http://www.nawindpower.com/ The most trusted and widely read information source for North American wind professionals. en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:00:01 -0500 NAWeditors@nawindpower.com publisher@nawindpower.com Copyright 2012, All Rights Reserved, Zackin Publications Inc. E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America says it has secured $122.2 million of institutional equity financing from JPM Capital Corp. (JP Morgan) and Wells [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9337 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:02:30 -0500 Avanti Wind Systems USA says it has achieved Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification for its Shark Work Cage/Elevator for use in wind turbine towers. The company [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9336 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:00:27 -0500 enXco Service Corp. (eSC) has signed a long-term operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement with TPW Petersburg Wind LLC for a 40.5 MW wind project in [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9335 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:58:02 -0500 ESI Group, a provider of virtual prototyping for manufacturing, has released PAM-RTM, a simulation application designed to manufacture composite parts for applications such as wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9334 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:56:21 -0500 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a list of the organizations that are using the most renewable energy to power their operations. Topping [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9331 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:48:36 -0500 The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for renewable energy credits (RECs). PNM is seeking to purchase [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9332 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The levelized cost of wind energy (LCOWE) is headed toward an all-time low - approaching approximately $0.03/kWh in the best wind resource sites, finds a [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9330 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:43:02 -0500 The U.S. Department of the Interior's (DOI) Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced a finding that issuing wind energy leases in designated Outer [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9329 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:22:10 -0500 Honeywell and Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) have launched a pilot program that aims to demonstrate how smart grid technology can help integrate more intermittent renewable [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9328 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:06:04 -0500 Atlantic Power Corp. has invested approximately $23 million of late-stage development capital to own 51% of Canadian Hills Wind LLC. Canadian Hills is currently the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9327 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:03:20 -0500 Wind energy now supplies 5% of California's total electricity needs, with a total wind generation capacity of 3.927 GW, the California Wind Energy Association (CalWEA) [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9326 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:01:39 -0500 Element Power, a developer, owner and manager of wind and solar power projects, says it has closed its co-investment fundraising process, raising an additional $183 [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9325 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:59:04 -0500 Power Climber Wind has completed the installation of 66 of its IBEX 1000P climb-assist systems at the Erie Shore Wind Farm, located near Port Burwell, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9324 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:57:28 -0500 The U.S. and Mexican governments have signed a technical collaboration agreement on sustainability and climate change whereby both nations will implement the Binational Cooperation Program [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9323 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:55:19 -0500 U.S. customers represented 26.4% of Spanish wind turbine maker Gamesa's total orders for its new G97-2.0 MW turbines in the second half of this year, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9322 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:52:53 -0500 According to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance, purchases of wind turbines will drop 14% this year and will not top the levels [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9321 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:34:46 -0500 U.S. venture capital (VC) investment in cleantech companies reached $4.9 billion in 2011 - flat in terms of deals and down 4.5% in terms of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9320 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:32:44 -0500 U.K.-based manufacturer David Brown says it has signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) to design, develop and manufacture a new gear system for [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9319 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:30:06 -0500 On Feb. 16, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) will hear National Wind's plan to protect avian and bat species at the proposed Goodhue Wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9318 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:28:22 -0500 Atmospheric Systems Corp. (ASC) and Vista Engineering have formed a partnership designed to streamline wind instrumentation data for end users. Under the agreement, ASC will [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9317 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:25:15 -0500 Vestas China says it has received a 48.6 MW wind turbine order from Datang Hubei Renewable Energy. The 27 V100-1.8 MW turbines will be installed [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9316 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:22:44 -0500 Siemens Energy has signed a contract with Nareva Holding to provide 100 MW of wind turbines for projects in Africa. The agreement encompasses the delivery [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9315 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:21:08 -0500 Mita-Teknik - which has offices in Denmark, Ukraine, China, India and the U.S. - has announced it is moving its U.S. location from New York [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9314 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Another major player in the U.S. wind industry is feeling the effects of policy uncertainty: Portland, Ore.-based Iberdrola Renewables will suspend new construction on wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9308 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:48:50 -0500 Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (APUC) says it will not proceed with the previously announced investment in First Wind Holdings LLC's wind portfolio in the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9313 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:48:12 -0500 Halifax, Nova Scotia-based developer Shear Wind reports that it no longer plans to sell the Willow Ridge wind farm to UEG-Green Energy Solutions/Alberta Inc. The [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9312 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:46:25 -0500 Quebec-based Techeol will use funding from the Canadian government to acquire additional equipment for its wind turbine maintenance and repair business. According to Canada Economic [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9311 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:12:25 -0500 Turbine manufacturer Suzlon Group reports it has secured more than 1 GW of global orders for its S9X wind turbine model that was introduced last [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9310 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:08:09 -0500 Renewable energy measurement equipment manufacturer NRG Systems has hired Katherine McQuade as marketing manager. McQuade brings more than two decades of marketing and communications experience [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9309 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:04:49 -0500 Anticipating a tough fight to get legislation passed during an election year, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) is seeking near-term legislative action as a [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9307 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Turbine manufacturer REpower Systems says GL Garrad Hassan has deemed its MM92 turbine for the North American market commercially proven. REpower says the assessment process [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9305 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:53:33 -0500 Vancouver, B.C.,-based developer Finavera Wind Energy says the temporary suspension review for its 47 MW Tumbler Ridge Wind Energy Project has been lifted. On Jan. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9306 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:44:52 -0500 In a move that significantly bolsters its standing in the low-voltage products market, ABB will acquire Thomas & Betts for approximately $3.9 billion. The transaction [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9304 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:40:16 -0500 The North American Wind Research and Training Center at Mesalands Community College is offering free training for an occupational certificate in basic wind energy technology. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9303 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:37:53 -0500 Celebrating its silver anniversary, League City, Texas-based supplier Aztec Bolting Services dedicated the completion of its new headquarters. The company says its expansion included a [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9300 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 A 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) that calls for Minnesota Power to buy carbon-free hydroelectricity from Manitoba Hydro beginning in 2020 has been unanimously approved [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9301 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Renewable energy insurance services provider GCube says it has added $100 million in underwriting capacity to its existing offshore renewable energy projects. With significant [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9302 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 The U.S. wind industry installed 6.81 GW of capacity in 2011 - a 31% increase over new capacity added in 2010 - and the fourth [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9299 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:05:10 -0500 Gamesa Technology Corp. Inc. and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) are teaming up to study and test a variety of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9298 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:01:08 -0500 The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE) and Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) have formed a partnership to explore how renewable energy can help the U.S. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9297 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:58:51 -0500 Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., will convene a tax-reform hearing on Tuesday to discuss finding a long-term solution for the tax provisions that [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9296 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:57:04 -0500 Renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has signed a framework agreement with Wales-based ecology consultancy and wind farm assessment provider Ecology Matters in which the companies [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9295 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:54:49 -0500 The Spanish government has suspended subsidies for new renewable energy projects in an attempt to cut the nation's budget deficit, Bloomberg reports. The new law [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9294 Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:53:08 -0500 During Tuesday's State of the Union address, President Barack Obama urged Congress to pass clean energy legislation - such as an extension of the expiring [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9286 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:27:19 -0500 The Ontario Federation of Agriculture (OFA) is urging the province to suspend further wind farm development, claiming wind turbines are causing tension among rural residents. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9293 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:54:03 -0500 A clean energy coalition in Maine is seeking to boost the state's renewable portfolio standard from 10% by 2017 to 14% by 2017 with incremental [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9292 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:50:23 -0500 The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and Seattle City Light (SCL) have signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) aimed at improving the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9291 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:48:00 -0500 enXco Service Canada Inc., an EDF Energies Nouvelles company, has signed a multiyear agreement with Suncor Energy and Teck Resources Ltd. to provide operations and [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9290 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:45:42 -0500 Gamesa says it has sold two wind farms to Allianz Renewable Energy Partners IV Ltd. The two wind farms - the 8 MW Aussac project, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9289 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:44:06 -0500 Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex reports that installations of its wind turbines were up 13% last year, representing an increase of 970 MW of capacity. The [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9288 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:42:56 -0500 Iberdrola Renewables has laid off approximately 50 of its U.S. employees. About half of those laid off work in the company's Portland, Ore., office. Iberdrola [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9287 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:30:27 -0500 American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has signed long-term power purchase agreements for 358.65 MW of wind energy projects in Texas, [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9285 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:43 -0500 Pennsylvania energy consumers will have the option to choose wind power, thanks to a recently launched website: choosepawind.com. The website coincides with the launch of [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9284 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:40:47 -0500 Mesalands Community College's North American Wind Research and Training Center has received a 70 kV discharge stick, which it will use to enhance the curriculum [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9283 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:38:20 -0500 GCube, a provider of insurance services for the renewable energy industry, says it has increased its underwriting line size by an additional $50 million for [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9282 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:36:26 -0500 REpower Systems SE says it has signed a contract with enXco to provide 25 MM92 2.05 MW wind turbines for the 102.5 MW Shiloh IV [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9281 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:34:42 -0500 Community wind project developer Juhl Wind Inc. has announced that its GL Wind project has achieved commercial operation. The two-turbine, 4.95 MW project was completed [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9280 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:33:17 -0500 Despite the Maryland General Assembly's failure to enact legislation proposed last year by Gov. Martin O'Malley, the governor has not given up on his efforts [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9279 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:51:30 -0500 MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a holding company controlled by Warren Buffett, has established a new business to support the company's move into the unregulated renewable [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9278 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:39:47 -0500 AXYS Technologies has announced that Grand Valley State University (GVSU) has completed the first phase of an offshore wind resource assessment on Lake Michigan. The [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9277 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:37:41 -0500 The Ohio Power Siting Board (OPSB) has approved an agreement that authorizes Black Fork Wind Energy to construct a wind farm along the Crawford-Richland county [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9276 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:36:09 -0500 Ioxus Inc. says it has provided ultracapacitors for pitch control and main control systems to REenergy Electric (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., a manufacturer of wind turbine [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9275 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:34:23 -0500 The California Department of Water Resources is seeking renewable energy and capacity - including attributes used to qualify for California resource adequacy, and all associated [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9274 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:31:55 -0500 Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. (RES Canada) says it has been chosen by Capital Power LP as the balance-of-plant (BOP) construction contractor for the 150 [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9273 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:29:18 -0500 AES Corp. subsidiary AES Wind Generation has appointed Natural Power as the owner's engineer for the Sixpenny Wood wind farm. Natural Power will serve as [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9272 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:26:51 -0500 Canadian wind developer Shear Wind Inc. says it has appointed Gonzalo Prado Pichel interim chief financial officer, effective Feb. 6. Prado Pichel will assume the [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9271 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:24:14 -0500 China's Ministry of Commerce has responded to a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce that it would investigate unfairly traded imports of wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9270 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:12 -0500 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has announced the addition of 535 MW of renewable energy from four wind farms in Kansas, Illinois and Iowa. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9269 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:39:03 -0500 The California Independent System Operator Corp. (CAISO) has released its five-year strategic plan to integrate renewable energy - especially wind and solar power - onto [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9268 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:01:19 -0500 Oklahoma Gas and Electric (OG&E) says it has completed the 227.5 MW Crossroads wind farm. The project, located in northwestern Oklahoma, was a partnership between [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9267 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:58:42 -0500 Wind energy developer Wind Capital Group says it has closed on financing for the 201 MW Post Rock Wind Energy Project, located in central Kansas. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9266 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:55:33 -0500 Wildlife Acoustics Inc., a supplier of acoustic monitoring systems for endangered and threatened wildlife species, has released the latest version of its terrestrial ultrasonic passive [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9265 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:53:50 -0500 FoundOcean says it has been awarded a foundation-grouting contract by RWE Innogy for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, to be located in German waters. [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9264 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:52:12 -0500 Environmental and industrial measurement services provider Vaisala has signed a contract to divest its wind profiler business to Rottenburg, Germany-based Scintec, which develops, manufactures and [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9263 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:50:26 -0500 Edison Mission Group, a subsidiary of Edison International, has announced the commissioning of the Pinnacle Wind Farm, located on Green Mountain, near the Maryland-West Virginia [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9262 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:48:45 -0500 Argan Inc. says its wholly owned affiliate Gemma Renewable Power LLC has signed an $18 million engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Patton Wind [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9261 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:47:19 -0500 Western Wind Energy Corp. has announced that it has closed a non-brokered private placement of 1.55 million units at a price of $2.00 per unit [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9260 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:46:06 -0500 Wind measurement manufacturer NRG Systems has promoted longtime employee Larry Jacobs to the newly created position of product manager. In his new role, Jacobs will [...] http://www.nawindpower.com/e107_plugins/content/content.php?content.9259 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:44:37 -0500