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Windfarm sales up – The Dominion Post (Wellington, New Zealand)

renewable energies Master feed — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:12:03 +0000

NZ Windfarms doubled its sales revenue and increased its electricity output for the three months ended June 30, although it fell short of forecasts due to low wind speed and low spot power prices. NZ Windfarms, which owns Te Rere Hau Wind Farm in Manawatu, earned $1 million from electricity sales

THE TICKER – Boston Herald (Boston, MA)

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:11:02 +0000

** Air support: Boston-based First Wind secured a $117 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for its wind farm development in Hawaii that will create 200 jobs and power 7,700 Oahu homes. ** Tribe in Taunton: Tribe Mediterranean Foods unveiled the expansion of its hummus-making

Sea Breeze Power and International Power Canada building Phase 1 of Knob Hill wind farm in Canada

renewable energies Master feed — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:56:47 +0000

Sea Breeze Energy (subsidiary of Sea Breeze Power Corp.) and International Power Canada (part of International Power) have entered into an agreement to develop and build Phase 1 of the Know Hill wind farm, located northwest of Vancouver, in British Columbia, Canada. Knob Hill wind farm's first phase will have a total of 99 MW [...]

Too much hot air ; LETTERS – Daily Mail (London, UK)

renewable energies Master feed — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:11:12 +0000

FOR some years, I worked at what is now called Didcot A Power Station, a coal-fired station with four 500mW generator sets which can produce that power 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The latest wind generators have a maximum power output of 7mW. so to replace the power station with a wind farm

Iberdrola Renovables receives USD 170 million in grant from US government

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:52:56 +0000

Iberdrola Renovables announced the company has received USD 170 million in stimulus funding through a grant from the US government, for the start-up of the Cayuga Ridge wind farm project. This is the largest single amount ever awarded as a grant to a company for the development of a renewable energy project in the US.
To [...]

APS in PPA for electricity from Perrin Ranch wind farm in Arizona

renewable energies Master feed — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:09:38 +0000

Arizona Public Service Company signed a power purchase agreement (PPA), whereby the utility will purchase all the power generated from a wind farm being built in Coconino County, Arizona, USA. The Perrin Ranch wind farm will have 99 MW of installed capacity (62 wind turbines), and is being developed by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy [...]

Hunt for new forms of energy turns to seabed – Mail on Sunday (London, UK)

renewable energies Master feed — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:11:14 +0000

AN UNDERWATER tidal version of a wind farm is to be developed with the help of a Pounds 500,000 grant from the Welsh Assembly. This new form of green energy could over decades provide sustainable power to light up more than two million homes. The grant, which is expected to be the first in a

Wind-farm poll – The Press (Christchurch, New Zealand)

renewable energies Master feed — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:15:09 +0000

Greta Valley wind-farm activist John Carr says he received 320 votes
against Meridian Energy’s proposed Project Hurunui, 43 in support and 10
neutral in a referendum of 800 households in North Canterbury. If Meridian
sought verification, a count would be done by an independent adjudicator
without

RES Americas in BOP contract for wind farm in Nebraska

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:17:00 +0000

RES Americas, part of RES Group, has been awarded a balance of plant (BOP) contract by Flat Water Wind Farm LLC, for the Flat Water wind farm located in Nebraska, USA. This will be RES Americas' second wind energy project in the state of Nebraska.
The wind farm is currently under construction, and once completed will [...]

Public Service Company of Oklahoma signs wind power agreement – Journal Record (Oklahoma City, Ok)

renewable energies Master feed — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:13:14 +0000

Public Service Company of Oklahoma customers will have the option to
purchase renewable, or “green” energy, following an agreement signed with
NextEra Energy Resources for the long-term purchase of 99 megawatts of
renewable energy from a wind farm under construction near the Grady County
community