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Siemens Ships Its First “Made In Canada” Blade To South Kent Site

Siemens has shipped a 49-meter blade - the first manufactured from its Tillsonburg, Ont.-based plant - to the site of the South Kent...

Capstone Infrastructure Agrees To Acquire Canadian Wind Developer

Capstone Infrastructure Corp. has agreed to acquire Renewable Energy Developers (ReD) (formerly Sprott Power Corp.) for approximately C$70 million. The transaction, supported by...

To Facilitate Small Wind In Canada, CanWEA Teams Up With DWEA

To strengthen the development of the small wind industry in Canada, the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) has announced a partnership with Flagstaff,...

New Mexico To Lease Land For 1 GW Wind Farm

The New Mexico State Land Office is seeking lease bids for the El Cabo wind farm, a proposed 1 GW wind energy project...

Siemens Reveals Root Cause Of Turbine Blade Breaks

Following an investigation, Siemens says two separate incidents in which a B53 rotor blade broke off were both caused by 'adhesive bonding failure.'...

Global Wind Industry To Add More Than 241 GW From 2012 To 2017

The global wind power industry is poised to add more than 241 GW of capacity between 2012 and 2017, at an average growth...

RES Americas, BP Wind Energy To Battle In Court Over Finished Pennsylvania Project

RES Americas has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania against BP Wind Energy and Mehoopany Wind Energy LLC (MWE), a joint venture between BP...

Wind Turbine Maker Sinovel To Shutter Four Subsidiaries

China-based wind turbine maker Sinovel is shutting down four subsidiaries and insists the closures are not related to its legal issues with the...

GE Stops Wind Turbine Joint Venture With Harbin Electric

Citing fundamental differences in commercial priorities and business strategy, GE says it has come to a mutual agreement to dissolve its joint venture...

Report: Rise In Wind And Solar Power Will Boost Energy Storage Market

The installed capacity of energy storage systems (ESS) for solar and wind power integration will total 21.8 GW from 2013 to 2023, finds...

Texas Utility Adds 570 MW To Wind Portfolio

On June 27, Texas-based utility Austin Energy got the go-ahead from the Austin City Council to enter into three new wind power purchase...

Nordex Ceases U.S. Production Amid ‘Weakened Demand’

Citing weakened demand and policy uncertainty, Nordex SE has announced it will end U.S. production after the company completes the orders in its...

DNV KEMA: Wind Energy Assessments Have Improved Substantially

Performance predictions for large-scale North American wind energy projects placed in service between 2010 and 2012 were substantially more accurate than for projects...

U.S. Justice Department Charges Sinovel With IP Theft From AMSC

China-based Sinovel and three individuals have been charged with stealing intellectual property (IP) from U.S.-based AMSC, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced...

IEA: Renewables To Beat Out Natural Gas By 2016

Power generation from renewable sources worldwide will exceed that from natural gas and be twice that from nuclear by 2016, making renewables the...

Iberdrola Adds 217 MW To Europe’s Largest Onshore Wind Farm

Iberdrola, through its British subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has completed the expansion of what the company says is the largest onshore wind farm in...

Carnegie Mellon Researchers Tout Health Benefits Of Solar And Wind In Eastern U.S.

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) researchers have concluded that Ohio, West Virginia and western Pennsylvania are the best U.S. sites for solar and wind...

FIT Fallout Continues: Ontario Amends Contract With Korean Consortium

Two weeks after it announced the elimination of the feed-in tariff (FIT) for large-scale wind projects, the Ontario government continues to pare back...

Minnesota PUC Puts Foot Down On Delayed Wind Project

New Wind Era, developer of a long-delayed wind farm in Goodhue County, Minn., has been ordered to either prove it will begin construction...

Michigan Utility Buys 62 Wind Turbines From GE

Michigan-based utility Consumers Energy has signed a contract with GE to supply 62 1.7-MW wind turbines for the Cross Winds Energy Park. Located...

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