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Apex, IKEA Canada Secure Contract For Wintering Hills Wind Farm
Apex Clean Energy has secured a multiyear contract with IKEA Canada to manage and provide remote operations for the Wintering Hills wind farm, located...
Global Consultancy Sets Up Northeast Offshore Wind Hub
Cathie Associates - a geotechnical, geophysical and engineering consultancy for the oil and gas and renewable energy industries - has established a Boston-based hub...
Laufer Wind Touts U.S. First For Aircraft-Detection Lighting System
Laufer Wind has carried out what it says is the first commercial operation of a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-approved aircraft-detection lighting system (ADLS) on a...
Ind. Lawmaker Aims To Give ‘Direct Say’ To Residents On Wind Development
Indiana State Rep. Tom Saunders, R-Lewisville, has proposed a bill that he says would allow local residents to have a “stronger voice” in the...
Update: Enel’s 400 MW Cimarron Bend Begins Operations In Kansas
In addition to being the largest in Enel Green Power’s global portfolio, the wind farm is the first of EGP-NA’s renewable energy projects to secure a PPA with a corporate off-taker.
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind Unveils 9 MW Giant
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has unveiled its uprated 8 MW wind turbine, which will be able to reach 9 MW of power at specific...
Ontario’s First Community-Owned Wind Farm Gets Commissioned
Bullfrog Power and Oxford Community Energy Co-operative (OCEC) have announced the recent commissioning of what they say is Ontario’s first community-owned wind farm.
Gunn's Hill...
Wind Generation Tax Hike Gets The Boot In Wyoming
In a 2-7 vote, the House Revenue Committee has killed a proposal that would have raised wind taxes from $1/MWh to $5/MWh.
Public-Private Partnership Advancing Materials For Wind Turbine Blades
The Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation (IACMI) has announced a project focused on thermoplastic composite advancements for wind turbine blades.
IACMI is driven by...
Suzlon Grabs Another Wind Order From Power Utility
Suzlon Group has announced a repeat order of 50.4 MW from a power utility in India.
The project will comprise 24 units of S97 120-meter...
Brattle: Effective Hedging Strategies For Wind Development
A new white paper from economists at The Brattle Group has examined how the wind industry could use standard electric and gas forward contracts...
Iberdrola Turns To Gamesa For 325 MW Of Mexico Wind
Gamesa has entered into two new agreements with Iberdrola for the supply of 325.5 MW of wind in Mexico.
The first contract encompasses the installation...
LM Wind Power Garners Government Support For Quebec Expansion
LM Wind Power Canada, a designer and independent supplier of rotor blades for wind turbines, recently received financial support from the government of Quebec...
GE To Supply Australia’s Largest Turbines For Silverton Wind Farm
GE, in collaboration with AGL Energy and civil engineering construction company CATCON, has announced a contract to develop and build the $450 million Silverton...
BOEM Holding Competitive Lease Sale For N.C. Offshore Wind
A federal wind auction is being held on March 16 for 122,405 acres offshore Kitty Hawk, N.C., the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)...
Broadwind Inks $28 Million Wind Tower Orders
Cicero, Ill.-based Broadwind Energy Inc. has announced $28 million in new wind tower orders from undisclosed customers.
The company will produce the towers at its...
Boralex, Enercon Seal The Deal On Niagara Wind Farm
Quebec-based Boralex has closed its purchase of Enercon Canada’s interest in the 230 MW Niagara Wind Farm (NRWF), located in Ontario.
Boralex closed the deal...
Wind Services Provider Expands Partnership With Aerial Work Platform Company
Bronto Skylift, a manufacturer of truck-mounted aerial work platforms (AWPs), has named TGM Wind Services LLC, an AWP rental specialist for the wind industry,...
Bluestem Wind Comes Together In Beaver County, Okla.
Renewable Energy Systems (RES) has announced the “substantial completion” of the 198 MW Bluestem Wind Project, located in Beaver County, Okla.
The project, comprising 60...
Siemens Wins Certification For New 8 MW Platform
Siemens’ new 8 MW offshore wind turbine, the SWT-8.0-154, has been awarded a prototype certificate from DNV GL.
According to DNV GL, the certification confirms...