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Vestas Reports Disappointing Financial Results, Will Make Decision On Layoffs In Q3

Vestas has released its interim financial results for the first quarter. The company generated revenue of 1.105 billion euros in the first quarter...

BPA Curtails Another 10 GWh Of Wind Energy Generation On Northwest Grid

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) curtailed wind power generation again during the early morning hours of April 29 and 30, when rising runoff...

EPA, DOE See Potential In Siting Wind And Solar Projects On Contaminated Land

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed and launched new tools...

EDF Energy, Eneco Set Sights On Developing Up To 1.2 GW Of Offshore Wind...

Eneco Wind UK Ltd. and EDF Energy have formed a 50-50 joint venture to develop the Navitus Bay Offshore Wind Project, which is...

Vestas Reveals Root Cause Of Wind Turbine Fire

Vestas has released the findings of the investigation into what caused one of its V112-3.0 MW wind turbines to catch fire on March...

Regulators Reject First Wind’s Permit Application For Wind Farm In Maine

The Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) has denied a permit application submitted by First Wind subsidiary Champlain Wind LLC for the Bowers...

Pattern Energy Takes ‘Surgical Approach’ To Eagle Mitigation

San Francisco-based developer Pattern Energy has devised a program that combines cutting-edge technology with a human element in order to mitigate a California...

U.S. And U.K. Governments Collaborating On Development Of Floating Offshore Wind Turbines

Floating offshore wind turbines will be the initial focus of a new agreement between the U.S. and the U.K. as international talks convene...

New Project Aims To Reduce Offshore Wind Turbine Downtime

Global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime is working on what it calls the Windsense project, which aims to develop a new and flexible...

Nordex Exits Offshore Wind Business

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has announced it is exiting the offshore wind business after the company was unable to finalize an agreement with...

Global Wind Power Capacity To Reach Nearly 500 GW By 2016

The global wind energy industry will install more than 46 GW of new wind power capacity this year, according to a new report...

First-Quarter M&A Activity In Wind Energy Sector Highest In Two Years

Mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity in the wind energy sector for the first quarter of this year (Q1 2012) was the strongest in...

Siemens To Abandon Profit Goal Due To Offshore Wind Project Delays

Siemens plans to abandon its full-year net-profit target due to losses stemming from offshore wind projects, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, which cited...

2012 Expected To Be Another Record Year For Wind Energy Development In Canada

Canada is expected to have another record year for wind energy development in 2012, with the addition of approximately 1.5 GW of new...

Ontario Government Faces Second Massive Offshore Wind Energy Lawsuit

Last September, Toronto-based Trillium Power filed a $2.25 billion lawsuit against the Ontario government in response to its moratorium on offshore wind power...

U.S. Overtakes China In Clean Energy Finance And Investment

The U.S. has surpassed China to reclaim the top spot in clean energy finance and investment, according to new research by The Pew...

Clean Energy Investment At Its Lowest Since Q1 2009

After breaking records in 2011, new financial investment in clean energy in the first quarter of 2012 was the weakest since the depths...

BPA Testing New Energy Storage Method To Avoid Wind Power Curtailment

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has come up with a new method to help relieve some of the electricity oversupply that caused it...

AWEA Reveals Wind Industry’s Numbers For 2011

In 2011, 6.816 GW of wind power capacity was installed in the U.S., representing a 31% increase over 2010, according to the American...

Vestas ‘Pauses’ Some V112 Turbines As Wind Turbine Fire Investigation Continues

Vestas says it is still investigating what caused one of its V112-3.0 MW wind turbines to catch fire on March 30. This investigation...

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