End Of An Error: Developer Pulls Plug On Controversial Wind Farm
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Anti-wind groups and environmentalists often protest wind farms and developers, charging that the projects pose a serious threat to birds. So then why is the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), a U.K.-based wildlife charity, seeking to build a wind turbine at its own headquarters? According to the [read more]
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is calling for 2 GW of new wind energy procurement in Ontario between 2014 and 2018. Looking beyond 2018, the association also wants the provincial government to create a long-term target that wind power meet at least 15% of electricity demand by 2031. As [read more]
Siemens Energy has formally inaugurated its new wind service training center in Orlando, Fla. The company says the $7 million facility will provide technical and safety training for installation and service technicians working at wind energy projects located throughout the Americas region. The center hosts two full-size nacelles, three 30-foot [read more]
Colorado-based utility Platte River Power Authority has signed a deal with an affiliate of Invenergy Wind LLC to buy the output from a 32.5 MW wind project under development. The Spring Canyon II Energy Center will feature 19 wind turbines, and Platte River will purchase the project's energy through a [read more]
EDF EN Canada Inc. and Enbridge Inc., along with over 100 attendees, dedicated the 300 MW Lac-Alfred wind project in Quebec on Wednesday. Construction of Lac-Alfred commenced in June 2011, and the project reached commercial operation in two phases: Phase 1 (150 MW) in January and Phase 2 (150 MW) [read more]
REpower UK, a Suzlon Group subsidiary, has signed four new wind turbine contracts totaling 58 MW in the U.K. The 37 MW Clashindarroch Wind Farm, developed by Vattenfall, will consist of 18 of REpower's MM82 turbines. Construction of the project has already commenced and is due for completion by March [read more]
Atlanta-based utility Georgia Power has named Norrie McKenzie to the newly created position of vice president of renewable development. McKenzie, elected by the company's board of directors, will lead a team responsible for supporting and cultivating the utility's growing 1.1 GW renewable generation portfolio, managing purchase power agreements related to [read more]
United Wind, a provider of distributed-scale wind energy through its WindLease platform, says it has secured a tax equity commitment from GSG Energy Finance, an energy equipment leasing company, enabling United to deploy up to $25 million toward wind energy projects in the U.S. United Wind plans to install turbines [read more]
The western U.S. is a leader in renewables development, and nearly all existing clean energy technologies are well suited for deployment in the region, according to a new report from the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE). These technologies include wind, solar, hydro, biomass, geothermal, marine and a wide assortment [read more]
Through its subsidiaries Atlantis I to III, Germany-based PNE WIND AG has acquired three offshore wind projects in the North Sea from BARD Engineering GmbH. According to current planning, up to 240 wind turbines with 5 MW of nominal capacity each could be built in the three acquired offshore wind [read more]
ABB has commissioned the subsea transmission link connecting the 325 MW Thornton Bank offshore wind farm to the Belgian grid. The project, executed for wind developer C-Power NV, was completed on schedule. The transmission link was constructed as part of an expansion of the Thornton Bank wind farm. In the [read more]
Google has signed a deal to buy all of the output from the 240 MW Happy Hereford wind project, located outside Amarillo, Texas. In an official blog post, Matt Pfile, Google's senior manager of data center energy and location strategy, explains the company entered the power purchase agreement with Chermac [read more]
Lisle, Ill.-based Leeco Steel has opened a facility in Mobile, Ala., and the distribution center began shipping plate steel this month. According to the company, the Mobile site was added as part of its overall plan to establish a physical presence in strategic locations and markets in the U.S. "We [read more]
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