Friday, April 11, 2014

Maine Probes Developer's Wallet; AWEA Highlights U.S. Success Stories Of 2013

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AWEA Highlights U.S. Wind Success Stories Of 2013
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
As many expected, new U.S. wind installations took a massive dive in 2013. However, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has released its U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report Year Ending 2013, which provides further details on some previously announced highlights from last year and offers even more success stories. [read more]
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Maine Regulators Order First Wind To Prove Financial Capacity
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has called on First Wind to prove it will still have the financial capacity to build three wind farms following a court's recent decision to deny a joint venture between the developer and Emera. In March, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled against [read more]
IKEA Makes Its First U.S. Wind Farm Purchase In Illinois
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
Home furnishings retailer IKEA has announced its first U.S. wind farm investment with the purchase of the Hoopeston Wind project in Hoopeston, Ill. The 98 MW project is IKEA's largest single renewable energy investment globally to date, and Hoopeston represents the company's second North American wind project: Last year, the [read more]
Acciona Energy Enters 252 MW Wind Deal In Mexico
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
Acciona Energy has won a deal to supply turbines to two Mexican wind farms totaling 252 MW. In addition, the company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor and provide operations and maintenance for the projects for 20 years. The turbine maker signed the contracts with a company formed [read more]

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DNV GL Recognizes Wind Turbine Design By Goldwind
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
DNV GL has recently completed an evaluation for a 2.5 MW wind turbine designed by China-based Goldwind. According to DNV GL, it has confirmed that the turbine meets the requirements according to the standard IEC 61400-22 and IEC 61400-1 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Goldwind gained the design verification [read more]
Vestas Appoints Christian Venderby New Head Of Service
on 10 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
Vestas has named Christian Venderby, who has served as senior vice president of operations at Vestas Americas, its new group senior vice president and head of service. The company says its service business is becoming an increasingly important element in its strategy to achieve profitable growth, and Vestas is establishing [read more]
MAKE Expects North American Wind Market To Grow 207% YOY In 2014
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
The North American wind market will recover in 2014 after a lackluster performance in 2013 and grow 207% year-over-year (YOY), according to a new report from MAKE Consulting. Specifically, the research firm says the region added 2.7 GW last year and is slated to install 8.3 GW this year. In [read more]

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Global Wind Power Market Poised To Rebound This Year, Install At Least 47 GW
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says it expects new global wind installations to reach at least 47 GW this year, a dramatic increase over 2013 levels. According to a new report from the group, China will lead the market, but there will also be a strong recovery in the [read more]
Suzlon Offloads 240 MW Big Sky Wind Farm In Illinois
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
Suzlon has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the 240 MW Big Sky wind farm, located in Illinois, to EverPower Wind Holdings. The acquisition brings EverPower's total operational wind capacity in the U.S. to 752 MW. The India-based turbine maker recently acquired the wind farm from bankrupt Edison Mission [read more]
ABB Wins $40M Order To Connect Danish Offshore Wind Farm
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
ABB has won an order worth around $40 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating-current power cable system that will help integrate and transmit power from the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The 400 MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm is to be located [read more]
Alstom Taps BFG France To Help With Haliade Offshore Wind Turbines
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
Alstom has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with BFG France that covers the supply of composite structures to produce the nacelle casings for Alstom's Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine. Alstom says that the agreement, signed within the framework of France's second offshore wind call for tenders, will be applicable in [read more]
The War Against Pollution: Lawmakers Introduce Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act
on 09 Apr 2014 by NAW Staff
U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act. According to the legislators, Clean Energy Victory Bonds are patterned after the victory bonds sold during World War II and would allow Americans to participate in the clean energy economy. "Individual citizens helped [read more]

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