Ingeteam Wind business unit is celebrating its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of growth and success in the global wind industry. Since the manufacture of its first power converter named INGECON WIND in 1995, the company has enjoyed steady growth and managed to consistently stay ahead of the curve. During the first semester of 2015 alone, … Continue reading Ingeteam Wind Energy business celebrates 20th anniversary
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Inox Wind fully acquires Sarayu Wind Power
Wind power company Inox Wind Ltd has acquired Sarayu Wind Power (Tallimadugula) Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed amount, according to a statement. Inox made the acquisition through wholly-owned subsidiary Inox Wind Infrastructure Services Ltd. With this, Sarayu Wind Power has become step-down subsidiary of Inox Wind. The deal expands Inox’s presence in Andhra Pradesh. Inox … Continue reading Inox Wind fully acquires Sarayu Wind Power
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Wind Energy to Power GM’s Texas Assembly Plant
General Motors’ Arlington Assembly plant will soon be able to build up to 125,000 trucks a year using wind power from turbines whose blades span the length of a football field in diameter. Arlington Assembly produces more than 1,200 vehicles daily, including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe; GMC Yukon and Yukon XL; and Cadillac Escalade … Continue reading Wind Energy to Power GM’s Texas Assembly Plant
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Final climate change draft unveiled in Paris
While some climate change activists and U.S. Republicans will likely find fault with the accord – either for failing to take sufficiently drastic action, or for overreacting to an uncertain threat – many of the estimated 40,000 officials and environmentalists who set up camp on the outskirts of Paris say they see it as a … Continue reading Final climate change draft unveiled in Paris
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Let’s have a wind farm wedding
Awesome – that’s the feeling we experience when we think of wind turbines, wind farms, and wind energy. To us, they are awesome in the true sense of the word, creating a magical, overwhelming, exciting feeling. From the moment we first saw a wind farm, driving through Indiana in 2010, we were instantly struck by … Continue reading Let’s have a wind farm wedding
Continue readingGM turns to wind power
Suburbans, Tahoes, Escalades: if they’re made in GM’s Arlington factory, soon they’ll have been built using wind energy. GM recently signed a power purchase agreement with EDP Renewables North America to power the facility, which produces 1,200 cars and trucks every day. The company has bought enough wind generated electricity to build 125,000 trucks every … Continue reading GM turns to wind power
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Milbank advises investors in US$787 million acquisition of two wind farms in Maine
In its latest major transaction in the renewable sector, a Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP deal team led by corporate partner John Franchini and project finance partner Timothy Wendling advised institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management – Global Real Assets in its acquisition in partnership with SunEdison of 333 megawatts of wind-power … Continue reading Milbank advises investors in US$787 million acquisition of two wind farms in Maine
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Gamesa to build a 130-MW wind farm in Mexico
Gamesa, a technological leader in the worldwide wind industry, has received an order from developers Mexico Power Group and First Reserve for the turnkey construction of La Bufa, a 130-MW wind farm in Mexico, located in the state of Zacatecas, in Central Mexico. The company will install 65 of its G114-2.0 MW turbines. Given the … Continue reading Gamesa to build a 130-MW wind farm in Mexico
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Wind power in Brazil: Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine obtains BNDES local-content certification
BNDES (the acronym in Portuguese for the National Bank for Economic and Social Development) has certified that Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine, and its 2.1 MW version, comply with the FINAME code, which stipulates a series of local manufacturing requirements for OEMs operating in Brazil, thereby qualifying it for access to the development bank’s lines of … Continue reading Wind power in Brazil: Gamesa’s G114-2.0 MW turbine obtains BNDES local-content certification
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Vestas obtains BNDES local content accreditation in Brazil
The state-owned Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES) has certified that Vestas complies with the FINAME II code, the set of local manufacturing requirements established by the bank for foreign manufacturers operating in Brazil. Compliance with these rules is a prerequisite set by the BNDES to have access to the bank’s special credit … Continue reading Vestas obtains BNDES local content accreditation in Brazil
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Duke Energy Renewables blows into Oklahoma with 200-megawatt wind power project
Duke Energy Renewables today announced it will build a large-scale wind power project in Oklahoma, the company’s first renewables project in the state. When built, it will increase Duke Energy Renewables’ U.S. wind capacity to more than 2,000 megawatts (MW). Duke Energy Renewables will build, own and operate the Frontier Windpower Project, sited in Kay … Continue reading Duke Energy Renewables blows into Oklahoma with 200-megawatt wind power project
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Bloomberg and EDP Renewables Announce Largest Corporate Renewable Energy Purchase on Record in the State of New York
EDP Renewables (Euronext: EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world’s fourth-largest wind energy producer, today announced that it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, for 20MW of clean energy that will be used to offset the energy use … Continue reading Bloomberg and EDP Renewables Announce Largest Corporate Renewable Energy Purchase on Record in the State of New York
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Anti-renewable energy fabricator Robert Bryce continues charade as “journalist”
Anti-renewable energy writer Robert Bryce has ground out error-prone commentaries and books about topics including wind power for years (see below for our library of over 20 fact checks of Bryce’s fallacies.) Despite our regular explanations why his writing about wind energy is wrong and misleading, Bryce continues to masquerade as a “Texas-based journalist.” … Continue reading Anti-renewable energy fabricator Robert Bryce continues charade as “journalist”
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Senvion Canada celebrates its 1000 megawatt milestone in Quebec, over 500 wind turbines installed in the province
With the commissioning of the Mont Rothery wind farm, Senvion Canada Inc. is celebrating an installed capacity of over 1000 megawatts (MW) of wind power in Quebec within just five years. This achievement marks another milestone for Senvion, cementing its position as one of the top two turbine suppliers in the province, further reinforcing Quebec’s … Continue reading Senvion Canada celebrates its 1000 megawatt milestone in Quebec, over 500 wind turbines installed in the province
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Acciona pledges to be carbon neutral by 2016
The company plans to spend $2.5 billion in additional renewable energy capacity until 2020, when the world’s greenest utility aims to operate 10,500MW of clean energy, thus avoiding the emission of more than 20 million tonnes of CO2 a year. ACCIONA, a global leader in renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure, has pledged to achieve 100% … Continue reading Acciona pledges to be carbon neutral by 2016
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Vestas acquires US independent service provider UpWind Solutions
Vestas has today acquired UpWind Solutions, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“UpWind Solutions“), a leading independent service provider in North America, with headquarters in San Diego, California. With about 310 employees, UpWind Solutions currently services wind power plants in nine US states with a total capacity of more than 3 GW. The wind power plants under … Continue reading Vestas acquires US independent service provider UpWind Solutions
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Alphabet, AKA Google Will buy 842 MW of Wind Power, Solar Energy, Across the World
On December 3rd, Alphabet, formerly Google, announced that it plans to add 842 more megawatts of renewable energy in the form of wind and solar power across the world. The company said it now has 2 gigawatts of contracts for renewable energy across the world and it will use the energy to power all of … Continue reading Alphabet, AKA Google Will buy 842 MW of Wind Power, Solar Energy, Across the World
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Wind energy in Nambia: MoU with InnoSun for a 150 to 500 MW wind farm
French wind energy company Innovent, stated that through its subsidiary InnoSun, it plans to construct a 150 to 500MW wind farm in Tsau//Khaeb national park, located in the south-west of Namibia. The Namibian environmental commissioner, Theofilus Nghitila expressed his support for the development, stating that the move is an indication to the world that … Continue reading Wind energy in Nambia: MoU with InnoSun for a 150 to 500 MW wind farm
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China starts construction on major wind power project
China has started construction on the country’s biggest wind power project on an island off Fujian province, local authorities said Friday. The wind farm on Nanri Island, Putian city, is designed with an installed capacity of 400,000 kW. Upon completion in 2018, the project will be able to yield 1.4 billion kilowatt hours of … Continue reading China starts construction on major wind power project
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Wind Power in Tanzania: Wind farm to give Singida City status
The envisaged Singida Wind Power project will roll the region’s economic fortunes and turn the municipality into a city during the next few years, the project developers said yesterday. Singida Region is home to 1.37 million people, according to the 2012 Population Census, with the Singida Municipality alone having 150,000 people. “Due to possession of … Continue reading Wind Power in Tanzania: Wind farm to give Singida City status
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