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on 28 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Noble Environmental Power, an Essex, Conn.-based wind energy developer that is majority-owned by J.P. Morgan Partners, recently announced that the New York State Public Service [read more]

PacifiCorp's Leaning Juniper 1 Is Up And Running

on 28 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

PacifiCorp, a Portland, Ore.-based electricity producer, has announced the completion of the Leaning Juniper 1 wind farm located southwest of Arlington, Ore.The wind farm uses [read more]

Creststreet Power Acquires 100% Control Of Mount Copper

on 27 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Calgary, Alberta-based Creststreet Power & Income Fund LP has gained 100% voting and operational control of Mount Copper Wind Power Energy Inc., the owner and [read more]

Brookfield Power Completes Canada's Largest Wind Farm

on 27 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Brookfield Power, a division of Toronto-headquartered Brookfield Asset Management Inc., has completed both phases of the Prince Wind Energy Project, located northwest of Sault Ste. [read more]

Vestas Receives 125 MW Order For Oregon Wind Farm

on 27 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Vestas, a Denmark-headquartered wind turbine manufacturer, has received an order for 76 units of V82-1.65 MW wind turbines from Portland General Electric, a Portland, Ore.-based [read more]

Rondeau Proposes Simplifying Registration Of Wind Turbine Titles

on 23 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Jim Rondeau, Manitoba's science, technology, energy and mines minister, has proposed an amendment to legislation that would simplify registering for wind turbine easements and title [read more]

Texas, Ohio Bid For Blade Facility

on 22 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

In August, NAW announced that the Texas General Land Office (TGLO) was planning to bid for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) new research and [read more]

AAER Supplies Turbines For Mount Hays Wind Farm

on 22 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

AAER Inc., a Montreal-based wind turbine manufacturer, has entered into an agreement to sell 17 of its 1.5 MW wind turbines to Richmond, B.C.-based Katabatic [read more]

Puget Sound Energy Announces Renewable Energy Production Incentive Program

on 22 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Puget Sound Energy (PSE), a Bellevue, Wash.-headquartered energy utility, has announced its Renewable Production Incentive Program (REAP) that provides annual incentive payments to its customers [read more]

Vestas Realizes 3Q Profit

on 22 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Denmark-headquartered Vestas, an international wind turbine manufacturer, announced in its third quarter 2006 interim financial report a net profit for the quarter of 18 million [read more]

Western Wind Energy Launches Countersuit Against Pacific Hydro Ltd.

on 22 Nov 2006 by Shelley Paventy

Coquitlam, British Columbia-based Western Wind Energy, an owner and developer of wind energy projects, has plans to launch a series of countersuits against Pacific Hydro [read more]

Southern California Edison Signs Seven New Renewable Power Contracts

on 21 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Southern California Edison (SCE), a Rosemead, Calif.-headquartered electric utility, has signed and will submit to the California Public Utilities Commission seven new long-term contracts with [read more]

Sugarloaf/USA And Sunday River Purchase 100% Wind Energy

on 20 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Carrabassett Valley, Maine-headquartered Sugarloaf/USA and Newry, Maine-based Sunday River ski resorts have chosen to offset 100% of their electricity usage jointly with energy generated from [read more]

Rensselaer Will Create Renewable Energy Test Bed Using NYSTAR's Grant

on 20 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., has received a $1.23 million grant from the New York State Office of Science, Technology and Academic Research (NYSTAR) to [read more]

IRS Announces CREB Awards

on 20 Nov 2006 by NAW Staff

The Internal Revenue Service, Washington, D.C., has announced that a total of 610 projects for state and local governmental borrowers and for electrical cooperative borrowers [read more]