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25 January 2012

GE to supply 95 MW to Polish utility scale wind projects

38 of GE's 2.5 MW wind turbines will be used for projects in northern Poland, and the company will also build a service centre to provide long-term local support.
09 May 2012

Gamesa halts U.S. offshore wind prototype installation

The company blames the U.S. market and regulatory conditions for postponing installation of the offshore prototype near Cape Charles, Va. - which the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) approved earlier this year.
08 May 2012

First Wind starts construction of 105 MW wind farm in Washington

First Wind has started construction of its first wind project in Washington state - the 105 MW Palouse Wind farm in northern Whitman County.
04 May 2012

ACCIONA installs AW-3000/116, 3 MW wind turbines in North America

ACCIONA Windpower is installing two of its AW-3000/116, 3 MW wind turbines at Pioneer Grove in Cedar County, Iowa, USA, marking the first installation of the turbines in North America.
03 May 2012

Gamesa sells US$900m worth of US wind farms to Algonquin

Gamesa is selling four wind farms totalling 480 MW to Canadia Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp for approximately US$900 million.
09 March 2012

US offshore wind gets US$180m

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has launched a US$180 million, 6-year initiative for offshore wind in the US.
09 March 2012

GE and JP Morgan invest US$225m in Texas wind farm

GE Energy Financial Services and JP Morgan will invest US$225 million in NextEra Energy Resources' 662.5 MW Capricorn Ridge wind farm in West Texas, USA.
28 February 2012

Worldwide wind installations up 21% in 2011 Worldwide wind installations up 21% in 2011

Over 41 GW of new wind power was installed in 2011, up 21% from 2010, bringing the total to over 238 GW, says the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).
08 February 2012

Gamesa and NREL collaborate on next-gen wind turbines

Gamesa and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are collaborating on next generation wind turbines for the US market.
01 February 2012

AWS and partners look at offshore wind integration in Carolina, USA

AWS Truepower LLC will contribute to the Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study with Duke Energy, ABB Inc., National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC).
23 January 2012

Oklahoma wind farm orders 150 MW of REpower turbines

REpower Systems will deliver 73 of its MM92 wind turbines rated at 2.05 MW for a 150 MW wind farm in Oklahoma, USA.
23 January 2012

DoE launches online tools to aid distributed wind power

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has launched two online tools to assist state and local policymakers, consumers, and stakeholders in evaluating siting and policy issues to help accelerate the use of distributed wind energy systems.
23 January 2012

CPV completes financing for Kansas wind farm

CPV Renewable Energy Company has closed financing for the construction of its 165.6 MW Cimarron Wind Energy Project in Gray County, Kansas, USA.
17 January 2012

Suzlon delivers 174 MW of wind to Americas

Suzlon will deliver 24 MW of wind turbines to a project in Brazil, and its subsidiary REpower, is set to deliver 150 of wind turbines to Oklahoma, USA.
12 January 2012

BP and Sempra expand wind cooperation to 560 MW

BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power plan to expand their strategic relationship by jointly developing the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas, USA, totalling a combined investment of more than US$1 billion.
11 January 2012

ABB upgrades Texan grid to facilitate more wind power

ABB has won an order worth over US$50 million from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) to provide electrical equipment to improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration of wind power.
06 January 2012

US wind turbine tower manufacturers join US-China trade dispute

US wind turbine tower manufacturers have joined the widening renewable energy trade dispute with China.
04 January 2012

US DoI approves solar and wind in California and Oregon

The US Department of the Interior (DoI) has approved a solar plant in California and a wind farm in Oregon.
04 January 2012

US BLM seeks comments on leasing of solar and wind power

The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking comments on its plans for establishing an efficient, competitive process for issuing right-of-way (ROW) leases for solar and wind energy development on public lands.
04 January 2012

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