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Sudden request for proposals -- Kansas utility tests the waters

UtiliCorp of Kansas issued a hurried request for proposals (RFP) to a handful of wind plant develope...

From out of nowhere to the top of Spain

Gamesa Eólica started from scratch just six years ago in its joint venture with Danish Vestas...

Government pilot back on track -- Dutch offshore

Plans for the Netherlands' Near Shore Windpark (NSW) are back on track following the favourable outc...

Toronto project ready to go -- Call for wind plant supply

Toronto Renewable Energy Co-operative (TREC) and Toronto Hydro Energy Services have issued a call fo...

Texas seething with even more activity -- Further announcements

It's like a Texas oil rush, except that this time it is clean power. In the last few weeks, almost 2...

ABB 3 MW prototype caught in fierce siting controversy

The 3 MW prototype wind turbine on which ABB is to launch and test its much heralded Windformer conc...

Jostling for approval in offshore site race -- In the Baltic Sea

In a race to secure sites in German waters for potential wind development, two more companies have a...

Greenpeace North Sea study

If governments in the North Sea region are serious about offshore wind they must stop licensing oil ...

Major utility snaps up emission credits -- SeaWest's new 44 MW plant sold

Interest in emissions derivatives from US wind projects has taken another major step forward. Last m...

Plambeck secures offshore grid connection agreement for 90 MW

German wind energy developer and operator Plambeck Neue Energien has a grid connection agreement for...

Wind boom as prices spiral in Northwest

The Northwest of the United States is desperate for power -- and wind is helping fill the gap. Consu...

Five new Vestas units survive hurricane and go on-line

The turbines for France's latest wind farm, Plouarzel, near Brest in Brittany were erected just in t...

BC Hydro prospecting for wind in British Columbia

BC Hydro is boosting its wind prospecting efforts in Canada's western province of British Columbia. ...

Second California auction for renewable energy

Winners in California's second auction for new renewable energy, established as part of the state's ...

Big orders for Vestas megawatt turbines

Vestech Japan Corp, the Japanese agent of Danish wind turbine maker Vestas, has won two orders for a...

Soaring demand

Markets for wind power are taking off like never before. Demand for green power is outstripping supp...

Huge project for Arklow Banks

Some ten kilometres off the Wicklow coast of Ireland lies the proposed site of one of the world's la...

Swedish court rules on beachfront compensation claims

The Swedish environment court has approved plans for a 42 MW offshore wind farm off Näsudden. T...

New York 30 MW on the way

New York State may soon have 30 MW of operating wind plants at three different sites -- in large par...

Building 26 MW in remote Colorado

Preparations have started for the 26 MW of new wind plant to be built by wind developer enXco at Pee...