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Gurit Restructures Management Team For Wind Energy Unit

on 07 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Gurit Holding AG, a Switzerland-based supplier of composite materials, has extended its management team to run its wind energy unit. The change is in response [read more]

AMSC's D-VAR Interconnection System Selected For Australian Wind Farm

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Westborough, Mass.-headquartered American Superconductor Corp. (AMSC), a provider of power electronic systems, has received an order from Suzlon Energy Australia Pty. Ltd. (SEA), a wholly [read more]

ACEEE Studies Florida's Potential For Energy Efficiency

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Researchers at the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Washington, D.C., recently released a study that reveals a combination of energy efficiency and renewable [read more]

EPRI Guides Utility Research And Development Investments

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Palo Alto, Calif.-based Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), a nonprofit center for public interest energy and environmental research, has released a new analysis to guide [read more]

Canadian Hydro To Acquire GW Power Corp.

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., a Calgary, Alberta-headquartered developer of renewable energy projects, has agreed to acquire GW Power Corp. (GWP), an Alberta-based wind farm developer [read more]

FAA Wind Turbine Lighting Regulations In Effect

on 06 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

New Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) guidelines for aviation lighting on wind energy projects went into effect on Feb. 1, 2007.A new chapter, Marking and Lighting [read more]

Researchers Find Mid-Atlantic Coast A Potential Wind Source

on 05 Feb 2007 by Tracey Bryant

According to researchers at the University of Delaware (UD) and Stanford University, the wind resource off the Mid-Atlantic coast could supply the energy needs of [read more]

Unimar Releases Lighting System For Wind Turbines

on 05 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Unimar Inc., a Clay, N.Y.-based manufacturer and supplier of lighting fixtures for large applications, has released the Synchronized Flasher Controller for wind turbines.According to the [read more]

15,197 MW Of Wind Power Installed Worldwide In 2006

on 05 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its annual figures for 2006 that reveal 15,197 MW of wind energy was installed in 2006 around [read more]

Garrad Hassan America Announces Changes to Team

on 05 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Garrad Hassan America Inc. (GHA), a San Diego-headquartered provider of wind turbine testing and certification services, has made several changes to its management team - [read more]

EPA Updates Top 25 Green Power Purchasers

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently updated its 2006 year-end lists of the Top Green Power purchasers within the Green Power Partnership. Each list [read more]

Summary Of "Climate Change 2007" Adopted

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has adopted the Summary for Policymakers of the first volume of "Climate Change 2007," [read more]

Cutting Machine Manufacturer Upgrades CNC

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

MG Systems and Welding Inc., a manufacturer of thermal cutting machines used for manufacturing wind towers, has upgraded the EdgeMate and EdgeMaster plasma and oxyfuel [read more]

Genesis Studies Wind Farms In Kentucky, Virginia And West Virginia

on 02 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Genesis Development of Kentucky LLC, an Elkhorn City, Ky.-based firm that was recently founded, is conducting site testing in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia for [read more]

Trinity To Establish Wind Turbine Tower Facility In Illinois

on 01 Feb 2007 by NAW Staff

Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich has announced a nearly $2 million business investment package for Fort Worth, Texas-based Trinity Structural Towers Inc., a manufacturer of [read more]