| Wind Energy Jobs, PTC Surface At Second Presidential Debate | by Laura DiMugno, Oct. 18, 2012   | | The first presidential debate came and went without mention of the wind energy production tax credit (PTC) and hardly any discussion of renewables. The story was quite different, however, at the second debate between President Barack Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, held Tuesday night at Hofstra University in [read more] | | In Iowa, Obama Calls Out Romney On Wind Energy Jobs | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | After both presidential candidates expressed their support for wind energy at Tuesday night's debate, President Barack Obama was back on the campaign trail in Iowa, which is second in the nation in installed wind energy capacity and a state that could lose many more wind jobs if the production tax [read more] | 
| Floating Offshore LIDAR System Planned For Gulf Of Maine | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | The University of Maine's (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites Center, NRG Systems Inc., AWS Truepower LLC, UMaine's Physical Oceanography Group and Leosphere SAS have established a research and development partnership to gather deepwater hub-height wind measurements in the Gulf of Maine. UMaine will design and build a floating system to [read more] | | Broadwind Energy Nets $37M Wind Tower Order | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | Broadwind Energy Inc. says it has been awarded tower orders totaling approximately $37 million from two U.S. wind turbine manufacturers. The towers will be manufactured beginning late this year and extending well into 2013. They will be produced at the company's Manitowoc, Wis., facility. "The market for wind towers in [read more] | | ABB's Chief Financial Officer To Leave Company | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | ABB has announced that Michel Demare will step down as the company's chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the executive committee. He has been appointed as the new chairman of Syngenta and will also focus on other board roles. Demare joined ABB in 2005 as CFO and acted as [read more] | | SgurrEnergy's LIDAR System Deployed In German North Sea | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | SgurrEnergy says its Galion LIDAR system was deployed last month on FINO1, an offshore met mast. Located in the German North Sea, the offshore research platform is equipped by the German Wind Energy Institute with meteorological sensors to study the offshore environment. The three-month deployment of the Galion G250 offshore [read more] | | UpWind Solutions Hires VP Of Engineering | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | UpWind Solutions Inc., a provider of asset management and operations and maintenance (O&M) services to the wind energy industry, says Dave Peachey has joined the company as vice president of engineering. Peachey will direct the development of technology-based offerings for UpWind. He comes to the company with over 30 years [read more] | | Akin Gump Elects Koopersmith As Chairwoman | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 18, 2012 | | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP says the firm's partners have elected Kim Koopersmith to serve as chairwoman, effective April 1, 2013. Koopersmith succeeds Bruce McLean, who will step down from the role following a 20-year tenure. He will remain with the firm as senior executive partner. In addition [read more] | | EDF EN Canada's First Quebec Wind Project Enters Operation | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 17, 2012 | | EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, says its first wind project in Quebec - the Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project - is now operational. The wind farm is one of seven wind energy projects awarded to the company in 2008 through Hydro-Quebec's call for tenders. EDF EN Canada [read more] | | Broken Bow Wind Project Dedicated, Set To Begin Operation Soon | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 17, 2012 | | With Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman on hand, Edison Mission Energy (EME), a subsidiary of Edison International, and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) dedicated the Broken Bow wind project in Custer County, Neb. The $145 million, 80 MW wind project is located on approximately 14,000 acres of land in central Nebraska. [read more] | | AltaGas Commissions Its First U.S. Wind Energy Project | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 17, 2012 | | Canadian energy company AltaGas Ltd. says it has commissioned the Busch Ranch Wind Project, a 29 MW wind farm in southern Colorado. The project represents AltaGas' first foray into the U.S. wind energy market. AltaGas owns a 50% interest in the project, and the local utility, Black Hills/Colorado Electric Utility [read more] | | Statoil, Statkraft Acquire Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 17, 2012 | | Statoil and Statkraft have acquired the Dudgeon Offshore Wind Farm via the acquisition of all shares in Dudgeon Offshore Wind Ltd., a subsidiary of U.K. energy company Warwick Energy Ltd. Following a partnership in developing the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of North Norfolk, Statoil and Statkraft [read more] | | Siemens Scores Supply Deal For Wind Farm In Turkey | | by NAW Staff, Oct. 17, 2012 | | Siemens Energy says it has received an order from Borusan EnBW Enerji, a joint venture consisting of German energy supplier EnBW and Turkey-based Borusan Holding. Under the agreement, Siemens will deliver 22 wind turbines for the Balabanli onshore wind farm, located near the city of Tekirdag in the European part [read more] | | |
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