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Turbine Components Lift Shipments At Port Of Duluth
Thanks to shipments of wind turbine components, May was a busy month for U.S. ports along the Great Lakes Seaway System. In fact,...
Mainstream Renewable Power Awarded 250 MW By South Africa
A consortium led by global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power was awarded preferred bidder status by the Department of Energy (DOE)...
Gamesa Expands Production At Brazilian Nacelle Factory
To ensure continued success in a key market, turbine maker Gamesa has expanded its nacelle assembly factory in Brazil. The factory, which opened...
CanWEA: Wind Energy Leads In New Capacity Additions For Canada
Since 2010, 38% of all new capacity in Canada came from wind energy - more than any other competing form of electricity, according...
Statoil Taps Lloyd’s For Risk Assessment
Statoil has selected Lloyd's Register to perform a risk and emergency preparedness analysis for the 30 MW Hywind Scotland pilot park project. Statoil...
K2 Begins Operations In Ontario
Pattern Energy is reporting that the 270 MW K2 Wind Power Facility, located in Ontario, reached commercial operation on May 29. The wind...
Boralex Acquires Wind Power Option For Ontario Project
Boralex has acquired a 25% interest in the 230 MW Niagara Region Wind Farm project that contains a buy/sell option. The project, owned...
DOE Backstops Effort To Transition Veterans Into Utility Industry
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is backstopping an effort to bring veterans into the utility power industry. Working together with the U.S....
Gamesa Recognizes Internal Tech Innovation
Two engineers working in a Gamesa joint venture have developed an application that enables automatic turbine rotor positioning. According to Gamesa, the application...
SNC-Lavalin To Build Wind Switchyard In British Columbia
The BC Hydro and Power Authority has enlisted SNC-Lavalin to design and build a 230 kV switchyard, located approximately 23 kilometers northwest of...
ScottishPower Taps Siemens As Preferred Supplier
ScottishPower Renewables will use up to 102 of Siemens' 7 MW machines to power the East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm, located off...
Uruguayan Firm Purchases WINDCUBE For Resource Assessment
Renewable NRG Systems has sold a WINDCUBE LIDAR to VENTUS, a Uruguayan wind energy engineering consultancy firm. VENTUS will use the LIDAR for...
Electric Co-op Lets EV Owners Tap into Wind Energy
Great River Energy, a Minnesota-based not-for-profit electric cooperative, and its participating member cooperatives have launched Revolt, a program Great River says allows customers...
EDF’s Longhorn Wind Produces Power In Texas
EDF Renewable Energy reports that the 200 MW Longhorn Wind Project in Texas reached commercial operation on May 1. The project, spanning 33,000...
Vestas Expands Presence In Italy
Turbine maker Vestas has received an order calling for 12 Vestas V112-3.3 MW wind turbines for the Cancellara wind project, located in the...
Siemens Signs Staggering 16.4 GW Order With Egypt
In what is its single largest order ever, Siemens has signed contracts worth EUR 8 billion to supply wind power plants and natural...
Declining Cost Of Renewable Energy Prompts DTE Energy To Lower Customer Bills
Michigan customers of DTE Energy are expected to get a reprieve on their utility bills when the Michigan Public Service Commission approves the...
OutBack Power’s Battery-Based Inverters Receive Utility Approval In Hawaii
OutBack Power Technologies Inc. says Hawaiian Electric Cos. (HECO) has approved the company's Radian, FX and FXR multi-mode inverter/chargers for transient overvoltage self-certification....
Poll: Saskatchewan Residents Support More Wind Energy
A new poll finds that Saskatchewan residents support an increased effort to develop more wind energy to help meet Saskatchewan's future electricity needs....
Study Confirms Renewables Can Serve Island Grid
The Barbados Light & Power Corp. (BLPC) recently commissioned a study to determine the long-term impacts of increased wind and solar penetration on...