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Otter Tail Power Signs PPA With NextEra Energy's Ashtabula III

on 17 May 2013 by NAW Staff

Fergus Falls, Minn.-based Otter Tail Power signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to acquire the output from the 62.4 MW Ashtabula III wind farm, [read more]

Vestas Says Mexico Project Is Delayed

on 16 May 2013 by NAW Staff

Turbine manufacturer Vestas says the 396 MW Marena Renovables project, for which it is supplying turbines, is experiencing "construction delays." Vestas, which is supplying 132 [read more]

Cherokee Nation To Operate Largest Wind Farm On Tribal Land

on 15 May 2013 by NAW Staff

The Cherokee Nation has agreed to partner with Chicago-based PNE Wind USA to develop a 90-turbine wind farm, located in Kay County, Okla. The Cherokee [read more]

Canadian Investor In Deal To Acquire Interest In Australian Project

on 15 May 2013 by NAW Staff

Canadian and Australian infrastructure investors Northleaf Capital Partners and Palisade Investment Partners have agreed to acquire a 75% equity interest in the 111 MW Waterloo [read more]

Suzlon Group Wins Contract For German Community Wind Project

on 14 May 2013 by NAW Staff

Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems SE and Bürgerwindpark im Kirchspiel Medelby GmbH & Co. KG have signed a contract for more than 27 wind turbines [read more]

UPMC Buys RECs To Power Data Centers

on 13 May 2013 by NAW Staff

Healthcare provider UPMC has purchased renewable energy credits (RECs) from Pennsylvania wind power to equal the entire annual energy usage from its data centers. According [read more]

Xcel, NCAR Extend Partnership To Forecast Renewable Energy

on 09 May 2013 by NA Windpower

Xcel Energy has announced an expanded agreement with the Boulder, Colo.-based National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for renewable energy forecasting. NCAR previously designed a [read more]

Wind Energy Institute Of Canada Orders Storage System

on 09 May 2013 by NA Windpower

The Wind Energy Institute of Canada, an independent research and testing institute, has chosen S&C Electric Canada Ltd. for the supply of a battery energy [read more]

PacifiCorp Expands Western Transmission Network

on 09 May 2013 by NA Windpower

PacifiCorp has begun construction of the high-voltage, 160-mile Sigurd to Red Butte transmission line to serve customers throughout six western states. In addition, the company [read more]

Offshore Wind Measurement Campaign Concludes In Hong Kong

on 09 May 2013 by NA Windpower

Renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy has concluded a one-year wind measurement campaign in Hong Kong using its Offshore Risk Quantification Analysis (ORQA) platform. The project began [read more]

NextEra Orders GE's 1.7-100 Wind Turbines

on 08 May 2013 by NA Windpower

GE will supply 59 of recently debuted 1.7-100 wind turbines to NextEra Energy Resources LLC's wind farm planned for the thumb region of Michigan. GE [read more]

UMaine To Demonstrate Floating Offshore Wind Turbine

on 08 May 2013 by NA Windpower

The University of Maine's (UMaine) Advanced Structures and Composites Center has introduced VolturnUS, a floating offshore wind turbine prototype to be deployed off the coast [read more]

PPG Fiber Glass Sells Interest In PPG-Devold Joint Venture

on 08 May 2013 by NA Windpower

Cheswick, Pa.-based PPG Fiber Glass has sold its 50% interest in the PPG-Devold fiber glass joint venture to Hexagon Devold, a wholly owned subsidiary of [read more]

Abengoa Joins Transmission Project To Enable Access To Renewables

on 08 May 2013 by NA Windpower

California-based utility Imperial Irrigation District (IID) has chosen Abengoa to work on the Path 42 power transmission project. The project is an extension of IID's [read more]

UpWind Enters O&M Service Agreements For Four Wind Farms

on 07 May 2013 by NA Windpower

UpWind Solutions Inc. has signed operations and maintenance (O&M) service agreements for four wind farms. The projects include the Trinity Hills, Sherbino 2 and Silver [read more]