Wednesday, November 27, 2013

GE Identifies "Suspect Population" Of Blades; Developer Fined $1M For Bird Deaths

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Following Another Blade Failure, GE Identifies 'Suspect Population' In Turbine Fleet
on 26 Nov 2013 by Joseph Bebon
GE has begun investigating another blade break involving its 1.6-100 turbine and 48.7-meter blade, this time at Invenergy's California Ridge wind farm in Illinois. In addition, reports of other recent GE blade failures have surfaced, and the turbine manufacturer says it has notified a group of customers that might have [read more]
Duke Reaches $1 Million Settlement For Bird Deaths At Wind Farms
on 25 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, has reached a $1 million settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the deaths of golden eagles and other migratory birds at two of Duke's wind farms in Wyoming. According to the DOJ, this case represents the [read more]
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Latest News
Lincoln Renewable Energy Starts Building 300 MW Texas Wind Project
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Lincoln Renewable Energy (LRE), a Chicago-based developer of solar and wind projects, has commenced construction of its 300 MW Hereford 2 wind power project in Castro County, Texas. "The start of construction of [the] Hereford 2 project marks the continuation of a very successful year for Lincoln Renewable Energy," says [read more]
Ex-Im Bank Backs Gamesa Wind Turbine Deal
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has approved a $61.1 million direct loan to Inversiones Eolicas de Orosi Dos S.A., a subsidiary of Central American wind generation company Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy, for the purchase of Gamesa wind turbines. The Gamesa turbines will be used to power the [read more]
Citing Technical Challenges, RWE Abandons Atlantic Array Offshore Wind Farm
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
RWE Innogy has announced it will no longer develop the 1.2 GW Atlantic Array offshore wind farm, which was planned for the Bristol Channel in the U.K. The company says that in comparison with other opportunities in the U.K. offshore wind portfolio, and in light of significant technical challenges specific [read more]
Pattern Energy Group Introduces Quarterly Dividend
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Pattern Energy Group Inc.'s board of directors has approved the introduction of a quarterly dividend on the company's Class A common stock. Pattern says the board has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.3125 per Class A share for the fourth quarter, which represents $1.25 on an annualized basis. The [read more]

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GL Awards ACCIONA Seven New Certificates For 3 MW Platform
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
ACCIONA Windpower has received seven new certificates for different models of its AW 3000 wind turbine from GL Renewables Certification. ACCIONA says it now has 15 certificates awarded for the 3 MW platform. Specifically, GL has issued the design certificate for the AW 125/3000 IEC IIIa wind turbine, with a [read more]
GE Announces First Commercial Operation Of 2.5-120 Wind Turbine
on 26 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Two months after the completion of installation, the first GE 2.5-120 wind turbine has been put into commercial operation in Schnaittenbach, a town in Bavaria, Germany. Max Bogl Wiesner GmbH is the project's investor and operator. According to GE, the turbine's advanced controls, paired with the 120-meter rotor and a [read more]
Statoil Awarded Lease For Next Phase Of Hywind Floating Turbine Project
on 25 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
The Crown Estate has granted Statoil a lease for the next phase of the developer's Hywind floating wind turbine project, to be located off the Scottish coast. According to The Crown Estate, the 30 MW project comprises five 6-MW floating turbines operating in waters exceeding 100 meters in depth at [read more]
Vestas Launches 'Wind For Prosperity' Venture To Provide Hybrid Systems
on 25 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Vestas says it is teaming up with Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar to launch Wind for Prosperity. According to Vestas, Wind for Prosperity will aim to provide energy-poor regions with hybrid wind and diesel power systems. Under the partnership, Masdar will focus on managing the development and construction [read more]

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RES Putting Turbine-Mounted ZephIR LIDAR System To The Test
on 25 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
ZephIR Lidar notes that its turbine-mounted Dual Mode (DM) system has been deployed by developer Renewable Energy Systems Ltd. (RES) in a commercial investigation into LIDAR-generated turbine performance measurements. The trial, which began in June and is expected to end this month, uses a ZephIR DM installed on a Vestas [read more]
Nordex Unveils N131/3000 Light-Wind Turbine
on 25 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Nordex SE is extending its Generation Delta turbine platform, which the company launched this spring, with the addition of a turbine for light-wind locations. The company says its N131/3000 is specially designed for IEC-3 locations and features rotor blades measuring 64.4 meters in length. Nordex is offering the N131/3000 on [read more]
Renewables Dominate New U.S. Energy Capacity In October
on 22 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
The SUN DAY Campaign, a renewable energy advocacy group, reports that the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) latest infrastructure update shows that solar, biomass and wind sources provided 694 MW of new electrical generating capacity in October - representing 99.3% of all new generation placed in-service. Twelve new solar [read more]
Ohio's Clean Energy Law A Success, Environmentalists Say
on 22 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Now in its fourth year, Ohio's Clean Energy Law (S.B.221) continues to spur investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency, according to a new report from the Environment Ohio Research and Policy Center. Passed in 2008, the Clean Energy Law established benchmarks for Ohio investor-owned utilities to get 12.5% of [read more]
Iberdrola Re-organizes All U.S. Operations Under Single Holding Company
on 22 Nov 2013 by NAW Staff
Global energy group Iberdrola S.A. has obtained all the necessary regulatory approvals to complete an internal corporate re-organization to bring all of its U.S. companies under a single holding company known as Iberdrola USA Inc. The new structure aligns U.S. operations with Iberdrola's corporate practice of establishing a single, national [read more]
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