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45 MW Lamèque Wind Power Project will be ACCIONA Energy's fourth wind farm in Canada

ACCIONA Energy's Lamèque Wind Power Project located in the Acadian Peninsula of New Brunswick, initiated by La Coopérative d’Énergie Renouvelable de Lamèque, has a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement with New Brunswick Power and is set for an early 2011 commissioning date. The 45 MW Lamèque Wind Power Project will be ACCIONA Energy’s fourth wind farm in Canada. ACCIONA Energy will invest approximately 115 million Canadian dollars in the Lamèque W... [more]

Goodwill Industries International offsets energy use with renewable wind energy certificates from Constellation NewEnergy

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) encourages and accelerates global adoption of green building and promotes a whole-building approach to sustainability by recognizing performance in five key areas of environmental health: sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection and indoor environmental quality. Constellation NewEnergy, Inc., has entered into a two-year green electricity purchase ag... [more]

O-Power hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market

O-Power (OP) Limited, a new business, will develop new technology in offshore engineering and hopes to make a significant contribution to the rapidly growing offshore wind market. OP offers concept development and analysis, right through to the supply and installation of product. It will use the human, physical and business resources of NE England to provide attractive and competitive engineering solutions - always aimed at improving technology. ... [more]

Evance turbines generate power for farm in Derbyshire

An arable farm in Derbyshire is now harnessing the wind to contribute to its energy requirements while lowering its carbon footprint using two Evance R9000 turbines. Hallmark Tractors, a distributer for Evance Wind Turbines, supplied and installed the two Evance 5kW wind turbines on 18m towers. The power generated by the turbines will be used to contribute towards the power consumed by the farms grain dryer and the engineering business located... [more]

Lake Erie freshwater offshore wind farm uses GE's wind turbine

The Lake Erie project, the first freshwater offshore wind farm in the U.S., will use GE’s next-generation wind turbine, the largest in its product line, designed specifically for offshore deployment. It will incorporate direct-drive technology from ScanWind, a Norwegian company acquired by GE last year, and will feature GE’s advanced loads controls and aero-elastically tailored blade technology. The first turbines will be located 6 miles north... [more]

Other Wind power news and reviews

Wind Power Wanes With Fading Federal Incentives
Wind power, one of the largest segments of the renewable energy market, will experience a sharp decline in growth this year. The slowdown comes as a surprise because the stimulus bill included $43 billion for energy projects -- a big boost for renewable forms of electricity.

Wind Supply Chain Workshop Scheduled for September 16
Wind power is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States.

Offshore wind power projects gaining ground
Domestic energy companies are expected to submit bids for the first batch of offshore wind power projects, having combined investment of over 20.8 billion yuan ($3.06 billion), on Friday, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.

Cape Wind power deal brings fight to utility panel
The fight over whether the country's first offshore wind farm should be built off Cape Cod moves this week to a Boston hearing room, where the project's future turns on one question: Is the price of the electricity produced by the spinning turbines a good deal? Cape Cod - Cape Wind - Wind farm - Boston - United States

Cape Wind power deal brings fight to utility panel
The brawl over a planned wind farm in Nantucket Sound is moving to a hearing room in Boston this week. Nantucket Sound - Cape Wind - Wind farm - Energy - Massachusetts

Cape Wind Power Deal Brings Utility Fight
The fight over whether the country's first offshore wind farm should be built off Cape Cod moves this week to a Boston hearing room, where the project's future turns on one question: Is the price of the electricity produced by the spinning turbines a good deal?

Germany's Extension for Nuclear Power Threatens Offshore Wind Investments
The German government’s plan to extend the phase-out of nuclear power risks hampering investment in offshore wind turbines, a technology that may provide much of the country’s renewable energy by the middle of this century.

Cape Wind power deal brings fight to utility panel
BOSTON - The fight over whether the country's first offshore wind farm should be built off Cape Cod moves...

Wind turbine bill loses steam
Tuesday September 7, 2010 New England Newspapers A bill designed to regulate the location of wind power facilities in the state has stalled after being approved by the state House and Senate, and odds of final passage are "pretty bleak," according to a Berkshire County legislator. With the Senate convening in informal session once or twice every week until the next session begins in

Wind power yet to power up on Seacoast
PORTSMOUTH — The wind energy movement for local residents doesn't have much wind behind it.