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Europe continues to far outpace the U.S. and Canada when it comes to offshore wind projects. In fact, North America has never officially connected an offshore wind turbine to the grid - until today. At a ceremony off the coast of Maine, officials flipped the switch on the VolturnUS 1:8, [read more]
The path to resource adequacy and low-carbon generation in the Texas electric power market will likely require the co-development and integration of both natural gas and renewable energy resources for years to come, according to a new report from The Brattle Group prepared for the Texas Clean Energy Coalition (TCEC). [read more]
As Global Wind Day draws near, an online action has been launched to put pressure on world leaders, ahead of the G8 summit on June 17-18, to keep their commitment to phase out fossil fuels and switch to renewable energy. Global Wind Day is celebrated annually on June 15 and [read more]
The Ontario Ministry of Environment has issued Dufferin Wind Power (DWP) a renewable energy approval (REA) for the developer's proposed 100 MW wind project, to be located in Melancthon. According to a report in the Orangeville Citizen, the REA includes all wind farm construction, as well as a proposed 230 [read more]
Vestas has won a 42 MW order from Eko Energija d.o.o., a wholly owned subsidiary of EnerCap Power Funds, for 14 V90-3.0 MW turbines to be installed in the province of Obrovac, Croatia. The contract includes supply, installation and commissioning of the turbines, along with a VestasOnline Business SCADA solution [read more]
U.S.-based offshore wind developer Cape Wind has signed a consulting services agreement with the North America division of PMSS - a European offshore wind consulting firm and a part of the TUV SUD group. Under the agreement, PMSS will assist Cape Wind's project management team. The PMSS staff will be [read more]
AL-PRO Canada and AL-PRO Brazil, subsidiaries of AL-PRO GmbH, will now sell meteodyn software for wind resource assessment, site suitability, wind farm layout, energy optimization and wind production forecasts. AL-PRO GmbH already distributes meteodyn WT and meteodyn Forecast software in Germany, and meteodyn says it has been "very satisfied" with [read more]
The Fairhaven, Mass., Board of Health unanimously ordered on Monday that two wind turbines in town be turned off every night from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. until more tests are conducted. According to SouthCoastToday.com, the board took up the vote at a joint meeting after receiving over 400 complaints [read more]
Last year, Xcel Energy achieved milestones in renewable energy, energy efficiency and emissions reductions, according to the company's annual Corporate Responsibility Report. Xcel Energy increased its use of wind energy 20%, adding more than 1 GW of wind power to its system, in 2012. Solar energy grew on the company's [read more]
Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) has been selected as the balance-of-plant (BOP) constructor for Phase II of the Lower Snake River wind farm. Portland General Electric (PGE) recently announced it had entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the development rights to the wind project from Puget [read more]
U.K.-based FoundOcean has been awarded a contract by Graham Construction to pile grout the foundation for what it says is the world's largest offshore wind turbine, developed by Samsung Heavy Industries, in Fife, Scotland. According to FoundOcean, this will be the first 7 MW turbine to be installed, and each [read more]
Gamesa has closed the sale of a 15.3 MW wind farm development in Scotland to international specialist investor and asset manager John Laing. The Carscreugh wind farm, located in Dumfries and Galloway Council, will be equipped with 18 Gamesa G52 turbines, each with a unit capacity of 850 kW. Gamesa [read more]
Vestas has secured a four-year service and maintenance renewal contract from Milwaukee-based utility We Energies for a combined 180 wind turbines at three wind power plants in Wisconsin. The agreement, which begins near the end of this year, covers 309 MW worth of wind turbines at the Glacier Hills, Blue [read more]
Ecotech Institute, a Denver-based college focused on preparing graduates for careers in the fields of renewable energy and energy efficiency, recently received a large gearbox for its Wind Energy Technology program, giving students the chance to learn on equipment that many will eventually use in their career. Winergy, a subsidiary [read more]
UpWind Solutions Inc., a third-party provider of asset management operations and maintenance services, has joined the United Nation's (UN) voluntary corporate citizenship initiative, Global Compact. UpWind says it supports the 10 principles of the Global Compact with respect to human rights, labor standards, protection of the environment and anti-corruption. "UpWind [read more]
The Utility Variable-Generation Integration Group (UVIG), formerly the Utility Wind Integration Group, has launched a new website, variablegen.org. In addition to presenting a new look and feel, the site features an enhanced navigation structure for the group's content on integration, interconnection, and reliable operation of wind and solar generation on [read more]
Noting that the company has underwritten a total of 5 GW of offshore wind thus far, GCube says that while clear growth within offshore wind persists, the industry needs to take some extra steps to ensure that wind energy assets are "investment grade" in the long term. With limited opportunities [read more]
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