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EDP Renewables FY 2012: Ebitda up by 17% to 938 million Euros
EDP Renewables (EDP Renováveis, Euronext: EDPR), the world’s third-largest wind energy producer, today announced that in 2012 electricity output increased by 10% to 18.4TWh. Over the last 12 months, the company increased its installed capacity by 504 MWto a total of 8.0 GW. For 2012,EDPR was able to maintain system-wide load factors of 29%, one … Continue reading EDP Renewables FY 2012: Ebitda up by 17% to 938 million Euros
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Pakistan: Early completion of 1,000MW wind energy projects urged
Federal Minister for Water and Power Ahmed Mukhtar has directed to expedite completion of 1,000 megawatts (MW) wind power generation projects so that cheaper electricity could be added in the national grid at the earliest. Presiding over 26th Board meeting of Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) he said electricity generation from indigenous resources was priority … Continue reading Pakistan: Early completion of 1,000MW wind energy projects urged
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Hyundai Heavy Industries Wins South Korea’s Wind Energy Order
Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) swill supply 20 of its 2 MW wind turbines for the Yeongam Wind Farm in Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea. HHI will also provide the installation and commissioning, as well as a long-term maintenance agreement. The wind turbines are scheduled for delivery this July. When the wind power project is … Continue reading Hyundai Heavy Industries Wins South Korea’s Wind Energy Order
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Stand up for Kansas wind power
Legislation has recently been introduced in the Kansas state legislature that threatens the future of the state’s renewable energy development. I urge you to write to your state officials today and encourage them to oppose all legislation that delays, reduces, or repeals efforts to expand Kansas’s renewable energy development. Kansas currently has a renewable portfolio … Continue reading Stand up for Kansas wind power
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Technological advances are improving wind power
Anti-wind power lobbyists have long contested claims by the wind industry that wind power is competitive with fossil fuels. But technological advances, making wind turbines bigger, smarter, and more competitive in all situations, mean the wind is fast being taken out of the naysayers
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Nestle hosts its first two on-site wind turbines in the world
Wind energy will power 30 percent of facility, as part of Nestle Waters North America’s long-term renewable energy plan. Nestle is celebrating its first wind energy project in the world today with the hosting of two wind turbines at its Nestle Waters North America (NWNA) bottling plant in Cabazon, Calif. The wind turbines will provide … Continue reading Nestle hosts its first two on-site wind turbines in the world
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Wind energy projects of 1,300 MW capacity to be set up in Madhya Pradesh
Wind energy projects of 1,300 MW capacity will be set up in the state by December 2014, according to a press release here on Tuesday. One hundred MW power will be generated by biomass projects as well, according to State department New and Renewable Energy. It said that apart from solar cookers, the Energy … Continue reading Wind energy projects of 1,300 MW capacity to be set up in Madhya Pradesh
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Indonesia to develop wind energy with UNDP
Indonesia will cooperate with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to develop wind power generation projects, aiming to increase the use of renewable source in power generation and reduce carbon emission in the country, local media reported on Tuesday. The joint program between Indonesian science and technology research agency of BPPTand UNDP, called Wind Hybrid … Continue reading Indonesia to develop wind energy with UNDP
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Poland’s PGE, Energa to Buy Iberdrola’s Polish Wind Farms
Polish state-owned utilities PGE and Energa agreed to buy Iberdrola’s 75 percent stake in Renewables Polska for 840 million zlotys ($268 million). Poland’s No.1 utility added that the two companies want to buy the remaining 25 percent of the wind energy unit from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) . Under the deal … Continue reading Poland’s PGE, Energa to Buy Iberdrola’s Polish Wind Farms
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Offshore wind energy: TenneT awards DolWin3 wind power project to Alstom
TenneT awards offshore grid connection project DolWin3 to Alstom. Third grid connection in the DolWin cluster with a capacity of 900 MW. Connection with new DC technology over a distance of 162 km. TenneT connects 6.2 GW of Offshore wind energy, already meeting more than half of the German government’s goals (11 GW until 2022). … Continue reading Offshore wind energy: TenneT awards DolWin3 wind power project to Alstom
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Suzlon bags 103 MW wind energy order from ONGC
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group has received an order for a 102.9 MW wind power project from ONGC. The wind farm comprises 49 units of Suzlon’s S88 2.1 MW wind turbines and will be commissioned in 2013-14, the company said in a statement. The wind power project will be commissioned in Rajasthan. ONGC currently has … Continue reading Suzlon bags 103 MW wind energy order from ONGC
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First joint onshore wind energy project completed by Siemens and Shanghai Electric
The onshore wind power plant Guangrao with a capacity of 50 megawatts (MW) was completed at the end of 2012. It is the first wind energy project jointly delivered and implemented by the two wind power joint ventures of Siemens and Shanghai Electric. The joint ventures delivered 20 SWT-2.5.-108 wind turbines with an output of … Continue reading First joint onshore wind energy project completed by Siemens and Shanghai Electric
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Brookfield Renewable completes CDN $450 million financing for comber wind farm
Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners (TSX:BEP.UN) (“Brookfield Renewable”) announced the completion of a $450,000,000 offering for its Comber Wind farm in Essex County, Ontario. The bond issuance was Canada’s first broadly marketed and rated wind financing. The 166 MW Comber Wind farm entered commercial operation in the fall of 2011 and benefits from a 20-year Power … Continue reading Brookfield Renewable completes CDN $450 million financing for comber wind farm
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Part two of a new series of “wind energy stories” from around the world, in association with Global Wind Day. Today, Gerhard Scholz from the Austrian Wind Energy Association, speaks to Johanna Lehner, a service technician at Windkraft Simonsfeld in Austria. What exactly does a wind turbine service technician do? Essentially, we go on a … Continue reading
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China
Wind power generated more electricity than nuclear power in China last year and will likely continue to do so in the future, according to a new report by the influential Earth Policy Institute (EPI). The report, released last Tuesday, added nuclear power generation in China has risen by 10% annually since 2007 but wind power … Continue reading China
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EWEA launches Global Wind Day 2013 Photo Competition:
The European Wind Energy Association has launched the Global Wind Day 2013 Photo Competition. Whether you are a photography novice or aficionado, EWEA encourages all competitors of 18 and older to submit an entry supplemented with a short text explaining what wind energy means to you. It is up to you how long your text … Continue reading EWEA launches Global Wind Day 2013 Photo Competition:
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EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 24 MW wind farm in Cantal
Continuing its expansion in the French wind energy segment, EDF Energies Nouvelles is announcing the commissioning of a 24 MW wind farm at Allanche in the Cantal department. This wind power facility, which features eight 3 MW wind turbines, was developed and built by EDF EN France. The wind farm will be operated and maintained … Continue reading EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions a 24 MW wind farm in Cantal
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Unlocking Iowa’s wind energy
he Upper Midwest is the most wind-rich area of the country. But a new report by the Center for Rural Affairs shows that almost none of the current high-voltage transmission lines capable of carrying wind-generated electricity are built here. Johnathan Hladik, an energy advocate with the rural advocacy group, says the quickest way of generating … Continue reading Unlocking Iowa’s wind energy
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Book explores wind energy in Texas
The pros and cons of wind turbines on ranching in West Texas is explored in Viento: Wind, Turbines & Ranchland by Scott White of Texas Tech’s National Ranching Heritage Center ($20 paperback, 8 1/4 by 10 1/2, 76 pages). The book, which features interviews with West Texas ranchers, offers a balanced assessment of the turbines … Continue reading Book explores wind energy in Texas
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