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Master Wind Energy to set up 49.50 MW wind power project at Jhimpir, Pakistan

M/s Master Wind Energy Limited (MWEL), a subsidiary of Master Group, has secured Letter of Intent (LOI) from Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) for the development of 49.50 MW wind power project in Jhampir, district Thatta, Sindh under Policy for the Development of Renewable Energy for Power Generation 2006. MWEL has received the generation license … Continue reading Master Wind Energy to set up 49.50 MW wind power project at Jhimpir, Pakistan

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Samsung, Pattern Energy and Six Nations Complete Wind Energy Project in Ontario with Siemens wind turbines

“Wind power provides clean, emission-free electricity for Ontarians while creating thousands of jobs and economic opportunities,” said Bob Chiarelli, Minister of Energy.   “Collaborative projects like this one will help wind reach 15 per cent of the province’s installed capacity by 2025.”Ontario’s newest wind facility is now up and running. Samsung Renewable Energy, Inc. (Samsung) … Continue reading Samsung, Pattern Energy and Six Nations Complete Wind Energy Project in Ontario with Siemens wind turbines

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Wind energy in Poland: Nordex wind turbines for a wind farm of RWE Innogy

Investors are increasingly regaining confidence in the Polish wind power market. RWE Innogy has now ordered seven N117/2400 wind turbines from Nordex for the 17-MW Opalenica wind farm. The wind turbines are to be installed in summer 2015. The company has also signed a 15-year premium service contract for the turbines. “We are pleased to … Continue reading Wind energy in Poland: Nordex wind turbines for a wind farm of RWE Innogy

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Iran plans to double renewable energy: plans to build wind energy and solar power plants with 3200 MW

Iran plans to double its renewable energy output, by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2015), according to an official with Iran’s power sector.   The country’s renewable power output is scheduled to reach 400 megawatts by the yearend; the Fars News Agency quoted Homayoun Haeri, the managing director of the Iran … Continue reading Iran plans to double renewable energy: plans to build wind energy and solar power plants with 3200 MW

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Two new Enercon wind power production facilities inaugurated in Magdeburg

Enercon has inaugurated two new wind power production facilities in Magdeburg. In the presence of Saxony-Anhalt governor Reiner Haseloff (CDU), Magdeburg mayor Lutz Trümper (SPD) and other invitees, Enercon Managing Director Hans-Dieter Kettwig gave the official starting signal for the operation of Magdeburger Komponentenfertigung GmbH (MKF) and Magdeburger   Generatorenfertigung GmbH (MGF) on Tuesday, 8 … Continue reading Two new Enercon wind power production facilities inaugurated in Magdeburg

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Turkey’s wind energy generation increases 11.65 percent

Turkey’s aim is to supply 30 percent of its total energy demand from renewable energy including wind energy, solar power and hydropower. The planned installed capacity for 2023 for wind power plants is 20,000 megawatts. Turkey’s electricity production from wind power increased by 11.65 percent reaching to 8.367 million megawatt hours in 2014 compared to the previous year. According to Turkish Electricity Transmission Company, Turkey obtained 7.495 … Continue reading Turkey’s wind energy generation increases 11.65 percent

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Suzlon plans Rs24,000 cr wind energy and solar power investment in Gujarat

Suzlon will set up 2,000 MW of on-land wind energy capacity, 500 MW of offshore wind power capacity and 500 MW of solar energy capacity, says chairman Tulsi Tanti.     Debt-laden wind turbine maker Suzlon Energy Ltd on Saturday announced its plans to invest Rs.24,000 crore over the next five years on energy projects … Continue reading Suzlon plans Rs24,000 cr wind energy and solar power investment in Gujarat

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Rebound in clean energy investment in 2014 beats expectations

Surges in investment in offshore wind energy in Europe, and solar power in China and the US, helped to drive the 2014 global clean energy total up 16% to $310bn. Clean energy investment rose for the first time in three years in 2014, overcoming a slump in oil prices that unsettled the outlook for the … Continue reading Rebound in clean energy investment in 2014 beats expectations

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Enercon wind energy ship arrives in Uruguay

German company Emercon’s E-Ship 1, the world’s first wind energy cargo vessel, arrived in the port of Montevideo this week to a warm welcome from Uruguayan politicians and business leaders. The 130-meter (425-feet) long vessel departed from Germany in November and docked here this week with the equipment for the installation of 50 turbines at … Continue reading Enercon wind energy ship arrives in Uruguay

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RES Americas Executes PPA with Wolverine Power Cooperative for 114 Megawatts of Wind Energy

Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), a leader in the development, engineering, and construction of wind, solar, transmission, and energy storage projects in North America, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary RES America Developments Inc. has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. (Wolverine) for 114 … Continue reading RES Americas Executes PPA with Wolverine Power Cooperative for 114 Megawatts of Wind Energy

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SunEdison to develop 1.6 GW wind energy projects

SunEdison bought new wind turbines from TerraForm Power to develop up to 1.6-GW of wind energy projects that qualify for the federal production tax credit (PTC). In November, the companies signed a definitive agreement to acquire First Wind for $2.4 billion. That included more than 1.6 GW of pipeline and backlog projects, of which 1.4 … Continue reading SunEdison to develop 1.6 GW wind energy projects

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Grid Batteries for Wind Energy and Solar Power Find First Customers

Several new types of battery, each capable of cost-effectively storing the energy output from a wind power or solar energy, are finally being hooked up to power grids. The so-called grid batteries could lower the cost of renewable energy by eliminating the intermittency problem that arises when the sun isn’t shining or the wind isn’t … Continue reading Grid Batteries for Wind Energy and Solar Power Find First Customers

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Vestas offshore wind energy project in Belgium

Today there is information in the market regarding a MHI Vestas Offshore Wind energy project in Belgium. Vestas can confirm that Nobelwind and MHI Vestas Offshore Wind have entered into a conditional agreement regarding the 165 MW Nobelwind project in Belgium, comprising 50 V112-3.3 MW wind turbines. As soon as the project translates into a … Continue reading Vestas offshore wind energy project in Belgium

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CTE WIND is growing in Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru, increasing its wind energy participation in the region

CTE WIND civil engineering is growing in the renewable energy market in South America. The French based company with offices in Brazil, Portugal, Poland, Senegal and Vietnam continues its development by designing wind turbine foundations all over the world. The engineering company is currently working on the Florida II Wind Farm. Also, CTE WIND has … Continue reading CTE WIND is growing in Chile, Brazil, Uruguay and Peru, increasing its wind energy participation in the region

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China cuts wind energy prices for wind farm projects

China has decided to cut wind energy prices of new wind farm projects that are approved after the end of last year and those completed after the end of 2015 by less than expected. A circular has been dispatched from energy industry regulator National Development and Reform Commission to local authorities and companies which said … Continue reading China cuts wind energy prices for wind farm projects

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Ireland hits new record of wind energy production

According to the Irish Wind Energy Association (IWEA), when combined with the output from Northern Ireland, the island’s total output this morning was 2,490MW.   The windy conditions that have battered Ireland have been be a major boon to the country’s wind-energy production, contributing to its largest ever wind-energy output. The figure recorded by EirGrid … Continue reading Ireland hits new record of wind energy production

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Denmark Sets World Record For Wind Power Production

Denmark has been long been a pioneer in wind power, having installed its first wind turbines in the mid-1970s when oil shocks sent the import-dependent nation on a quest for energy security. Thirty-seven years later, the country has set a new world record for wind production by getting 39.1 percent of its overall electricity from … Continue reading Denmark Sets World Record For Wind Power Production

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Iberdrola, EDP Renewables and Emera Maine Advance Northern Maine Wind Energy

Central Maine Power (CMP), a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, EDP Renewables (EDPR), and Emera Maine, a subsidiary of Emera Inc. (TSX: EMA), announced today they have reached agreements that will enable clean energy from a new wind power project in northern Maine to reach southern Maine and New England. The agreements advance the first of … Continue reading Iberdrola, EDP Renewables and Emera Maine Advance Northern Maine Wind Energy

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Cape Wind farm suffers major setback on PPA

Deals between Cape Wind and both NStar and National Grid for power from the proposed Nantucket Sound wind farm have fallen apart, marking a major, and potentially fatal, setback for the offshore wind power project. NStar, which agreed in 2012 to buy 27.5 percent of the power expected to be generated by the 130-turbine wind … Continue reading Cape Wind farm suffers major setback on PPA

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