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Siemens Gamesa Claims Tallest Wind Turbines In Asia
Siemens Gamesa has set a new record in Asia by installing the tallest wind turbines on the continent, the company claims.
The turbines, equipped with...
3M Partnership To Use Drones To Apply Wind Turbine Maintenance Products
In an effort to reduce wind turbine downtime that can affect annual energy production, 3M recently announced an agreement with Camp Six Labs -...
DONG Energy Selling Half Of Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Project
Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III) has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50% stake in the Borkum Riffgrund 2 Offshore Wind Farm...
Alliant Energy Seeks Approval For Half-Gigawatt Wind Expansion
Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility subsidiary is seeking approval from the Iowa Utilities Board to add up to 500 MW of wind energy in Iowa.
The...
Proposed Project Would Bring Wind From Northern Maine To Boston
Another wind and transmission project under Massachusetts’ clean energy request for proposals (RFP) has been laid out by Maine Power Express LLC (MPX), a...
Patent Wars Flare Again: GE Tags Vestas For ZVRT In U.S.
In a new complaint filed in U.S. District Court, GE lists a number of U.S. wind farms comprising Vestas turbines that potentially infringe a zero-voltage ride through patent.
Austin Utility Signs Long-Term Wind Deal With Avangrid
Avangrid Renewables, the U.S. subsidiary of Iberdrola, has signed a long-term wind power purchase agreement (PPA) with Texas utility Austin Energy.
A Texas wind farm...
‘Arbitrary’ Transmission Fee Threatens Montana Wind Development
Montana’s Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has proposed retaining an extra transmission fee that the Sierra Club says is a key obstacle in keeping Montana...
Siemens Gamesa Announces Quarterly Results, New Onshore CEO
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has released its results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2017 (April to June), showing a decrease in global...
EDF Energies Nouvelles Goes With Nordex For Wind Farm Duo
The Nordex Group has signed what it calls two “promising” wind power contracts with French utility EDF Energies Nouvelles.
EDF has ordered a total of...
Vestas Announces Texas Wind Order With Alterra
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order from Flat Top Wind I LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Alterra Power Corp., for the 200...
Alterra Completes Financing, Partnership For Flat Top Wind In Texas
Vancouver, British Columbia-based Alterra Power Corp. has completed financing for the Flat Top wind project, a 200 MW facility in central Texas. In turn,...
S.D. County Residents Vote To Keep Strict Wind Turbine Ordinance In Place
Citizens of Lincoln County, S.D., have voted to keep in place an ordinance that requires future wind turbines to be built at least half...
Airgenesis Finds Partner For Manufacturing Double-Rotor Wind Turbine
Airgenesis LLC, creator of a double-rotor wind turbine design, has formed a new partnership with M2Miling Investments Ltd. from Kingston, Ontario.
Under the partnership, the...
Nordex Secures French Wind Order From New Customer
The Nordex Group has been awarded a contract for the installation of the Pays Chaumontais wind farm, located 250 kilometers southwest of Paris in...
College Professor Biking 1,250 Miles To Promote Midwest Wind
Jim Tinjum, an avid bicyclist and professor of energy engineering and sustainability at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in the middle of a 1,250-mile...
Vestas Wins V117-3.45 Order In Dominican Republic
Vestas has received a firm and unconditional order for 14 V117-3.45 MW turbines for the 48 MW Larimar II wind park, located in the...
Siemens Wind Power Shuttering Ontario Blade Plant
Siemens Wind Power Ltd., as part of Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, has decided to close its wind blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg, Ontario, by...
Apex Clean Energy To Manage Another IKEA Wind Farm
Apex Clean Energy has announced a multiyear contract to operate an IKEA Canada wind project, Oldman 2, located near Pincher Creek in Alberta.
Comprising 20...
Wind Energy Proves To Be Good Fit On New York Farm
A farm owner in New York State is touting the advantages of the two Northern Power wind turbines powering his Sonshine Acres Farm.
Vermont-based Northern...