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Vestas Officially Acquires Independent Service Provider Availon
Following the approval from all relevant authorities, Vestas has, as expected, completed its acquisition of independent service provider (ISP) Availon Holding GmbH.
As of March...
GE To Assess Renewables Integration, Energy Storage In India
GE’s energy consulting business has been chosen by IL&FS Energy Development Co. Ltd. to examine the feasibility of integrated wind, solar and energy storage...
NextEra Energy Completes Executive Transition
As part of a previously announced leadership-succession plan, Juno Beach, Fla.-based clean energy company NextEra Energy Inc. has appointed John Ketchum executive vice president...
How Did Obama’s Recovery Act Transform America’s Energy System?
President Barack Obama’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the largest single investment in clean energy in history, has provided more than...
U.S. Takes No. 1 Spot In Wind Production; Iowa Reaches Milestone
Wind power produced over 190 million MWh of energy in the U.S. in 2015 - making the country No. 1 in global wind production,...
Illinois AG: EPA’s Clean Power Plan Should Survive Legal Barriers
In light of a teleconference from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, the Illinois Sierra Club is calling for quick action by Gov. Bruce Rauner...
Invenergy Brings Former Clean Energy Trust Exec On Board
Amy Francetic, former founding executive director of Clean Energy Trust (CET) in Chicago, has joined independent renewable power generation company Invenergy as senior vice...
Vestas Secures Nearly 100 MW Of Orders In Denmark, Uruguay
Vestas has secured 45 MW and 53 MW turbine orders for wind projects in Denmark and Uruguay, respectively.
Hogager Vindpark K/S in Western Jutland, Denmark,...
Suzlon Inks 71.4 MW Turbine Order For Gujarat Project
Suzlon Group has won a 34-turbine order from Gujarat Industries Power Co. Ltd. for a 71.4 MW wind power project in the Kutch District...
Iberdrola Underscores Investment Plans, Renewables Commitments
Iberdrola has unveiled its 2016-2020 investment plans, which include a 33% allocation for renewable energy from the EUR 22 billion planned investment in regulated...
Vestas Extends 268 MW Service Contract With Spanish Developer
Vestas has extended a long-term service contract with an unidentified Spanish wind developer to maintain six projects for the remainder of their expected lifetime.
The...
Maryland Kicks Off Application Period For Offshore Wind Development
With the receipt of the initial application for a proposed offshore wind project, the Maryland Public Service Commission (PSC) has opened a 180-day application...
PG&E Says 30% Of Its Delivered Power Comes From Renewables
San Francisco-based utility Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has announced that nearly 30% of the power it delivers to its customers now comes...
Ballast Nedam Shifts Offshore Contracts To Deutsche Windtechnik
Netherlands-based Ballast Nedam has sold its current portfolio of four offshore wind inspection and maintenance contracts to Deutsche Windtechnik BV, the Dutch subsidiary of...
‘Substantial Business Activity’ For Turbine Vendors Shown In H2’15: Report
In the second half of 2015, more than 12 GW of capacity was awarded to wind turbine contracts for projects globally, according to a...
CanWEA Opens Operations And Maintenance Summit In Toronto
The critical business of keeping more than 11,000 MW of installed wind energy capacity operating at peak performance is driving a burgeoning operations and...
Adwen’s 8 MW Unit To Go Through Computational Gearbox Testing
Adwen, a 50/50 joint venture between AREVA and Gamesa, has chosen Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sentient Science for computational gearbox testing of its 8 MW offshore...
TPI Expands Gamesa Supply Agreement, Will Open Second Mexico Blade Plant
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based TPI Composites Inc. has announced plans to open a second turbine blade manufacturing facility in Juarez, Mexico, as well as expanded its...
Drone Offers Glimpse Of Turbine Construction At Nova Scotia Wind Farm
Atlantic AerialworX, a commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) company based in Nova Scotia, has used a drone to show the construction process of a...
Top 10 Wind Turbine Makers For 2015: ‘The Year Of China’
Two reports rank the world’s wind turbine original equipment manufacturers, and a Chinese manufacturer has claimed the No. 1 spot.