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Goldwind Debut at Wind Power 2010
Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology Co. Ltd. (Goldwind), China’s leading wind turbines producer, makes its overseas debut at the 2010 Wind Power Conference & Exhibition held in Dallas.
Continue readingAcciona Energy shows its commitment to the US wind power at the Dallas Windpower Fair
Acciona is highlighting its dual facet of wind farm developer and wind turbines manufacture in the fair, the biggest in the world wind energy sector.
Continue readingGE and LEEDCo Announce Great Lakes Offshore Wind Power Partnership at AWEA
GE (NYSE: GE) and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) of Northern Ohio announced a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US.
Continue readingPathfinder Selects GE as Wind Power Partner in Wyoming
GE (NYSE: GE), and Pathfinder Renewable Wind Energy, LLC (Pathfinder) announced the execution of an agreement naming GE as the wind turbines supplier and technology partner for Pathfinder’s Wyoming wind power projects.
Continue readingIowa innovation and leadership moving wind energy toward next stage of transmission frontier
With 14 percent of Iowa’s in-state energy produced by wind energy, the state is looking to make significant strides in transmission infrastructure policy as the industry matures in the United States.
Continue readingDuke Energy Wind Power Business Secures Financing
Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) is leveraging its interests in five of its commercial wind farms to finance continued investments in renewable power.
Continue readingNorthern Power Systems Ships 100th Northwind® 100 Community Scale Wind Turbine
Northern Power Systems, Inc. announced the shipment of its 100th Northwind® 100 turbine over the past year, highlighting a customer base that now includes owners in more than 15 U.S. states and four countries.
Continue readingNew Wind Energy Record as WINDPOWER 2010 Begins By Michael Goggin (AWEA)
Perfectly timed for WINDPOWER, wind output in ERCOT has been extraordinarily high ever since we got here yesterday, and they just set a new record for instantaneous wind output a few minutes ago.
Continue readingU.S. Wind Executives See Lack of Financing and National Energy Policy as Top Obstacles to Growth
2010 U.S. Wind Power Industry Monitor finds that wind executives view the lack of financing and lack of a national energy policy as the top obstacles to growth.
Continue readingGE Continues to Expand Wind Turbines Service Portfolio
GE (NYSE:GE) announced that it has added to its suite of wind service solutions a “Full Service Agreement” (FSA) for all new GE 1.6 MW wind turbines installed globally.
Continue readingMortenson Building Nine New Wind Power Projects Throughout U.S. and Canada
The Renewable Energy Groups of Minneapolis-based Mortenson Construction is currently building nine new wind energy projects throughout the United States and Canada, all of which are expected to come on-line in 2010.
Continue readingTexas Tech Announces Formation of National Institute For Renewable Energy
NIRE will address the future energy needs of Texas and the nation through research wind farm.
Continue readingThe first wireless power solution for wind turbines
Wind Turbine Operators Can Increase Uptime, Decrease Costs through a new generation of Inductive Power Transfer Technology.
Continue readingTexas A&M University System and Gamesa Announce Plan to Collaborate on Nation’s Largest Wind Turbine
The Gamesa G10X (also known as the G128) would be the largest wind power generator of its kind in the country, while providing substantial advances in production output, energy efficiency and noise reduction.
Continue reading3M and Rope Partner Launch In-Field Study on the Effects of Wind Turbine Blade Erosion
3M has partnered with Rope Partner to conduct an in-field study on the effects of leading edge wind turbine blade damage.
Continue readingWind to Power System Announces Opening of a New U.S-based Office
Wind to Power System S.L., a leading provider of systems that integrate renewable power into the electric grid, announced that it will open a new U.S-based office in San Diego, California.
Continue readingRicardo and LMS International Launch North American Wind Energy Innovation Center
Two leading Michigan-based design, engineering and testing companies ? Ricardo, Inc. and LMS International ? will jointly market their wind power expertise in North America.
Continue readingThe first Vänern offshore wind farm inaugurated
The first offshore wind power plant in the lake Vänern was inaugurated near Gässlingegrund in Sweden. The wind farm of ten three megawatt WinWinD wind turbines was inaugurated by the Swedish prince Carl Philip.
Continue readingFavourable wind power forecasts also in Latin America
Though a strong growth of wind energy like that of some European countries is not expected to occur, there will be a stable rise of around 13% per year, with about 46,000 new MW installed by 2025, led by Brazil.
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