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Eskom completes funding for 100MW South Africa project

SOUTH AFRICA: The World Bank has agreed to loan South African utility Eskom an additional $250 milli...

AMSC pulls out of The Switch deal

UNITED STATES: AMSC has announced the termination of its $265 million deal to acquire Finnish direct...

Scotland launches offshore 'task force'

UK: A taskforce to help offshore wind developers progress more quickly through the licensing and con...

Vestas issues 2011 profit warning

DENMARK: Vestas has issued a profit warning for 2011 as a result of problems with its new generator ...

Government boosts offshore ambition

DENMARK: Offshore wind looks likely to receive a huge boost in Denmark under the newly elected gover...

Report plays down wind industry impact on rare metals

The belief that Europe's wind power industry is a major user of rare earth metals is mistaken, accor...

Vestas receives 267MW offshore order from E.ON

EUROPE: Vestas has received orders for a total of 267MW of offshore projects in Sweden and the UK, i...

EDP profit rise helped by wind earnings

PORTUGAL: Portugal's biggest utility, Energias de Portugal (EDP) has posted nine month profits up 6%...

Norwegian foundation barge unveiled

NORWAY: Norwegian engineering company Ingenium AS Oslo has unveiled a state-of-the-art vessel specif...

California hit by anti-wind vandalism attacks

US: Meterological towers are popular targets as developers and police deal with attacks that have co...

Magnet price hikes hit direct drive's future

Permanent-magnet direct-drive generators make gearboxes in wind turbines redundant and this major re...

South African company to manufacture multi-megawatt turbines

SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Town wind power company Isivunguvungu Wind Energy Converter (I-WEC) looks set to ...

BP Wind Energy signs deal to provide 560MW turbine power

US: BP Wind Energy today announced it had signed US supply and maintenance agreements with GE for wi...

US bill to encourage offshore wind

US: A bill to provide tax incentives to encourage offshore wind power on the US eastern seaboard has...

Vestas and Dong Energy sign 7MW offshore turbine deal

DENMARK: Vestas and Dong Energy have signed a cooperation agreement confirming the testing of a V164...

Vermont wind farm starts operation

US: First Wind's 40MW Sheffield Wind project in Vermont, USA, comprising 16 Clipper Liberty 2.5MW tu...

SSE drops plans for Scottish wind farm

SSE has abandoned plans for a Scottish wind farm after the proposed site was given protected environ...

SMD and Blade Offshore Services team up on subsea drilling rigs

UK: Remote offshore equipment firm SMD and risk management company Blade Offshore Services have anno...

Goldwind optimistic despite profit drop

CHINA: Chinese turbine manufacturer Goldwind has announced a plunge in net profits of 60 per cent to...

Vestas among top R&D firms in Europe

EUROPE: Danish wind power manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems has been ranked in the top 100 companies ...

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