Ontario Wind Market Fights To Overcome Controversy, Backlash

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Date: Oct 17, 2012 5:47 AM
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This will be the first wind project in Turkey to utilize Vestas' V112-3.0 [read more] Romax Releases New Tools For Gears And Bearings Design by NAW Staff, Oct. 16, 2012 Romax Technology, a provider of gearbox, bearing and driveline engineering systems, has launched a new concept design software package. Called "Concept," the new product was developed in close collaboration with engineers at wind energy, industrial equipment and ground-vehicle companies. The new design software package provides semi-automated sizing - as well [read more] Modular Wind Energy Names New Senior VP by NAW Staff, Oct. 16, 2012 Modular Wind Energy, a manufacturer of rotor blades for large wind turbines, has appointed Charles W. Vaughan as its new senior vice president of sales and marketing. Vaughan has over 20 years of commercial experience in the energy, telecommunications and consumer products industries with both start-up companies and Fortune 500 [read more] T. 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The ALiSENSOR Level VF system expands on the core ALiSENSOR Level system by replacing the 100 mm fixture base with the VF Fixture Package, [read more] Vestas Announces Second Round Of Colorado Layoffs This Week by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 Just days after confirming a new round of layoffs at its Brighton, Colo., blade manufacturing facility, Vestas has announced that it has made cuts at its Windsor, Colo., blade factory. The two sets of layoffs announced this week amount to 18% of Vestas' entire Colorado manufacturing workforce, which has been [read more] Pattern Energy Completes Financing For Ocotillo Wind Project by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 Pattern Energy Group LP says it has closed on the financing of its Ocotillo Wind project, a 265 MW wind farm being built in California's Imperial Valley. The financing for the project, which will utilize 112 Siemens 2.37 MW turbines, is structured as a construction loan with a seven-year commercial [read more] With Sen. Grassley On Hand, Iowa Wind Project Enters Operation by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 RPM Access has announced that the 36 MW Hawkeye Wind Farm has officially begun commercial operation. Among the dignitaries on hand for the project's ribbon-cutting ceremony was Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, the author of the first wind energy production tax credit, signed into law in 1992. Located in Iowa's Fayette [read more] AWEA Recommends Practices For Offshore Wind Power Development by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 The American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) Standards Development Board, with support from the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has developed a set of recommended practices for using existing standards to plan, design, construct and operate offshore wind energy facilities in compliance with federal and state [read more] Scottish Government Rolls Out Major Renewable Energy Investment Fund by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 The Scottish government has launched a multimillion-pound renewable energy investment fund (REIF) that aims to stimulate greater levels of private finance in clean energy projects in Scotland. 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The contract follows a previous order for two direct-drive prototypes in the same class that will be ready for testing by the end of this year. The [read more] Pittsburgh Residents Can Now Choose To Buy Wind Power by NAW Staff, Oct. 12, 2012 Community Energy is offering an option for Duquesne Light customers to buy 100% local wind and solar power. According to Community Energy, which recently announced its entry into the Pittsburgh market, the offering is the first and only 100% Pennsylvania-sourced renewable electricity option on the PAPowerSwitch website sponsored by the [read more]

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