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Midwest Wind Finance Successfully Closes Wind Renewable Fund

on 04 Dec 2007 by NAW Staff

Midwest Wind Finance (MWF), a firm specializing in financing community-scale wind farms throughout the U.S., has closed its Wind Renewable Fund to investors, after raising [read more]

MISCOR Group Acquires 3-D Service

on 04 Dec 2007 by NAW Staff

Industrial services provider MISCOR Group has acquired privately held 3-D Service, a provider of industrial services to the wind energy industry. MISCOR also announced it [read more]

Marubeni Corp. To Acquire Controlling Interest In Oak Creek Energy Systems

on 03 Dec 2007 by NAW Staff

Mojave, Calif.-based Oak Creek Energy Systems, a developer of wind projects, has received approval by a majority vote of its shareholders to allow Japanese trading [read more]

Businesses Call For Legally Binding UN Framework On Climate Change

on 03 Dec 2007 by NAW Staff

A group of global businesses is calling on world leaders to agree on a legally binding United Nations framework to tackle climate change during negotiations [read more]

GreenHunter Invests In China-Based Wind Turbine Manufacturer

on 30 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Grapevine, Texas-based GreenHunter Energy Inc. has entered two definitive agreements with wind turbine manufacturer MingYang Wind Power Technology Co. Ltd., based in Guang Dong Province, [read more]

Green-e Certified Sales Nearly Double Over Previous Year

on 29 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

The Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) has announced release of the 2006 Green-e Energy Verification Report, which highlights renewable electricity certification program Green-e's certified renewable [read more]

Study: Minnesota Can Create Thousands Of New "Green Collar" Jobs

on 29 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Minneapolis mayor R.T. Rybak and St. Paul mayor Chris Coleman have joined the Blue Green Alliance, a partnership of the Sierra Club and United Steelworkers; [read more]

Evaluation Of Bluewater Wind Finds Cost Impact To Customers

on 28 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Newark, Del.-based Delmarva Power recently filed an independent analysis of the proposed 450 MW Bluewater Wind offshore wind farm with the Delaware Public Service Commission. [read more]

Google's New Initiative Will Focus on Wind, Solar Power

on 28 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Mountain View, Calif.-based Google has announced a new strategic initiative to develop electricity from renewable energy sources. The newly created initiative, known as RE<C, will [read more]

Saugeen Ojibway And Enbridge Wind Power Sign Agreement

on 27 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

The Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON) and Enbridge Ontario Wind Power have signed an agreement on heritage and environmental issues regarding Enbridge's 181.5 MW wind farm [read more]

Cape Wind Files Petition With Siting Board

on 26 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Cape Wind has filed an initial petition with the Massachusetts Energy Facilities Siting Board for a certificate of environmental impact and public interest. The move [read more]

Report: Global Wind Power Base Expected To Triple By 2015

on 21 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Global wind plants are set to more than triple by 2015, with cumulative installed bases expected to rise from approximately 91 GW by the end [read more]

Ground Breaking Held For New South Dakota Plant

on 20 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Ashtabula, Ohio-based Molded Fiber Glass Cos. (MFG), a manufacturer of composite parts for various industries, held a ground breaking ceremony for a new plant in [read more]

NEB Report Looks At Energy Supply And Demand

on 19 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Canadians will have choices to make concerning how they use energy but energy supply is not in question, says the latest report from the National [read more]

Hawaiian Electric Offers Wind Data To Renewable Developers

on 16 Nov 2007 by NAW Staff

Hawaiian Electric Co. is making available, free of charge to any interested wind energy developer, data collected about wind conditions and bird activities in the [read more]