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South Carolina To Begin Offshore Wind Study
Georgetown SC (SPX) Mar 13, 2009Officials with Santee Cooper, Coastal Carolina University and the South Carolina Energy Office have announced the launch of weather buoys that will measure wind off the coast of Georgetown and Little River, a significant step that positions South Carolina as a leader in the rapidly developing national wind energy landscape. Six buoys and two land-based stations will measure wind speed, dir ... more Sale Of Tehachapi Wind Project Validates Green St. Energy's Strategy 
Tehachapi CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2009Green St. Energy has announced that a recently completed sale of the Alta Wind Project in Tehachapi, located in the County of Kern, California, a prolific area for the production of energy from wind, validates the Company's decision to enter into an option agreement that provides it a three-year option to acquire 4,840 areas of land located in Tehachapi to develop a wind farm. Green St. pr ... more Norfolk Wind Energy And National Wind Develop Central Minnesota Wind Project 
Bird Island MN (SPX) Mar 13, 2009National Wind and Norfolk Wind Energy has announced plans to develop a new community wind project in Renville County, Minnesota. National Wind will act as the project manager for Norfolk Wind Energy, and will assist in the development of 40 megawatts (MW) of community-based wind power in central Minnesota, with the opportunity to expand the project. If constructed, the planned wind develop ... more Duke Energy Wind Power Project in Wyoming Moves Ahead 
Charlotte NC (SPX) Mar 13, 2009Duke Energy's plan to build a 66-turbine wind power project near Casper, Wyo., remains on schedule to start construction this spring, thanks to a unanimous vote by a state environmental commission to approve the project's permit. On March 5, the Wyoming Industrial Siting Council voted in favor of Duke Energy's application for a permit to build the Campbell Hill Windpower Project. Under the ... more Chinese Wind Power Equipment Market 
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 06, 2009In terms of the great growth of China's economic development, the shortage of energy supply has been revealed as a major issue and developing new energy sources to become the only way to respond the matter. The wind power is the most matured technology of these new energy power generations, and also has the fundamental conditions of largely development and great outlook for commercial developmen ... more |
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Shanghai, China (SPX) Mar 05, 2009The 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, 2009First 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, 2009Navajo 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 Electricity Systems Can Cope With Large-Scale Wind Power
Delft, Netherlands (SPX) Feb 25, 2009Research by TU Delft proves that Dutch power stations are able to cope at any time in the future with variations in demand for electricity and supply of wind power, as long as use is made of up-to-date wind forecasts. PhD candidate Bart Ummels also demonstrates that there is no need for energy storage facilities. Ummels will receive his PhD on this topic on Thursday 26 February. Wind ... more China Wind Systems Begins Production At New Facility 
Wuxi, China (SPX) Feb 17, 2009China Wind Systems has announced that it has begun producing forged products at its new facility in Wuxi City after successfully completing equipment test runs. Pursuant to preliminary agreements signed in September, China Wind Systems has delivered sample products to Wuxi Lida Gear Manufacturing, Gansu Keyao Electrical Power, and Hangzhou Advance Gearbox all of which have inspected and ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 03, 2009Global 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, 2009In 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 Economy takes wind out of project's sails
Berlin (UPI) Jan 30, 2009 Germany's financial crisis has forced several offshore wind parks in the North Sea to be put on hold, government officials said. Some people involved in the wind farm project said they fear could worsen because of the lousy financial markets, Der Spiegel reported Friday. The German Environment Ministry sponsored an "Offshore Summit" Thursday to address the financial difficulties ... more Threats And Opportunities For The Wind Energy Market 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 30, 2009The recent financial meltdown has intensified the spotlight on the resilience of various industries. The renewable energy industry and particularly the wind energy sector initially seemed to be hardly affected by the sudden lack of project finance and debt. However, the situation has changed. Market participants in the wind energy sector have new barriers as well as opportunities to reckon ... more Pennsylvania Game Commission Releases First Wind Energy Annual Report 
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Jan 30, 2009As Pennsylvania and the nation seek alternative sources of energy, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has released its first annual report about the results of the voluntary agreement between the agency and 20 wind energy companies who have vowed to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts on wild birds and mammals in the Commonwealth. "Wind energy development in Pennsylvania and the nation is ... more
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