at Shanghai International Convention Center. As China's first offshore wind event, Offshore 2009 Wind China aims to discuss and present related laws and regulations, policies, market, technologies and products based on the prospect and reality of offshore wind development both at home and abroa ... more

    First Wind's Stetson Wind Expansion Project Approved
    Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009
    First Wind has announced it has received approval from the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) to build a 25.5 megawatt (MW) expansion of the Stetson Wind project outside of Danforth, Me. First Wind filed its permit application with LURC for the Stetson Wind expansion project on Tuesday November 4th, 2008. The commission held a hearing and provided approval. "The first phase ... more

    Financing Confirmed For Navajo Wind Energy's Joint Venture Wind Farm
    Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 04, 2009
    Navajo Wind Energy has announced that it has received a confirmation letter of financing from Xiyas Development Capital for the Company's 50% joint venture partnership interest in the CSRI Xuzhou Nantung wind farm project. This financing is in addition to the funding announced on January 20, 2009 and is debt based, which will not affect the capital structure of the Company. As previo ... more

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    Stimulus To Drive Wind Expansion
    Houston TX (SPX) Feb 10, 2009
    Wind energy companies remained among market leaders last year by posting strong gains in 2008 in spite of a major down turn in market growth. According to the American Wind Energy Association, energy produced by wind generation grew 50% and created over 13,000 new jobs in 2008. The stimulus plan passed by the House of Representatives includes the extension of $13 billion in tax ... more

    Texas Approves Five Billion Dollars To Deliver More Wind Power
    Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2009
    Back in 2006 when Texas overtook California to lead the nation in wind power few would have predicted the break-neck pace of development that would follow. Today, just three years later, wind turbines generating 8005-megawatts, more than all the turbines spinning in California, Iowa and Minnesota, have outstripped the capacity of the high-voltage grid to move the power from windy west Texas to ... more

    High Growth Forecasted For Wind Turbine Systems And Components Market In USA
    New York NY (SPX) Feb 06, 2009
    New York NY (SPX) Feb 06, 2009 In light of rising interest in developing domestic renewable energy resources, such as wind, that are cleaner and are not subject to the fuel price shocks, demand for wind turbine systems and components is expected to increase 6.8 percent per year to $10.1 billion in 2012. Gains will also be driven by renewable portfolio standards at the state level, as well ... more

    US And China In Race To The Top Of Global Wind Industry
    Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2009
    Global wind energy capacity grew by 28.8% last year, even higher than the average over the past decade, to reach total global installations of more than 120,800 MW (120.8 GW) at the end of 2008. Over 27,000 MW (27 GW) of new wind power generation capacity came online in 2008, 36% more than in 2007. "These figures speak for themselves: there is huge and growing global demand for emissions ... more

    Wind Now Leads EU Power Sector
    Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Feb 03, 2009
    In 2008, more wind power was installed in the EU than any other electricity generating technology. Statistics released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) show that 43% of all new electricity generating capacity built in the European Union last year was wind energy, exceeding all other technologies including gas, coal and nuclear power. A total of 19,651 MW of new power ... more

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    RMT Achieves Another Record-Breaking Year
    Madison WI (SPX) Jan 30, 2009
    RMT has announced that its WindConnect team provided engineering and construction services for over 690 MW of wind energy facilities, assisted with the siting and development of over 30 facilities, and achieved industry-leading safety performance in 2008. "The WindConnect team's ability to safely and efficiently deliver initial siting and development services through facility design and ... more

    SkyPower Secures Major Wind Power Supply Contract
    Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jan 30, 2009
    SkyPower has announced that its proposed 64.5 MW Byran Wind Project was selected in the Ontario Power Authority's Renewable Energy Supply (RES III) competitive supply process. The Byran Wind Project, located in Prince Edward County, Ontario, is expected to become operational by the end of 2010 and will produce clean energy sufficient to power more than 16,000 homes annually. ... more

    Mass Megawatts Announces Sale Of Wind Power Plant Components
    Worcester MA (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    Mass Megawatts Wind Power has received $35,000 from the sale of wind turbine parts to a private energy plant developer for a pilot project of future joint ventures related to building wind power plants. In this project and future proposed projects, Mass Megawatts supplies the technology and key components while the energy plant development company provides financing and much of the site co ... more

    Wind Energy Jobs To Double By 2020
    Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    The European wind energy sector has created 33 new jobs every day for the past five years. According to the report, entitled, 'Wind at Work - wind energy and job creation in the EU', jobs in wind energy will more than double from 154,000 to 325,000 by 2020. In 2007, wind energy increased more than any other power generating technology in the EU. The growth in installed wind capacity has be ... more

    Snap-on Industrial Prepares For Job Expansion In Wind Power Industry
    Kenosha WI (SPX) Jan 29, 2009
    It's no mystery that much of the focus for the American economy in the coming years will be on renewable energy sources, with wind power at the forefront. Wind industry experts know that utilizing wind as a major new source of energy will require a huge effort. The entire infrastructure needs to be addressed, including the power grid network and manufacturing capabilities, as well as train ... more

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