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British finance firm beats utility to win share in major Spanish wind developer

British capital venture firm Bridgepoint has beaten Spanish giant Gas Natural in a bid for 24% of Sp...

Japanese and German assistance for renewables projects in Mexico

The Japan Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC) and the German state of North Rhine Westfalia a...

Alaskan utility considers 50 MW project on Fire Island

An Alaskan utility near Anchorage is seriously considering a 50 MW wind project on Fire Island as a ...

Wind-diesel project planned for Chile's Robinson Crusoe Island

Fourteen companies-ten of them foreign-have expressed interest in building and operating a hybrid wi...

Step closer for 103 MW Wattle Point wind farm

Meridian Energy's planned 103 MW Wattle Point wind farm in South Australia's Yorke Peninsula is a st...

Second wind-solar hybrid unit planned for Maharashtra

Storage power systems company Exide Industries hopes to commission its second wind-solar hybrid unit...

Spain's Gamesa Eólica in joint venture to supply turbines in Tamil Nadu

Spanish turbine manufacturer Gamesa Eólica is setting up a joint venture company with the Pio...

Wind industry bids flood Brazil

Wind power companies presented a total of 3600 MW of projects for the Brazilian government's Proinfa...

Connecticut governor sets state facilities renewables goal

Connecticut governor John Rowland has used his executive powers to set a goal for state government f...

First prototype of new series

A reliable workhouse with grid-fault ride through technology to meet the latest requirements of elec...

Maryland legislature approves state renewables portfolio standard

By a wide margin, both chambers of the Maryland legislature approved a state renewables portfolio st...

Expansion to meet customer demand -- Mexico project grows

Mexican wind power company Fuerza Eólica has expanded its wind plant project in La Ventosa, O...

Calcutta industries urged to utilise Kyoto's clean development mechanism

Industries in Calcutta, West Bengal, have been urged to take advantage of opportunities arising from...

Wind turbine developer Multibrid begins installation of prototype machine

Another 5 MW Turbine development company Multibrid Entwicklungsgesellschaft has begun installation o...

The greening of Medicine Hat

The south-eastern Alberta town of Medicine Hat, which operates its own electric utility, has signed ...

Getting to grips with scheduling wind -- Spanish forecasting exercise

Spanish wind industry association Plataforma Eólica Empresarial (PEE) is to compare the perfo...

Educational roadshow to stop rumours that wind turbines cause drought

An outlandish accusation that wind turbines cause droughts (Windpower Monthly, November 2003) is sti...

Scottish ROCs auction reveals record prices for wind power

The value of renewable energy certificates continues to rise in Britain. Despite last year's upsets ...

Proposals to build wind and hydropower project in Argentinia's Santa Cruz

Argentine engineering firm Industrias Metalúrgicas Pescarmona (Impsa) has touted the possibil...

Offshore flagship projec hits rough patch

The rigours of the North Sea have proved to be a tough testing ground for wind turbine components. F...