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200 MW Wind Farm In Indiana Secures Financing

on 28 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America has secured institutional equity financing of approximately $174.9 million and a commitment to fund further capital contributions from [read more]

GE Wind Turbine Prototype Now Operational At European Test Site

on 28 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

GE has announced that a prototype of its new 2.5-120 wind turbine is operational at a test site in Wieringermeer, Netherlands. The company says the [read more]

Community Wind Farm Goes Live In Washington

on 28 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Seattle-based energy and facility services firm McKinstry and the owners of Swauk Creek Ranch - a privately-owned, 3,865-acre reserve in Kittitas County, Wash. - have [read more]

Dutch Company Installing Foundations For Baltic 2 Offshore Wind Farm

on 27 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Netherlands-based Ballast Nedam has signed a contract for the installation of foundations at the EnBW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm with ARGE BALTIC 2 Foundations, [read more]

E.ON Taps Harland And Wolff For U.K. Offshore Wind Project

on 27 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

E.ON has awarded Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries Ltd. a contract for the design and fabrication of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm substation jacket. [read more]

Scottish Govt. Approves 100 MW European Offshore Wind Centre

on 26 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The Scottish government has approved the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), to be located in Aberdeen Bay. The EOWDC is a [read more]

Gaelectric Closes $84M Funding For Irish Wind Portfolio, Joins Forces With Enercon

on 26 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Gaelectric, a renewable energy generation and energy storage group, has raised $84 million in funding for its portfolio of onshore wind energy projects in Ireland. [read more]

Canadian Auto Workers Union Completes Wind Turbine Project

on 26 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

A wind turbine owned and operated by the Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) has begun operations in Port Elgin, Ontario. "This is an important day, [read more]

Enel Green Power's First Chilean Wind Farm Goes Online

on 25 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Enel Green Power has announced the completion of the 90 MW Talinay wind project, the company's first wind farm in Chile. The new plant, designed [read more]

Gamesa Signs 32 MW Deal For Wind Project In Finland

on 25 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Gamesa has signed a 32 MW order with TuuliWatti Oy, a wind power joint venture between Finnish energy company St1 Ltd. and national retail cooperative [read more]

Glosten Associates Joins U.K. Floating Offshore Wind Project

on 25 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The U.K.-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has selected The Glosten Associates to design its offshore wind floating platform system demonstrator. Glosten, a U.S.-based naval architecture [read more]

OPIC Finances Wind Projects In Peru, Pakistan

on 22 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The board of directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), the U.S. government's development finance institution, has approved a total of $288 million in [read more]

Two Universities Using Galion LIDAR Devices For Wind Energy Research

on 21 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

The Atmospheric Science Program of Indiana University (IU) and the Centre for Advanced Condition Monitoring (CACM) at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland will use [read more]

Feasibility Study Completed For U.K. Offshore Wind Development Site

on 21 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Offshore Marine Management (OMM), an independent marine services company, has completed a feasibility study for Forewind's planned Round 3 Dogger Bank offshore wind energy development [read more]

Vestas Secures Maintenance Deal For Canadian Wind Farm

on 20 Mar 2013 by NAW Staff

Vestas has signed a five-year service agreement with ENMAX Energy Corp. for the Kettles Hill Wind Farm. The project, located near Pincher Creek, Alberta, includes [read more]