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Grover Hill, OH (SPX) Apr 20, 2009National Wind has announced the formation of Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, a community wind development company in Paulding and Van Wert Counties in Ohio. A group of area landowners and investors previously organized as Ohio Wind Energy, LLC, joined with National Wind, LLC, and the local community to form Northwest Ohio Wind Energy. Northwest Ohio Wind Energy, managed by National Wind, plans ... more Wind Power Advantageous When Coupled With Grid Improvements
Novi MI (SPX) Mar 13, 2009Wind-generated electricity from the upper Midwest will become cost-competitive with power generated from more conventional fuel sources like coal, while providing substantial reductions in greenhouse gas emissions when connected to the nation's electricity grid via new extra-high voltage transmission lines, a new study by The Brattle Group has concluded. The study, "Transmission Super High ... more 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 |
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Lowell MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2009TRC 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, 2009Principle 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, 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 |
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Washington DC (SPX) Feb 06, 2009Back 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, 2009New 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, 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
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