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New EU wind power capacity near levelBrussels (UPI) Feb 8, 2012 A bit less new European power generating capacity blew in wind's direction last year with 9,616 megawatts installed in 2011, industry backers said this week. The European Wind Energy Association said Monday in Brussels that wind power accounted for 9,616 of the 35,468 megawatts of capacity added by European Union member nations last year - 21.4 percent of the total. That is equivalent to 6.3 percent of the EU's electricity supply, EWEA Policy Director Justin Wilkes said. The figure was ... read more |
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 US wind firm presses theft charge against China rival US wind energy company AMSC said Monday it had filed three civil lawsuits in Chinese courts against rival Sinovel Wind Group Co., which it accused of stealing industrial secrets. ... more | .. |
 U.S. offshore wind moves forward The Obama administration is moving forward with the process for wind energy lease sales off the coast of four mid-Atlantic states, the U.S. Department of Interior said. ... more | .. |
 Beware of misleading claims on wind farms and health The clean energy industry today urged governments and the broader community to beware of misleading claims about wind farms and health by anti-wind power activists and to reject their calls for extr ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 New style turbine to harvest wind energy A new way of generating wind energy which could see smaller, more efficient turbines on the landscape is being developed by a Derbyshire inventor with support from Nottingham Trent University. ... more | .. |
 Natural Power appointed as Owner's Engineer on 20.5MW Sixpenny Wood wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Sixpenny Wood wind farm for AES Wind Generation, a subsidiary of the energy company A ... more | .. |
China voices 'deep concern' over US wind tower probe China expressed "deep concern" Saturday after the US launched a probe into Chinese wind towers that it suspects of being unduly subsidised and sold at a loss on the American market. ... more | .. |
Power generation is blowing in the wind By looking at the stability of the atmosphere, wind farm operators could gain greater insight into the amount of power generated at any given time. Power generated by a wind turbine largely de ... more |
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 Spain's Gamesa wins Chinese wind turbine contract Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine groups, has won a contract to supply Chinese firm Longyuan with 50 Megawatts of power generating capacity, the company said Monday. ... more | .. |
 SA Opposition wind policy threatens $3 billion investment The South Australian Opposition's policy on wind farms would threaten more than $3 billion of investment and push up power prices for South Australian householders if implemented in its current form ... more | .. |
 Mortenson Starts Construction of Rim Rock Wind Project Mortenson Construction was recently selected by San Francisco-based developer, NaturEner, for the construction of the Rim Rock Wind Project. Located on nearly 21,000 acres approximately 20 miles nor ... more | .. |
Firms make 10 bids for huge French wind farm project: source French and Spanish companies have put in 10 bids to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel, a source close to the project said on Wednesday. ... more |
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 New Research Helps Predict Bat Presence at Wind Energy Facilities An interactive tool developed by researchers from the USDA Forest Service's Pacific Southwest Research Station (PSW) will help wind energy facility operators make informed decisions on efficient way ... more | .. |
 Natural Power launches WindManager in the US Leading international renewable energy consultancy Natural Power announces this week the release of WindManager - a groundbreaking wind farm portfolio information system increasing profitability of ... more | .. |
Denmark to push green energy in EU helm Denmark says it plans a heavy push on green energy initiatives during its six-month stint in the presidency of the European Union. ... more | .. |
 Scottish wind firm passes 1-gigawatt mark The Scottish renewable energy firm SSE says its rapid expansion of onshore wind farms has resulted in its surpassing the 1-gigawatt installed capacity mark. ... more |
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China launches offshore wind farm China has launched its largest intertidal wind farm. ... more | .. |
 ISO New England Selects GL Garrad Hassan as Wind Power Forecaster In order to manage wind generation in its real-time and day-ahead markets, the system operator for the New England area of the U.S., ISO New England Inc., has awarded GL Garrad Hassan a two-year con ... more | .. |
 Mortenson Construction Completes Comber Wind Project For the last year, Mortenson Construction, one of North America's leading renewable energy contractors, has worked through challenging weather conditions to construct the 165.6- megawatt Comber Wind ... more | .. |
 Wind sector trade dispute revs up A coalition of U.S. manufacturers of utility scale wind turbine towers is calling for stiff tariffs on towers coming into the U.S. market from China and Vietnam. ... more |
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 Wind Power Accounts For Over 80 Percent Of Brazil's Contracted Energy The Brazilian National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) held the A-5 Power Generation Auction on December 20, resulting in 42 new electricity generation projects with a total installed capacity of 1,2 ... more | .. |
Eneco appoints Natural Power as Owner's Engineer on 51MW Lochluichart wind farm Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has been appointed as Owner's Engineer at Lochluichart wind farm for energy company Eneco. The company will be providing constr ... more | .. |
 Iowa State engineers study how hills, nearby turbines affect wind energy production Hui Hu pulled a model wind turbine from the top of an office filing cabinet. The turbine tower was just 10 inches high. Its three blades were 10 inches in diameter. It was a perfect 1:320 scale repr ... more | .. |
 More than twenty UK wind farm sites adopt Natural Power's ForeSite wind forecasting service In the last six months more than twenty wind farms in the UK have moved to leading renewable energy consultancy group, Natural Power, to provide their wind farm production forecasting service, ForeS ... more |
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 Lawrence Livermore ramps up wind energy research As the percentage of wind energy contributing to the power grid continues to increase, the variable nature of wind can make it difficult to keep the generation and the load balanced. But recent work ... more | .. |
British wind turbine factory said a 'go' A $327 million wind turbine factory in the English port of Hull is moving ahead, German manufacturer Siemens and port officials said this week. ... more | .. |
 Campbell Scientific selects ZephIR wind lidar technology for US wind market Campbell Scientific (CSI), with more than 35 years of world-class measurement equipment experience, has announced the selection of wind lidar system ZephIR 300 as the company's remote sensing soluti ... more | .. |
Models test terrain effect on wind turbine Engineers at Iowa State University say they have begun studying how hills and valleys affect wind turbines' production efficiency. ... more |
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Wind farm fuels Ethiopia's green power ambitions Villagers in Ethiopia's arid north live as they have for centuries surrounded by cattle and donkeys; only the rows of towering white wind turbines look out of place. ... more | .. |
Brazil's wind power growth draws investors Brazil's burgeoning wind power industry is drawing international investors to northeastern regions of the country, the hub of most tangible growth in the sector. ... more | .. |
 Mortenson Construction Completes Elk Wind Project Mortenson Construction, one of the leading renewable contractors in North America, has completed construction of the Elk Wind Project located in Greeley, Iowa. Owned by RPM Access, an independ ... more | .. |
Enel: More new wind capacity in Iberia Italian energy company Enel SpA says it is increasing its wind power resources in the Iberian Peninsula with 66 megawatts of new generating capacity. ... more |
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