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Lincoln’s public power utility plans to as much as triple the amount of wind energy it uses now within the next two years. The Lincoln Electric System board on Friday approved a plan to negotiate a purchase agreement for 100 additional megawatts of wind energy, the Lincoln Journal Star reported (http://bit.ly/12k41OV). The city-owned utility has [...]

A wind farm plant will be built near Novogrudok as part of the Belarus-EU international technical assistance project “Green Economy in Belarus”, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vladimir Tsalko told media after a ceremony of signing the agreement on financing the project at the total tune of €12 million. On the EU’s behalf the [...]

Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has inaugurated its 44 MW Eolo de Nicaragua S.A. (Eolo) wind farm in Nicaragua, strengthening its position as the leading renewable energy company in the Central American region. The Eolo wind farm is located in the province of Rivas on the shores of Lake Nicaragua, about 123 kms south [...]

Despite poor pace of capacity addition in the states like Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra , India retained its position in top five world wind energy markets in 2012 . India remained third largest market for new turbines in 2012 with capacity addition of 2441 mw, revealed World Wind Energy Report 2012. World’s [...]

Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa’s largest wind farm is set to open in 2014. The kingdom, which has no hydrocarbon reserves of its own, hopes to cover 42 percent of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2020, and has [...]

Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the Sere wind power plant on the west coast of South Africa. This is already the second wind power order for Siemens from South Africa. The Sere project is a flagship project for the customer ESKOM, which is one of the world’s largest utilities. [...]

Power supplier SSE PLC (SSE.LN) said Friday that it has reached agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Group to acquire the Dunmaglass wind farm project in Scotland and plans to invest 200 million pounds in the project including acquisition, development and capital costs. MAIN FACTS: -SSE expects to begin full construction of the wind farm in [...]

Writing in France’s prestigious centre-left daily newspaper Le Monde, Peter Altmaier, the German environment minister, and Delphine Batho, his French counterpart, underlined the need for a 2030 renewable energy target and highlighed the importance of renewables in transforming the European economy, improving energy security and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. “We want to make the energy [...]

George Washington University (GWU) has released a Request for Proposals for wind and/or solar projects for the purchase of 75,000 megawatt-hours (MWh) per year of renewable energy on a long-term basis (15-20 years). This RFP was released in coordination with a similar RFP from the Department of General Services (DGS) of the District of Columbia [...]

Nordex has started construction works of the Knockacummer wind farm for the state-owned Irish utility Bord Gáis Eireann. In the end of 2012, the utility again opted for Nordex strong-wind turbines and placed an order for 35 N90/2500 wind turbines for the Knockacummer wind farm. The contract provides for the turn-key completion of the wind [...]

Gamesa has achieved another milestone in its Brazilian market strategy, having accredited the new local content requirements established just four months ago by Banco Nacional de Desarrollo Económico y Social (BNDES) for foreign companies operating in Brazil. So far, just one other company has met these requirements. The new regulation, compliance with which is a [...]

Renewable Energy Systems is celebrating the completion of The Grange Wind Farm, which lies between Sutton Bridge and Tydd St Mary in Lincolnshire. At 14MW, the wind farm is capable of generating enough clean, green renewable electricity to meet the average needs of more than 10,000 homes. Construction work started in January 2012 and the [...]

Siemens Energy has been awarded an onshore wind power order for the 100MW Sere plant on the west coast of South Africa. The deal is the second win for Siemens in the country for its wind turbines and is a flagship project for state-owned utility Eskom. The scope of supply includes the delivery and installation [...]

EDF Energies Nouvelles announces a 144 MW wind farm in Scotland Paris, 16 May 2013. EDF Energies Nouvelles announces the commissioning of the Fallago Rig wind farm in Scotland by EDF Energy Renewables, one of the largest onshore wind farms to be built in the United Kindgom with a 144 MW installed capacity. Located on [...]

Figures for 2012 and the first quarter of 2013 show that Enel Green Power is continuing its trend of growth, after having put into service the new Ampliación Sierra del Cortado wind farm in Spain and increasing capacity. Enel Green Power has put the Ampliación Sierra del Cortado wind farm in Spain into service, increasing [...]