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Gaelectric Secures Funds Towards Booking Wind Transmission Capacity for US Operations

Gaelectric, an energy storage and renewable energy group, has successfully secured $18 million towards booking 960 MW transmission capacity for developments in its wind energy programs in Montana, USA.

28 Sep 2010

GE Installed Wind Turbines Saves Diesel for Kodiak Electric Association

The turbines after a year of successful functioning have permitted the utility company to save the money that would have spent on the purchase of nearly 930,000 gallons of Diesel.

28 Sep 2010

Eurus and NRG Join Together to Build 45 MW Avenal Power Project

The partnered companies have completed the formalities for funding all the three projects and has given their orders to the Ryan Company Inc a fully owned subsidiary company of Quanta Services, to start the construction of the Sun City (20 MW) and Sand Draft (19 MW) projects.

28 Sep 2010

Suncor Energy and Teck Resources Team Up for Alberta Wind Project

Suncor Energy, Inc has teamed up with Teck Resources Ltd. towards an Alberta, Canada-wind energy project.

28 Sep 2010

Iberdrola Renewables to Supply Electricity for Wind Farms

Iberdrola Renewables, the Bonneville Power Administration and Constellation Energy have together launched a pilot wind integration program that allows Iberdrola Renewables towards supplying reserve electricity that is needed for supporting 1,100 MW of variable outputs from wind parks.

28 Sep 2010

Suzlon Partners with Techno Electric for Delivering Wind Power Turbines in India

Suzlon Energy has entered into a contract with Techno Electric Group towards delivering wind power turbines in India.

28 Sep 2010

Thanet offshore Wind Farm Incorporates 100 Wind Turbines from Vattenfall

The Thanet wind farm is built by Vattenfall a Swedish wind energy company. The construction and commissioning of the wind farm will take the total number of offshore wind turbines in the UK to 436.

28 Sep 2010

UK ERC Report Explores Reducing the Deployment Cost of Offshore Wind Energy

The UK Energy Research Centre's latest research report, released today, explores the factors behind the cost escalations in electricity generation by offshore wind power and examines when these costs might decline and what needs to be done to make this happen. Offshore wind energy is expected to play a major role in contributing to the UK’s renewable energy targets, but the costs involved in offshore wind generation have escalated markedly, especially against early predictions.

27 Sep 2010

Tetra Tech Receives Contract for Lameque Wind Energy Project with ACCIONA

Tetra Tech Inc. has announced that its entity, Tetra Tech Canada Construction, which is the collaboration with the ACCIONA Infrastructures Canada Inc., has been given a $30-million contract for providing turn-key construction services towards the Lameque wind energy project in New Brunswick, Canada.

27 Sep 2010

Invenergy Wind to Build Wind Farm in Gratiot County, Michigan

Invenergy Wind, a Chicago-based renewable energy company, has declared its plan to construct a 200 MW wind farm in a 30,000 acre plot in Gratiot County, Michigan.

27 Sep 2010