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Siemens Energy Awarded Follow-Up Order on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Siemens Energy has been awarded a follow-up order for 72 of its 2.3 MW wind turbines equipped with 101-meter rotors, for the Comber Wind Ltd. Partnership project in Essex County, Ontario. The purchaser is Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., for which Siemens has already supplied wind turbines for [read more] Report Provides Trends In Cleantech Employment, Growth on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Clean energy continues to fuel the plans of many cities, states, nations, investors, and companies as they look for the next wave of innovation and growth, according to "Clean Tech Job Trends 2010," a report released by Clean Edge Inc. Report highlights include cleantech's hottest sectors, cities [read more] Governments Meet In China To Discuss Climate Change on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres called on governments meeting in Tianjin, China, to accelerate their search for common ground to achieve strong action on climate change. With less than two months to go before the U.N. Climate Change Conference [read more] DOE Announces 2011 ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) will hold the second annual ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit Feb. 28 to March 2, 2011, at the Gaylord Convention Center, located outside of Washington, D.C. The event, which will unite players from all sectors of the nation's energy innovation community to [read more] Ameresco Awarded Contract To Manage Energy Information Systems For BLM on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will utilize Ameresco Inc.'s AMERESCO AXIS product to establish a BLM-wide energy-management information system. The goal is to reduce the BLM's energy costs, consumption and carbon footprint in facilities throughout the western U.S. The BLM currently spends approximately $9 [read more] Second Wind Offers Rental Programs For Triton Sonic Wind Profiler on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Second Wind has announced a new leasing program for its Triton sonic wind profiler. The leasing program is operated through newly established Second Wind Financial Services. The company will also rent Tritons directly to customers for time periods as short as one month and as long as 12 [read more] Russ Landon Joins KeyBanc on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM), the investment-banking arm of KeyCorp, has announced that Russ Landon has joined the firm as a managing director and head of its clean technology practice within the utility, power and renewables group. He brings more than 30 years of investment banking experience to [read more] Lazard Hires Jim Rossman As A Managing Director on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Lazard Ltd. has hired Jim Rossman as a managing director in the company's power, energy and infrastructure investment-banking group. He joins the company from Macquarie Group, where he was a senior managing director and U.S. head of equity capital markets. Rossman, who has 20 years of [read more] Citi Appointed Depositary For China Ming Yang's ADR Program on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Citi's global transaction services business, acting through Citibank NA, has been appointed by China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd., a Cayman Islands-registered, China-based company, as the depositary bank for its NASDAQ-listed, Level 3 American Depositary Receipt (ADR) program. China Ming Yang's ADR program was established through [read more] First Wind's Utah Project Recognized By Governor on 07 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff The first phase of First Wind's Utah-based Milford Wind Corridor project was recognized by Gov. Gary Herbert, R-Utah, during the ninth Envision Utah Governor's Quality Growth Award program at the governor's mansion. The award recognizes Milford Wind for what the project has done to "advance quality growth principles [read more] Salazar, Cape Wind Sign First U.S. Offshore Commercial Wind Energy Lease on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Cape Wind Associates LLC have signed the nation's first lease for commercial wind energy development on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). "This is the beginning of a new era for our nation in offshore energy production," Salazar said in a [read more] Gamesa, Northrop Grumman Collaborate To Develop Offshore Wind Technology on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Gamesa and the Newport News Shipbuilding operations of Northrop Grumman Corp. (Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding-Newport News) have signed an agreement to work together on offshore wind technology. The agreement calls for the companies to cooperate on the launch of Gamesa's first G11X-5.0 MW offshore prototype in the U.S. [read more] Juhl Wind Begins Construction On Winona County Wind Project on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Juhl Wind Inc., a community wind developer based in Minnesota, has begun construction on a 1.5 MW wind project in Winona County, Minn. The project is expected to cost approximately $3.6 million and is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. The Winona County project [read more] Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm Begins Providing Power on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Nova Scotia Power's (NS Power) Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm is now providing power to homes and businesses in the province. With five turbines energized, the wind farm is on its way to being fully operational by the end of this year. The Nuttby Mountain Wind Farm, located [read more] Mesalands Community College To Dedicate NAWRTC on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Mesalands Community College will dedicate its new 26,000 square-foot North American Wind Research and Training Center (NAWRTC) in Tucumcari, N.M. The wind center provides facilities for training qualified students in wind energy technology and space to host research. NAWRTC includes the college's GE 1.5 MW wind turbine, [read more] NWF, UCS Join BlueGreen Alliance on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) have joined the BlueGreen Alliance, a partnership dedicated to expanding the number and quality of clean energy jobs in the U.S. Leo W. Gerard, international president of the United Steelworkers and a co-founder of the [read more] DNV Acquires California Engineering Firm on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff DNV, a global provider of risk-management services, has acquired San Ramon, Calif.-based Behnke, Erdman & Whitaker Engineering Inc. (BEW), which provides consulting services to the renewable energy market, with particular focus on wind and solar power, and power transmission and grid integration. "With the addition of BEW, [read more] IBM Collaborates On New Wind Energy Technologies on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff Alstom and Ikerlan-IK4 are using IBM software to develop wind turbine control systems that are expected to significantly improve the performance of sustainable power systems, according to IBM. The new wind turbines leverage a system of electronic sensors combined with software from IBM to gather input regarding [read more] Portland Area Attracts Renewable Energy Companies on 06 Oct 2010 by NAW Staff According to the Portland-Vancouver Regional Partners Council for Economic Development (Regional Partners), the region's recently expanded presence in wind and solar energy is the result of a strategic effort to help the economic recovery. "Despite the economic downturn, a number of companies in the Portland-Vancouver region [read more] Clemson University - Wind Turbine Test Engineer Iowa State University - Faculty Positions DMI Industries - NDT Level III EnXco - Operations Manager, Lakefield, MN GasTOPS - Director, Bus. Development - Europe Ventower Industries - Engineering Mgr., Quality Assurance Mgr. Brevini USA - Wind Application Sales Engineer Transcat Inc. - Account Manager - Wind Energy Eagle West Wind - Site Wind Turbine Supervisor, Wind Turbine Erector Technician DNV - Wind Proj. Eng'r./Energy Analyst, Sr. Wind Turbine Eng'r., Sr. Due Diligence Consult., Wind Energy Test Eng'r., Sr. Wind Turbine Test Eng'r., Constr. Proj. Coord., Instrumentation Spec. LM Wind Power - Regional Materials Mgr. Enel - EHS Engineer, Wind Operations Invenergy Wind LLC - Conditioning Monitoring Mgr; Corp. Environ. Mgr; Spec. Proj. Engineer; Wind Turb. Blade Spec; Wind Turb. Drivetrain Spec. Lucas Group - Regional Turbine Sales Dir., VP-Transmission, Wind Resources-VP/Sr/Jr, VP-Wind Development, Solar: Developer, Engineer Westwood Professional Services - Sr. Project Manager/Registered Engineer Danotek Motion Technologies - Areas of Research & Development, Executive Leadership, and Management and Support DSME Trenton Nova Scotia - Marketing Manager BASF - Senior Applications Development Engineer To place an ad within Wind Jobs, contact Vanessa Williams at 1-203-262-4670 x233, or at williams@nawindpower.com   Please click HERE to subscribe to North American Windpower magazine.

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