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Mesa Power Places Large Wind Turbine Order With GE
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Dallas-based Mesa Power LLP, a company created by energy executive T. Boone Pickens, has placed an order with GE to purchase 667 wind turbines capable of generating 1,000 MW. GE plans to deliver the 1.5 MW wind turbines in 2010 and 2011. The agreement represents the first phase of the [read more]
Community Wind Project Planned For Nova Scotia
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Toronto-based SkyPower Corp., a Lehman Brothers Co., and Scotian WindFields Inc., a community owned Nova Scotia company, have announced a 20-year power purchase agreement by Nova Scotia Power. The contract is to develop a 30 MW wind park in Digby, Nova Scotia. The 2,700-acre wind park is expected to [read more]
Langdon Wind Energy Center Dedicated
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Florida's FPL Energy LLC, Minnesota-based Otter Tail Power Co. and North Dakota-based Minnkota Power Co-op Inc., have dedicated FPL Energy's Langdon Wind Energy Center in Cavalier County, North Dakota. "Just a few years ago, North Dakota produced less than a megawatt of power from wind," says Gov. John Hoeven, R-N.D. [read more]
Northland Power Provides Funding Commitment To Wind Development
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Toronto-based Northland Power Income Fund and Northland Power Inc. (the Fund) have announced that financing for the C$268 million Jardin d'Eole wind farm has been arranged. The Fund has committed to provide a C$35 million loan to Saint-Ulric Saint-Leandre Wind L.P./Eoliennes Saint-Ulric Saint-Leandre S.E.C. (SUSL), the developer and owner of [read more]
LM Glasfiber Developing New Blade Technology
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Denmark-based LM Glasfiber has been awarded DKK$30 million by the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation for the development of an innovative blade technology based on the use of novel types of fiber. The new fibers will revolutionize the blade manufacturing process, and the research program has been named Blade King. [read more]
Norbar Introduces New Gearbox Design Tools
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Willoughby, Ohio-based Norbar Torque Tools Inc. has introduced a new gearbox design to its family of Pneutorque pneumatic torque wrenches. Models in the new series are faster, lighter, smaller and easier to handle than other units of similar capacities, according to the company. New torque ranges for the PTM-92 [read more]
Holmes And Holmes Introduces Perimeter Dolly
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Hudson, Iowa-based Holmes & Holmes has introduced TowerMate, a perimeter dolly for wind turbine sections, which offers 40% shorter and 35% lighter loads than others, according to the company. According to Holmes & Holmes, the patent-pending design is ideal for meeting Department of Transportation regulations, is easily permitted and [read more]
EWT To Acquire AWE
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Toronto-based Americas Wind Energy Corp. (AWE) and Emergya Wind Technologies Holdings N.V. (EWT), an international supplier and manufacturer of DIRECTWIND wind turbines based in the Netherlands, have entered into a letter of intent for EWT to acquire all issued and outstanding shares of AWE in a cash merger transaction. [read more]
New Chair Appointed To Board Of SDTC
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Gary Lunn, minister of natural resources, and John Baird, minister of the environment, have announced the appointment of Juergen Puetter as chairman of the board of Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), based in Ottawa, Ontario. Puetter is president and CEO of Aeolis Wind Power Corp. "Our government is committed to [read more]
Bechard Adopts First Nations' Decree Regarding Wind Power
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Claude Bechard, Canada's minister of natural resources and wildlife, has announced the adoption of a decree aimed at identifying the concerns of First Nations in regards to the economic repercussions associated with wind energy. This decree concerns the set-aside market of 250 MW of energy to be produced by wind [read more]
Clean Energy Initiative Submits Signatures For 2008 Ballot
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Jefferson City, Mo.-based Missourians for Cleaner Cheaper Energy has submitted approximately 170,000 signatures for the Clean Energy Initiative ballot to the secretary of state's office. More than 400 Missouri volunteers statewide circulated petition pages for the initiative, which would require investor-owned utilities to generate or purchase 15% of their electricity [read more]
Wind Turbine Company Wins ICE Competition
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The judging committee for the MIT Enterprise Forum Ignite Clean Energy business presentation competition has announced that FloDesign Wind Turbine Corp. of Wilbraham, Mass., was selected as the first-place winner. FloDesign won a cash prize, three months worth of public relations services from Bell Pottinger USA, legal services provided [read more]
Construction Begins On Dokie I Wind Project
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Calgary, Alberta-based EarthFirst Canada Inc. has commenced construction at its 144 MW wind project located in the Peace River area of northeast British Columbia. With the commencement of on-site construction activities at the Dokie I Wind Project, the first quarter of this year marks a milestone for EarthFirst in the [read more]
Monterey County CVB, Amtrak Offering Summer Offsets
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California's Monterey County Convention & Visitors Bureau and Amtrak have teamed up to form the Trak To Monterey, which offsets the carbon footprint of every visitor arriving to Monterey County via Amtrak, June 1 through July 31. Starting June 1, passengers can turn their rail ticket into the Visitors Center [read more]

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