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Gas giant Gaz de France buys more wind

Europe's largest supplier of natural gas, Gaz de France (GDF), has again added to its wind power por...

New Brunswick wants community scale wind power too

The government of New Brunswick has launched consultations on how communities, First Nations and loc...

Centrica secures offshore installation vessel

For its offshore wind projects, energy company Centrica has forestalled future restrictions in the a...

Fined for violating safety procedures -- Modest rap for Siemens after fatal accident

Following the death of a wind turbine technician in Oregon last August, when the machine he was work...

German utility gets serious -- Going global

German energy giant E.ON's fledgling E.ON Climate & Renewables unit is expecting to add about 4 ...

Strategy to boost undervalued assets -- Babcock & Brown cash raising

To raise cash for future development -- and frustrated at the low market valuation of its shares -- ...

Less growth but more profit -- Vestas' annual report

With a modest rise in revenues and a much improved profit margin, Vestas in 2007 relinquished its ai...

Licence deal for worldwide rights -- Avoiding an Enercon patent

Germany's Enercon, which has been building a reputation for protracted legal battles over wind techn...

Strong criticism of turbine service -- Vestas in firing line

Vestas is consistently failing to fulfil its contractual obligations with regard to wind turbine ser...

A significant new player in China

As yet Hewind barely registers on the radar as a main player in Chinese wind power, but with one of ...

Permission for 63 MW project in Var departement

A 63 MW wind power project has recently won siting permission in the Var département on the M...

Biggest French order yet for Siemens

Siemens has secured its biggest wind turbine order in France to date. French developer and operator ...

Creating an energy hub in Northeast -- Suez wins power sales contract

The North American division of global energy services company Suez has signed a 20-year power purcha...

Offshore order at Bligh Bank for revamped Vestas turbine

Just weeks after gaining building permission for its 330 MW Belwind offshore wind farm at Bligh Bank...

First early stage wind farm financing based on RECs

One of America's leading renewable energy credit (REC) brokers, Renewable Choice, sealed a deal last...

A storm in a teacup in Texas -- Wind blamed, then vindicated

Wind power's hard won reputation as a reliable supplier of power to the electricity grid in America ...

Public safety fears trigger sharper regulatory control -- Government action after dramatic turbine failures in Denmark

The wind power industry in Denmark has three months in which to improve its quality standards for wi...

New proposals join slow push offshore -- Under the surface

Three new bids for construction of offshore wind power plant in US waters came in last month in resp...

Current contract prices too low -- TransAlta looks for upside in emerging carbon market

Canada's TransAlta Corporation, a power plant owner operating out of Calgary with a diversified port...

Ruling sets risky precedent -- Removal of PURPA backstop

A case recently decided by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) could have subtle but rea...

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