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Canada's wind energy industry is well positioned to build on its rapid growth to date and strong prospects for the next few years as provincial governments in all of the country's major wind energy markets work to define the policy framework that will inform new electricity supply choices for the [read more]
On Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Amy Jackson closed the case on Ralls Corp.'s legal actions against the U.S. government and President Barack Obama, dismissing the company's remaining claim. Ralls is owned by two executives at Chinese manufacturer Sany Group, and it says its focus is to invest in and [read more]
REpower Systems SE, a subsidiary of the Suzlon Group, notes that it has installed its 5,000th wind turbine. The REpower 3.2M114 turbine was the second of five that will be erected at a public wind farm near Buchen, Germany. Through these 5,000 turbines, REpower says it has installed more than [read more]
Finland-based wind turbine maker WinWinD has submitted a voluntary petition for bankruptcy. The company reveals it has been hit by big losses over the years, with debt currently at about EUR 300 million. After unsuccessful attempts to seek funding and approval for restructuring, WinWind says filing for bankruptcy was a [read more]
Oklahoma-based People's Electric Cooperative (PEC) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 75 MW of firm, dispatchable generating capacity, up to 50 MW of wind generation, and up to 15 MW of solar generation. The 75 MW of firm generating capacity will be used to satisfy PEC's [read more]
California Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed shared renewable energy legislation that requires the state's large public utilities to develop an additional 600 MW of renewable energy generating capacity. The added capacity is over and above the existing 33% renewable portfolio standard. The enacting of S.B.43, also known as the Green [read more]
GE has announced PowerUp, a customized software-enabled platform that the company says could increase a wind farm's output by up to 5% taking into account environmental conditions. PowerUp, part of GE's "Brilliant" wind platform, is available for turbine models across the company's installed base. When PowerUp is activated, a GE [read more]
As part of its ongoing turnaround plan, wind turbine maker Vestas is selling six of its factories for EUR 1, or $1.35. Under the deal, which is subject to customary closing conditions, German industrial group VTC Partners GmbH will acquire two of Vestas' machining units and four of its casting [read more]
David Blittersdorf, co-owner of the Georgia Community Wind Farm in Vermont, has sent grid operator ISO New England a bill for nearly $5,500 he says the project lost following a recent curtailment order. According to an Associated Press report, Blittersdorf sent the bill and a letter to ISO New England [read more]
GE has announced that it will supply 24 GE 2.85-103 turbines to the McLean's Mountain Wind Farm, located on Manitoulin Island in Ontario. The 60 MW wind project is a 50/50 partnership between independent power producer Northland Power Inc. and Mnidoo Mnising Power (MMP), a corporation formed by a group [read more]
Gamesa has signed a deal to supply Iberdrola with turbines for a 202 MW wind project in southern Texas. Under the agreement, Gamesa will provide 101 of its G97-2.0 MW machines for the Baffin wind farm, marking the company's largest single order for the turbine model. The turbines are scheduled [read more]
Delaware Municipal Electric Corp. (DEMEC) has announced it will be purchasing renewable energy credits (RECs) for three years from a wind turbine at the University of Delaware (UD). According to a report on UDaily, the proceeds will help fund a student fellowship in wind energy. In 2010, the university and [read more]
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) has announced its Energy Storage for Grid Security and Modernization research program. According to the NRC, its initiative establishes new collaborative and co-investment opportunities for the energy storage value chain, including material and technology developers and suppliers, systems integrators, utilities, independent power producers [read more]
Westwood Professional Services Inc., a national land and renewable energy development consultancy, has added three new members to the firm's Eden Prairie, Minn.-based power group. Tom Rubbelke, as an engineering technician, will be working on utility-scale wind and solar projects throughout the Midwest and western U.S. Patrick Carpenter has been [read more]
Taylor High School (THS) in Texas hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday to celebrate the installation of the school's new renewable energy system, which consists of a 33 kW solar array and a 1 kW wind turbine, with an integrated computer monitoring system. Executives from IEEE, the State Energy Conservation [read more]
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