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British engineering firm creates 1,000 wind farm jobsLondon (AFP) April 13, 2012 British engineer Offshore Group Newcastle announced on Friday that it would create up to 1,000 jobs after receiving a government grant to help build offshore wind farms. OGN said in a statement that it had been handed a grant worth Pounds 640,000 (774,454-euro, $1.02-billion) to help stimulate employment prospects in Tyneside, northeast England, where the group is based. "OGN has received a vote of confidence from the Department of Energy and Climate Change for its move into offshore wind technology," ... read more |
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 Cape Wind picks contractors for wind farm Cape Wind has selected a joint venture team of Flatiron Construction Corp., Cal Dive International, Inc. and Cashman Equipment Corp. as its construction contractor to build a wind power facility off Massachusetts' Nantucket Island. ... more | .. |
 Reducing cash bite of wind power The State of Illinois is facing an important renewable energy deadline in 2025, and Northwestern University's Harold H. Kung has a piece of advice for Springfield to consider now: Investment Tax Cre ... more | .. |
 GDF SUEZ, VINCI, CDC Infrastructure and AREVA mobilized for offshore wind power In Normandy, GDF SUEZ Chairman and CEO Gerard Mestrallet, VINCI CEO Xavier Huillard, CDC Infrastructure CEO Jean Bensaid and AREVA CEO Luc Oursel highlighted their energy, economic and social plan c ... 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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 Real-World Wind Turbine Performance Metrics and Just-in-Time Predictive Maintenance Software The production of wind-derived renewable energy is growing, and so, it's important to help wind farm owners operate at higher efficiencies with lower costs. In fact, figures from the World Wind Ener ... more | .. |
 GDF vows 6,000 jobs in French wind farm bid French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday that its bid to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs. ... more | .. |
 Denmark OKs ambitious green energy deal The Danish Parliament has overwhelmingly passed an ambitious green energy agenda that includes the building of two large-scale offshore wind farms. ... more | .. |
 Significantly Higher Potential for Wind Energy in India than Previously Estimated A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates- about 20 ... more |
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Engineers enlist weather model to optimize offshore wind plan Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms pl ... more | .. |
 NOAA science supports New York's offshore energy planning A newly released NOAA study will help New York state officials make advances in managing their coastal waters and guiding future development of offshore wind energy projects. The study, A Biog ... more | .. |
 AREVA delivers M5000 turbines for Trianel's Borkum wind farm AREVA announces the delivery of 20 M5000 turbines, out of a total of 40, to be installed in Trianel's Borkum offshore wind park located in the German North Sea. The Borkum wind farm, situated 45 km ... more | .. |
 Project Financing of Second Largest Wind Park in Italy Completed GL Garrad Hassan supported the investors of the Italian wind park "Fossa del Lupo" ERG Renew and the three banks involved with its due diligence services. The three banks are ING Bank, acting as Man ... more |
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 US wind generation increases by 27 percent Wind generation in the US increased by 27 percent in 2011 as compared with 2010, continuing a trend of rapid growth, the government said Monday. Tax credits and grants for electricity from cer ... more | .. |
S.Africa unveils wind atlas in renewable energy push South Africa on Tuesday launched its first verified wind atlas which maps out potential hotspots as a tool for wind farm developers as the coal-hungry country pushes toward renewable energy. ... more | .. |
 Masdar of Abu Dhabi procures two ZephIR 300 wind lidars Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have each chosen industry leading ZephIR technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The ... more | .. |
Raytheon to Supply Wind Turbine Mitigation Technology to the Netherlands Ministry of Defence Raytheon has been chosen by the Netherlands Ministry of Defence to upgrade the air traffic control radar system at the Royal Netherlands Air Force base in the town of Woensdrecht with technology to ... more |
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UK invests $191 mn in European satellite firm Eutelsat
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 Mongolia to tap wind power Construction on Mongolia's first wind farm is to start next month. ... more | .. |
 Yorkshire officials OK Hull turbine plant A planned $333 million wind turbine factory in the British port city of Hull has taken a key step forward with a thumbs-up from Yorkshire officials. ... more | .. |
 Wind farm on hold over bald eagle concerns Minnesota regulators say they've delayed a proposed wind farm since the developer failed to produce an adequate plan to protect bald eagles and other creatures. ... more | .. |
 Golden eagles found dead at wind farm The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it is investigating the deaths of two federally protected golden eagles at a California wind farm. ... more |
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Japan firms plan wind farm near Fukushima: report A group of Japanese firms led by trading house Marubeni Corp. plans to build a large floating experimental wind farm off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a nuclear disaster last year, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
New EU wind power capacity near level 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. ... more | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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