http://www.nawindpower.com/ Covering the world's fastest growing energy source in the world's most promising geographic market. en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:01 -0400 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:00:01 -0400 NAWeditors@nawindpower.com publisher@nawindpower.com Copyright 2010, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. Deepwater Wind's proposed offshore wind projects could provide significant economic benefits to Rhode Island, according to analysis conducted by Levitan & Associates. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6302 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:35:31 -0400 Gov. Jack A. Markell has signed into law four renewable energy bills that together make up the Clean Energy Jobs package, which [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6301 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:24:30 -0400 The partner jurisdictions of the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) have released a comprehensive strategy designed to reduce climate-warming greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, stimulate [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6300 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:23:03 -0400 Darien, Conn.-based hair care manufacturer Zotos International Inc. - a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese cosmetics company Shiseido Co. Ltd.- has received [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6299 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:19:56 -0400 First Wind has confirmed receipt of a $117 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for the company's Oahu, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6298 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:18:51 -0400 The Timken Co. has received a contract worth $26 million to supply wind turbine products and services to China's Xinjiang Goldwind Science [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6297 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:17:07 -0400 The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan for the company's southern territory. The plan includes [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6296 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:15:24 -0400 VerbalInk.com, providers of transcription services, plans to offset its electricity usage annually, starting with a recent purchase of wind-generated renewable energy credits [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6295 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:14:07 -0400 Landmark MetalCoat Inc. has entered the wind industry. The company provides metalcoatings that virtually eliminate common delamination and pitting problems for wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6294 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:12:58 -0400 U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has unveiled the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act, which focuses on offshore [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6292 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:44:17 -0400 Wind power installations have dropped by 57% and 71% from 2008 and 2009 levels, respectively, with only 700 MW being installed in the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6291 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:03:52 -0400 Terra-Gen Power has broken ground on the Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC), located in Kern County, Calif. Once completed, AWEC will have [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6290 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:01:46 -0400 The government of Canada will invest up to C$28.6 million over 10 years in the Caribou Wind Park through the ecoENERGY for [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6289 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:59:51 -0400 Matz+CIF LLC has announced the addition of Ron Rock as quality assurance manager. He brings 30 years of experience in fastener manufacturing [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6288 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:58:33 -0400 Detroit Edison has issued a request for prequalification to purchase wind turbine generation equipment to be installed at one or more wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6287 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:57:20 -0400 First Wind has announced that 11 scholarships have been awarded to college-bound students as part of the 2010 First Wind Scholars program. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6286 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:55:11 -0400 A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd., a provider of distributed power generation systems in China, has renewed its license agreement with German wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6285 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:51:17 -0400 While visiting Wild Horse Renewable Energy Center near Ellensburg, Wash., Sara Battin became the center's 50,000th visitor earlier this month, earning her [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6284 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:49:38 -0400 The House Natural Resources Committee has passed H.R.3534, The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act, by a vote of 27 [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6293 Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Texas Tech University and the National Institute for Renewable Energy (NIRE), a nonprofit, public/private collaboration, will receive $8.4 million from the Texas [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6282 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:33:38 -0400 Govs. Donald L. Carcieri, R-R.I., and Deval Patrick, D-Mass., have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to coordinate and collaborate in the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6283 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:32:58 -0400 A Senate Appropriations Committee's subcommittee on energy and water has initially approved a $10 million appropriation to support the University of Maine's (UMaine) [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6281 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:29:27 -0400 Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., has called for bipartisan support in the Senate to include the renewable electricity standard (RES) title from the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6280 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:27:23 -0400 An agreement between Sea Breeze Power Corp. and International Power Canada Inc. will result in the development of the first phase of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6279 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:25:24 -0400 National Wind has launched its patent-pending Windfrastructure Partner Program. Windfrastructure enables large power users to purchase renewable energy in a financially neutral [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6278 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:23:17 -0400 Finavera Renewables has entered into a project development partnership with GE Energy. Under the terms of the joint development agreement (JDA), GE will provide [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6276 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:12:39 -0400 Woodward Governor Co. signed a multiyear agreement with Nordex SE Germany that will substantially increase Woodward's deliveries of wind power converters to Nordex, according [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6273 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:03:20 -0400 Westar Energy is seeking bids from renewable energy developers for up to 200 MW of renewable resources through one or more power purchase agreements [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6272 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:59:27 -0400 New greenhouse gas emissions and energy policies at the federal level could generate as many as 2.5 million new jobs and $134 billion in [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6271 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 11:55:56 -0400 Canada is the ninth most attractive location in which to invest in renewable energy projects, according to Ernst & Young's latest renewable energy country [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6270 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Consumers Energy has signed a contract with Vestas-American Wind Technology Inc. to supply 56 wind turbine generators for the utility's Lake Winds Energy Park [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6274 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Arizona Public Service Co. (APS) has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Perrin Ranch Wind LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6275 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The American Wind Energy Association, along with several environmental groups, is urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., to include a national renewable electricity [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6277 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., plans to introduce an energy bill next week that deals with offshore oil drilling, but broad climate change [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6269 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:27:33 -0400 At the world's first Clean Energy Ministerial, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the U.S. is helping to launch more than [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6268 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:27:22 -0400 Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas) has been awarded the balance-of-plant (BOP) construction contract for the Flat Water Wind Project in [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6265 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:17:03 -0400 More than 100 economists with expertise in California energy and climate issues have released an open letter, warning against any delay in [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6264 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:14:53 -0400 Pattern Energy has made a $100,000 donation to Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research in Newark, Del., to support its mission and efforts [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6263 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:13:14 -0400 A financing package totaling $34 million has been arranged by Vert Investment Group LLC on behalf of Oregon Trail Wind Farm LLC [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6266 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 RMT Inc. has been selected by First Wind for engineering and construction of its Kahuku Wind energy facility, located on the island [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6267 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Terra-Gen Power LLC has closed a $1.2 billion financing deal for four wind power projects with a total of 570 MW of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6262 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:54:22 -0400 Luis G. Fortuno, the governor of Puerto Rico, has signed into law new renewable energy legislation. The Act for a Public Policy [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6261 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:52:35 -0400 Sens. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Ron Wyden, D-Ore.; and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., have introduced legislation to offer tax credits for the creation of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6260 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:51:20 -0400 The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has expanded its state and regional policy team with the additions of Tim Raphael as the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6257 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:37:41 -0400 Windpower Innovations Inc., a wind power infrastructure and smart-grid solution company, has realigned its management team to complete the full integration of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6256 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:36:17 -0400 Atlantic Wind & Solar Inc. has launched a renewable energy finance program focused on bringing utility-scale wind and/or solar PV energy projects [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6255 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:35:18 -0400 Halifax, Nova Scotia-based Shear Wind Inc. has obtained the conditional approval of the TSX-Venture Exchange and the requisite shareholder approval for the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6254 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 Officials in Nebraska gathered for a ceremonial ground breaking for the Laredo Ridge Wind project. The project was developed by Midwest Wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6258 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has postponed a public hearing to consider the adoption of a 33% by 2020 proposal. This [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6259 Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 The intensity of the wind in the second quarter of this year has increased significantly in large portions of the U.S., according to 3TIER's [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6253 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:15:47 -0400 NextEra Energy Resources has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google Energy LLC. Google Energy will purchase 114 MW of energy from [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6252 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:12:53 -0400 As the U.S. Senate prepares to take up clean energy legislation, members of the United Steelworkers (USW), along with USW International Secretary-Treasurer Stan Johnson [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6251 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:09:57 -0400 According to the International Energy Agency, China has overtaken the U.S. to become world's largest energy consumer. The agency says China's rise to the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6250 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:02:41 -0400 Hunton & Williams LLP acted as project counsel for renewable energy development company Exergy Development Group LLC in its partnership with GE Energy Financial [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6248 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:53:43 -0400 Siemens Energy has announced an art competition to coincide with the December 2010 opening of its Hutchinson, Kan.-based wind turbine nacelle assembly facility. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6247 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:50:56 -0400 Newton, Mass.-based General Compression, a developer of a compressed-air energy-storage system that burns no fuel when generating electricity, has been selected to receive up [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6249 Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 According to the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), 118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6246 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:00:06 -0400 Catch the Wind, a developer and manufacturer of the Vindicator laser wind sensor (LWS), has sold an LWS unit to enXco. The [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6245 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:57:02 -0400 A new Ipsos Reid poll commissioned by the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) finds that nine in 10 Ontario residents support the production of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6244 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:49:46 -0400 Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) has been awarded a $58,989 education grant from the Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6243 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:46:06 -0400 Moog Industrial Group says it will provide 400 electric pitch control systems for Sewind Co.'s 2 MW wind turbines beginning in January 2011. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6242 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:42:18 -0400 Elkhart, Ind.-based Transhield has introduced custom fit covers for wind tower sections as an alternative to heavy, expensive custom tarps or conventional hand wrapping. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6241 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:39:58 -0400 Cleveland-based Bud Industries, a manufacturer of electronics enclosures, is now making its enclosure products available for original equipment manufacturers and operators of renewable energy [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6240 Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:36:14 -0400 The Massachusetts House of Representatives has passed the Wind Energy Siting Reform Act by a vote of 101-52, according to the Conservation [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6239 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:26:55 -0400 Siemens Energy has received an order from SSE Renewables for the supply of 68 wind turbines with a capacity of 2.3 MW [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6238 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:25:50 -0400 ABB has won an order worth approximately $700 million from the German transmission grid operator transpower to supply an 800 MW power [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6237 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:24:05 -0400 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd., Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd., and Scottish and Southern Energy PLC (SSE) have entered into a strategic agreement [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6236 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:22:47 -0400 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced that $30 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and financial-year 2010 [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6235 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:21:19 -0400 Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (PSO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power, is proposing a voluntary program that allows customers to designate [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6234 Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:19:33 -0400 Portland General Electric Co. (PGE) has announced that the first turbines assembled for Phase III of its Biglow Canyon Wind Farm have [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6232 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:56:22 -0400 Bromont, Quebec-based AAER Inc. has announced that pursuant to an order of the Quebec Superior Court issued on July 7, the initial [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6231 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:54:52 -0400 The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has filed a protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) regarding a proposal by Puget [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6230 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:53:50 -0400 Samsung Heavy Industries has implemented GL Garrad Hassan's GH supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system for its 2.5 MW wind turbines [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6229 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:50:59 -0400 Gov. Pat Quinn, D-Ill., has signed legislation to encourage investment in Illinois' renewable energy sector and further build the state's green economy. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6233 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 In an attempt to pass an energy legislation bill in the waning days before the August congressional recess, Sens. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Tim [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6225 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:31:28 -0400 BP Wind Energy is mobilizing the construction site for the Cedar Creek II wind farm in Weld County, Colo. The project will have a [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6222 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:30:52 -0400 The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has approved a request from Avista Utilities to allow larger-sized, customer-owned generation projects to qualify for [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6228 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:30:15 -0400 Energy Management International Inc. has entered into a joint-venture agreement with Nova Wind Holdings Inc. "In light of intensive escalation [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6227 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:29:06 -0400 Siemens has signed a partnership agreement for cooperation in the renewable energy sector with Rostechnologii and RusHydro, two Russia-based companies. The three [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6226 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:28:29 -0400 http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6224 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:17:20 -0400 Clipper and United Technologies Cor. (UTC ) have reached an agreement for UTC to guarantee Clipper wind turbine warranties for selected new business. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6223 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:13:46 -0400 The American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) has announced the formation of the Offshore Wind Development Coalition (OffshoreWindDC), which will focus on advocacy and education [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6221 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:05:05 -0400 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)has resumed enrollments in its Generation Partners pilot program for renewable electricity projects of up to 1 MW in generation [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6219 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 11:54:26 -0400 Minnesota community wind developer Project Resources Corp. (PRC) has closed construction financing with Union Bank for the 25.3 MW Ridgewind Project located in Woodstock, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.6220 Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400