A personal quest to promote the use of wind energy and hydrogen technology in the Great Lakes area of the United States. The Great Lakes area is in a unique position to become an energy exporting region through these and other renewable energy technologies. *Update 2014: Just do it everywhere - Dan*
Friday, April 11, 2014
Maine Probes Developer's Wallet; AWEA Highlights U.S. Success Stories Of 2013
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "North American Windpower" <efeature@nawindpower.com> Date: Apr 11, 2014 5:38 AM Subject: Maine Probes Developer's Wallet; AWEA Highlights U.S. Success Stories Of 2013 To: <aquarianm@gmail.com> Cc:
The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has called on First Wind to prove it will still have the financial capacity to build three wind farms following a court's recent decision to deny a joint venture between the developer and Emera. In March, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled against [read more]
Home furnishings retailer IKEA has announced its first U.S. wind farm investment with the purchase of the Hoopeston Wind project in Hoopeston, Ill. The 98 MW project is IKEA's largest single renewable energy investment globally to date, and Hoopeston represents the company's second North American wind project: Last year, the [read more]
Acciona Energy has won a deal to supply turbines to two Mexican wind farms totaling 252 MW. In addition, the company will serve as engineering, procurement and construction contractor and provide operations and maintenance for the projects for 20 years. The turbine maker signed the contracts with a company formed [read more]
DNV GL has recently completed an evaluation for a 2.5 MW wind turbine designed by China-based Goldwind. According to DNV GL, it has confirmed that the turbine meets the requirements according to the standard IEC 61400-22 and IEC 61400-1 of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). Goldwind gained the design verification [read more]
Vestas has named Christian Venderby, who has served as senior vice president of operations at Vestas Americas, its new group senior vice president and head of service. The company says its service business is becoming an increasingly important element in its strategy to achieve profitable growth, and Vestas is establishing [read more]
The North American wind market will recover in 2014 after a lackluster performance in 2013 and grow 207% year-over-year (YOY), according to a new report from MAKE Consulting. Specifically, the research firm says the region added 2.7 GW last year and is slated to install 8.3 GW this year. In [read more]
The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) says it expects new global wind installations to reach at least 47 GW this year, a dramatic increase over 2013 levels. According to a new report from the group, China will lead the market, but there will also be a strong recovery in the [read more]
Suzlon has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the 240 MW Big Sky wind farm, located in Illinois, to EverPower Wind Holdings. The acquisition brings EverPower's total operational wind capacity in the U.S. to 752 MW. The India-based turbine maker recently acquired the wind farm from bankrupt Edison Mission [read more]
ABB has won an order worth around $40 million from Energinet.dk, the Danish transmission system operator, to build an alternating-current power cable system that will help integrate and transmit power from the Horns Rev 3 offshore wind farm. The 400 MW Horns Rev 3 wind farm is to be located [read more]
Alstom has signed an exclusive partnership agreement with BFG France that covers the supply of composite structures to produce the nacelle casings for Alstom's Haliade 150-6MW offshore wind turbine. Alstom says that the agreement, signed within the framework of France's second offshore wind call for tenders, will be applicable in [read more]
U.S. Reps. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., and Doris Matsui, D-Calif., have introduced the Clean Energy Victory Bonds Act. According to the legislators, Clean Energy Victory Bonds are patterned after the victory bonds sold during World War II and would allow Americans to participate in the clean energy economy. "Individual citizens helped [read more]
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