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Building activity in Brazil and Mexico

Spanish utility Iberdrola is to start construction of nearly 152 MW of wind power in Brazil and Mexi...

First permit granted for full cable route -- Long process finally over

The first German offshore wind power pilot project to receive all necessary permits is cleared to go...

Turbine factory plan depends on orders -- Nordic in Nevada

British-owned turbine manufacturer Nordic Windpower will open a manufacturing facility in Northern N...

Vestas sells off Pacific-Asia division of global project development company

Vestas has sold the Asia Pacific division of Global Renewable Energy Partners (GREP) to Australia's ...

Project with Spanish turbines in Wales -- More new private equity

Private equity investor HgCapital has bought its first wind farm, a 21.25 MW project at Tir Mostyn i...

Joint venture to develop 20 MW in New Brunswick

Toronto's Clean Power Income Fund and Western Wind Energy Corp have formed a joint venture to develo...

Province backs words with action -- Starting at 1000 MW

The Canadian prairie province of Manitoba has leapt on the wind energy bandwagon, celebrating the st...

Rival Dutch company takes over 120 MW offshore wind project

Dutch renewables agency Econcern is taking over development of the 120 MW offshore wind farm Q7-WP f...

Stock market trading from the Windicator

The stock market wiped close to EUR 1 billion, almost 20%, off the combined share prices of the list...

More Taiwan tenders on the way -- Speeding up development

Taiwan wants to increase its wind power capacity to 2150 MW by 2010, ten years ahead of its original...

Nordic fund invests in Estonian wind development company

The Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) has acquired a 30% share in Estonian wind develop...

Plenty of long term strings attached

Gamesa has sold its 56% share in the 24 MW Coriscada wind plant in Spain to Italy's ENEL Unió...

New CEO for Australian wind association

Following the departure of Libby Anthony, the Australian Wind Energy Association (AusWEA) has announ...

Joint Chinese-Finnish venture for turbine production facility in China

China's Harbin Hafei Mechanical & Electrical Products Manufacturing Company has signed a letter ...

State owned company buys stake in Finland's only wind turbine manufacturer

A state owned industrial development company in Helsinki has acquired a 10% stake in WinWind Oy, Fin...

Price pressure

Much is being made by wind industry observers of the impact on turbine costs of the world steel shor...

Coal state adopts hybrid approach -- Carefully constructed law

Pennsylvania Governor Edward Rendell announced the state's new clean energy target from the top of t...

Plea from refugees in Uganda

Northern Uganda has two million residents in refugee camps, the bulk of them internally displaced pe...

Power industry feels strong wind in Florida

Wind grabbed most of the headlines at last month's annual PowerGen show in Orlando, Florida. The big...

Brazil uncertainty paralyses progress -- Financing problematic as entire timetable slips

Brazil's government has selected the first 1100 MW of wind power projects for its renewable power pr...