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Ocotillo Wind Project's Environmental Review Analysis Wins California AEP Award

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that the California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) awarded the Ocotillo Wind project with its highest award for Outstanding Environmental Analysis and Documentation at a joint conference of AEP and the National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP).

22 Apr 2013

Samsung and Pattern to Commission 124 Wind Turbines for Ontario's South Kent Wind Project

The Ontario Clean Technology Alliance is attending Hannover MESSE, the world’s leading industrial technology showcase with 180,000-plus visitors, with news of a milestone order by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) for the supply and commissioning of 124 wind turbines for the South Kent Wind project.

9 Apr 2013

Sheffield Wind Project Does Not Impact Water Quality and Aquatic Life, Reports Vermont ANR Program

First Wind, an independent U.S.-based renewable energy company, today announced that for the second year in a row the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) Biomonitoring and Aquatic Studies Program has issued a report that showed that water quality tests at the Sheffield Wind project demonstrate the project has not had an adverse impact to water quality and aquatic life of nearby cold-water streams.

2 Apr 2013

Wind and Solar PV Energy Sources Account For Major Worldwide Renewable Power Installations

Renewable power generation is one the most crucial ways of achieving the goal of sustainable development for all countries. Significant capacity additions are being witnessed annually. In 2012, 772.3 Gigawatts (GW) of renewable capacity was installed in 2011 across the world.

29 Mar 2013

New Strategy for Improving Power-Generation Efficiency of Wind-Farms

Incorporating wind power into existing power grids is challenging because fluctuating wind speed and direction means turbines generate power inconsistently. Coupled with customers' varying power demand, many wind-farm managers end up wasting power-generation capacity and limiting the service life of turbines through active control – including fully stopping turbines – in order to avoid any possible damage to the power grid from spikes in supply.

26 Mar 2013

Altairnano Commissions 1.2 MW ALTI-ESS Lithium-Titanate Battery System at Danish Wind Farm

Altair Nanotechnologies, Inc. (Altairnano) has commissioned a 1.2 megawatt (MW) ALTI-ESS lithium-titanate battery system at a Danish wind farm supplied by Vestas Wind Systems A/S (Vestas), a global leader in wind power. The demonstration project is one of several initiatives currently using Altairnano's energy storage technology to advance renewable power integration.

22 Mar 2013

Samsung and Pattern Award 124 Wind Turbines Order for South Kent Project to Siemens Canada

Siemens Canada has been awarded a milestone order by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. (Samsung) and Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) for the supply and commissioning of 124 wind turbines for the South Kent wind project.

19 Mar 2013

Power Capacity of Large-Scale Wind Farms Significantly Overestimated, Finds Study

People think of wind as an energy source with few limits, offering an unending power source with distinct capacity advantages over sources that deplete, such as fossil fuel.

19 Mar 2013

TransAlta Announces Completion of New Richmond Wind Facility

TransAlta Corporation announces completion of our New Richmond Wind Facility located in the wind-rich Gaspésie area of Québec. New Richmond was officially commissioned early this morning, when TransAlta's turbines were energized to the Hydro-Québec grid.

14 Mar 2013

Canadian Government Invests over $5.9M in TFPM Wind Turbine Technology Project

On behalf of Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Joe Oliver, the Honourable Steven Blaney, Member of Parliament for Lévis-Bellechasse and Les Etchemins, Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister for La Francophonie, highlighted today that the Harper Government will make an important investment in a clean technology project in Lévis.

13 Mar 2013