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Global Clean Energy Investment Rebounds In Q2

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Global Clean Energy Investment Rebounds In Q2
on 16 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Global investment in clean energy was $53.1 billion in the second quarter of this year (Q2) - up 22% from the first quarter, finds a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).The report attributes the quarterly rebound to an upturn in the financing of wind and solar projects and [read more]
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Survey: North Carolinians Oppose Fracking, Favor Clean Energy
on 16 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
The majority of North Carolinians oppose fracking and want more clean energy, according to a new poll by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The NRDC says 55% of respondents statewide oppose proposals that would open up North Carolina to fracking - a procedure by which oil and gas companies [read more]
Exelon Added 404 MW Of Wind Energy Last Year
on 16 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
In a new company report, Exelon reveals it added nearly 500 MW of new, clean generating capacity in 2012 - including 404 MW in new wind projects and 31 MW in new solar. Exelon notes that its newly released 2012 Corporate Sustainability Report is the first complete and integrated record [read more]
Nordex USA Supplying 45.6 MW To Expand Michigan Wind Farm
on 16 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Nordex USA Inc. has secured a 45.6 MW order from Exelon Wind LLC for the next phase of the Beebe Community Wind Project, located in Gratiot County, Mich. Under the contract, Nordex will supply 19 more of its N117/2400 turbines; the first phase of the wind farm, which has a [read more]
Permits In Hand, German Wind Developer Makes Mexico Push
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
German wind developer Sowitec has secured environmental permits for four Mexican wind farms totaling more than 1 GW of installed capacity. The developer says it has completed the necessary environmental and social requirements from the Mexican Ministry of Environment SEMARNAT (Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales) for development in [read more]

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Broadwind Energy Announces $87 Million In New Tower Orders
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Broadwind Energy says it has received an $87 million order for wind turbine towers from a U.S. wind turbine manufacturer. According to Broadwind, the towers will be produced in its Manitowoc, Wisc. and Abilene, Tex. facilities, with delivery scheduled primarily in 2014. Since the start of 2013, Broadwind has recorded [read more]
Portion Of The Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project Going Underground
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has granted a request from the City of Chino Hills to put underground a segment of Southern California Edison's Tehachapi Renewable Transmission Project (TRTP). The CPUC agreed with the City's assertion that the design of the above-ground line "ignores community values and places an [read more]
REpower Installs Final Thornton Bank Offshore Wind Turbines
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Suzlon Group subsidiary REpower Systems SE says it has installed the last of the 48 REpower 6M turbines for Thornton Bank, a project from Belgian offshore project development company C-Power. According to REpower, the construction phase covers 18 REpower 6M turbines with a rated capacity of 6.15 MW. Thanks to [read more]
Diver Killed During Performing Offshore Wind Work In North Sea
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
German media outlet Die Welt is reporting that a British diver was killed while performing underwater work at the 108 MW Riffgat offshore wind farm, located north of Borkum in the North Sea, between July 12 and 13. The 26-year-old was buried in 20-meter water depth by a concrete mat, [read more]

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European Offshore Wind Industry Grid Connects More Than 1 GW In The First Half Of 2013
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reports that more than 1 GW in new installed capacity was fully grid connected in the first six months of 2013 - doubling the rate for the same period in 2012. "Offshore wind power installations were significantly higher than in the first six months [read more]
Alstom Enters Mexico Market With ENEL Order
on 15 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Alstom has been awarded a contract with ENEL Green Power Mexico for the supply and commissioning of 34 wind turbines at the new Sureste I-Stage II power generation plant, located in the Tehuantepec Isthmus, Oaxaca, Mexico. The project, awarded to ENEL by the Federal Electricity Commission under the "external energy [read more]
Ontario Kicks Off Long-Term Energy Plan Review
on 12 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Ontario is inviting public and stakeholder feedback in its review of the Long-Term Energy Plan, according to a release from the Ontario Ministry of Energy (MOE). To facilitate dialogue, the MOE says it will hold numerous information sessions across the province, including St. Catharines, London, Windsor, Toronto, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, [read more]
Kansas State Study: Wind Turbines Show Little Impact On Greater Prairie Chickens
on 12 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
Wind energy development does not ruffle the feathers of greater prairie chicken populations, according to the results of a seven-year study from a Kansas State University ecologist and his team. The researchers - led by Brett Sandercock, professor of biology - discovered that wind turbines have little effect on greater [read more]
SC Johnson Honored With Sustainability Award
on 12 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
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Boutique Firm Focusing On Smaller Financings For Renewables Passes Milestone
on 12 Jul 2013 by NAW Staff
With the financial closing of the 16 MW Camilla Solar Project, Belleair Bluffs, Fla.-based Seminole Financial Services has financed more than 100 MW in renewable energy projects throughout the U.S. Seminole says it has financed nearly 50 renewable energy projects totaling 78.7 MW of solar and 32.7 MW of wind. [read more]

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