Wednesday, July 03, 2013

Wind Firms Battle In Court; Utility Doubles Down With New PPAs

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RES Americas, BP Wind Energy To Battle In Court Over Finished Pennsylvania Project
on 02 Jul 2013 by Joseph Bebon
RES Americas has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania against BP Wind Energy and Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC (MWE), a joint venture between BP and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power. RES claims the defendants owe the contractor over $55 million in additional expenses accrued in a rush to get the Mehoopany [read more]
Texas Utility Adds 570 MW To Wind Portfolio
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
On June 27, Texas-based utility Austin Energy got the go-ahead from the Austin City Council to enter into three new wind power purchase agreements (PPAs) totaling 570 MW. Even with a short-term wind contract expiring in 2015, Austin Energy says this will bring the company's total wind portfolio to 1,225 [read more]
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Wind Turbine Maker Sinovel To Shutter Four Subsidiaries
on 02 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
China-based wind turbine maker Sinovel is shutting down four subsidiaries and insists the closures are not related to its legal issues with the U.S. In a company filing to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the manufacturer revealed it will close the company's units in the U.S., Canada, Italy and Belgium, according [read more]
GE Stops Wind Turbine Joint Venture With Harbin Electric
on 02 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Citing fundamental differences in commercial priorities and business strategy, GE says it has come to a mutual agreement to dissolve its joint venture with China-based Harbin Electric. In September 2011, GE announced the joint venture would work to manufacture and supply wind turbines to customers in China. Under the agreement, [read more]
Invenergy Closes Construction Financing For Goldthwaite Wind Project
on 02 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Invenergy Wind LLC has closed construction financing for its 148.6 MW Goldthwaite Wind project, which is currently being built in Mills County, Texas. Morgan Stanley acted as the lead arranger, administrative agent and issuing bank for the construction loan. Blattner Energy Inc. is constructing the project, and EPC Services Co. [read more]
Gamesa Supplying 46 MW To Indian Wind Farm
on 02 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Gamesa has signed a new contract to supply 46 MW of capacity to ITC Paperboards and Specialty Papers Division, a subsidiary of the Indian group ITC. The agreement calls for the installation and supply of 23 Gamesa G97-2.0 MW wind turbines at Tagguparthi, Andhra Pradesh state, as well as the [read more]

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Nordex Notes Recent Wind Turbine Orders In Germany
on 02 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Over the past few months, Nordex SE says it has received contracts for the delivery of a total of 31 multi-megawatt turbines for several wind farms in Germany. Of the 31 units sold, 24 were N117/2400 light wind turbines. Nordex will be installing five of its N117/2400 turbines at the [read more]
Siemens Wind Power CEO Leaves Company
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Siemens says Felix Ferlemann, CEO of Siemens Wind Power, is leaving the company by mutual agreement to pursue new career challenges. Siemens has named Markus Tacke to succeed Ferlemann, effective Aug. 1. Until now, Tacke has been CEO of Siemens' Industrial Power business unit. "Felix Ferlemann provided essential stimuli, and [read more]
Cape Wind Inks $15M Deal With Construction Contractor
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Cape Wind, developer of a 468 MW offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, has signed a $15 million contract with Falmouth, Mass.-based Lawrence-Lynch Corp. to provide the upland construction work required to bury Cape Wind's electric cables. Lawrence-Lynch Corp. will also be responsible for providing a conduit for connecting the [read more]
Interior Department OKs 500 MW Wind Farm Slated For Arizona
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell has announced the approval of a 500 MW wind energy project to be located on public lands in Arizona. The Mohave County Wind Farm, proposed by BP Wind Energy North America Inc., would feature up to 243 wind turbines. The DOI [read more]

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Report: Rise In Wind And Solar Power Will Boost Energy Storage Market
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
The installed capacity of energy storage systems (ESS) for solar and wind power integration will total 21.8 GW from 2013 to 2023, finds a new report from Navigant Research. More than 1,300 GW of wind and solar power generation capacity is expected to come online in the next 10 years, [read more]
Invenergy Closes Financing For 94 MW Orangeville Wind Farm
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Invenergy Wind LLC has closed construction financing for its 94 MW Orangeville Wind Farm, which is currently being built in Wyoming County, N.Y. Rabobank acted as the mandated lead arranger, administrative agent and collateral agent, and Union Bank S.A. acted as the syndication agent and joint lead arranger for the [read more]
Ming Yang Completes 6.5 MW Wind Turbine Prototype
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. has completed its first 6.5 MW prototype super compact drive (SCD) wind turbine generator. The 6.5 MW SCD prototype utilizes Ming Yang's two-bladed SCD technology and is designed mainly for offshore operation. The company says installation and testing of the prototype are expected [read more]
Alstom Taps FoundOcean To Work On Offshore Trial Of 6 MW Turbine
on 01 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
U.K.-based FoundOcean has entered into a contract to grout the foundations for the first offshore trial of Alstom's 6 MW Haliade 150 wind turbine. The turbine will be located near Ostend, 45 km off the Belgian coast. FoundOcean says onshore tests at full 6 MW output were recently completed in [read more]
U.S. Justice Department Charges Sinovel With IP Theft From AMSC
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
China-based Sinovel and three individuals have been charged with stealing intellectual property (IP) from U.S.-based AMSC, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Thursday. A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin returned an indictment charging Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd., dba Sinovel Wind Group (USA) Co. [read more]
Nordex Ceases U.S. Production Amid 'Weakened Demand'
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
Citing weakened demand and policy uncertainty, Nordex SE has announced it will end U.S. production after the company completes the orders in its current pipeline. Nordex will close its nacelle production facility in Jonesboro, Ark., and plans to continue supplying the North and Latin American markets from its factory in [read more]
DNV KEMA: Wind Energy Assessments Have Improved Substantially
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
Performance predictions for large-scale North American wind energy projects placed in service between 2010 and 2012 were substantially more accurate than for projects placed in service between 2001 and 2009, finds a study by DNV KEMA Energy & Sustainability. DNV KEMA attributes this improvement to developments in wind energy assessment [read more]
President Obama Nominates Former Colorado PUC Chairman To Head FERC
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
President Barack Obama has nominated Ron Binz, former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission (PUC), to serve as chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). In May, Jon Wellinghoff revealed plans to step down from his post as FERC chairman but remain in the position until a successor [read more]
Vestas Secures Two New Wind Orders
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
Vestas has received a 106.8 MW order in Australia and an 87 MW order in the Phillipines. Taralga Wind Farm Nominees No.1 Pty. Ltd., a joint venture between Spanish banking group Banco Santander S.A. and Sydney-based developer CBD Energy Ltd., has contracted with Vestas to supply 51 turbines to the [read more]
Timken Names Bradley K. Baldwin General Manager Of Wind Energy
on 28 Jun 2013 by NAW Staff
The Timken Co., a provider of bearings and other products for the wind energy and industrial industries, has appointed Bradley K. Baldwin general manager of wind energy. Baldwin joined Timken in 1995 as a sales engineer in Charlotte, N.C. He has held sales leadership positions involving automotive, industrial and distribution [read more]

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