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World’s Largest Wind Farm Installation Vessel Ready To Launch
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) has built what it says is the world's largest wind farm installation vessel and delivered it to Swire Pacific...
Wind Associations Refute Safety Claims
In response to a proposed national study by Health Canada on wind turbine sound and human health, the European, American, Canadian and global...
‘Flight To Quality’: A Long-Term Look At Supply Chain Components
There have been significant changes in the supply chain for the wind power manufacturing industry over the past five years, most recently triggered...
MAKE: Global Turbine Orders Fall 30% In First Half
Marked by regulatory uncertainty in Europe and tightening policy measures in China, global wind turbine orders tumbled 30% in the first half of...
Trinity To Shift Resources Away From Tower Production
Citing a weakness in the wind sector, Dallas-based Trinity Industries noted in an earnings release that the company plans to reposition resources away...
Is Treasury More Closely Scrutinizing Cash-Grant Applications?
Western Wind Energy Corp. recently announced that it had received a Section 1603 cash grant in the amount of $78.3 million for its...
Analysis: Wind Sector VC Sags In Q2
After a strong first quarter, venture-capital (VC) funding for wind farms fell to approximately $17 million in the second quarter of this year...
IAWIND Awards Research Grant To Iowa State University
The Iowa Alliance for Wind Innovation and Novel Development (IAWIND) has awarded a $256,689 research grant for the further study of condition assessment...
Quebec Issues 700 MW Call For Tenders
After a lengthy delay, the government of Quebec has issued a call for 700 MW of wind energy. The first round of 450...
Report: Not All Renewable Energy Investments Are Created Equal
California's publicly owned utilities have significantly expanded their use of renewable energy over the past decade, yet several still have a long way...
Turbine OEMs Not Meeting Brazil’s Local-Content Requirements
Citing a failure to comply with local-content requirements, the Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) says that it will no longer provide financing to five...
Fishermen’s Energy Receives Final Construction Permit
Fishermen's Energy says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has approved its individual permit under the Clean Water Act for the developer's...
LEEDCo Targeting Siemens’ 3 MW Turbine
Lake Erie Energy Development Corp. (LEEDCo) says it is now targeting Siemens' 3 MW direct-drive wind turbine for its Icebreaker offshore wind farm,...
Wazee Wind Acquires Wind Business Division From COT-Puritech
Maintenance, service and repair provider Wazee Wind has acquired Canton, Ohio-based COT-Puritech's wind division. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Wazee says...
GE Wins Latest Litigation Battle With Mitsubishi – But What’s The Next Step?
Since 2008, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. and various other divisions of the company and GE have been party to a number of legal...
Canada To Study Health Effects Of Wind Turbines
The Canadian federal government says it will study whether the noise from wind turbines can harm people's health. Health Canada will conduct the...
GE Expands N.Y. Energy-Storage Battery Plant
GE has announced a $70 million investment to expand the company's advanced energy-storage battery factory in Schenectady, N.Y., effectively doubling production and adding...
China Ming Yang Enters Joint Venture With Huaneng Renewables
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. has signed a joint-venture agreement with Huaneng Renewables Corp. Ltd. to develop wind and solar projects...
Report: O&M Spending To Double To Nearly $6 Billion By 2025
Annual expenditures for operations and maintenance (O&M) services in the U.S. wind industry are expected to double from just under $3 billion this...
Western Wind Receives Section 1603 Cash Grant – But For Less Than Submitted Amount
Western Wind Energy Corp., through its subsidiary Windstar Energy, has been awarded a Section 1603 cash grant in the amount of $78.3 million...