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EDF Renewable Energy Celebrates Operation of Two Kern County Clean Energy Projects

EDF Renewable Energy, formerly enXco, celebrates the construction and operation of two Kern County projects producing clean energy for Southern California. The 140 MW Pacific Wind and 143 MWp Catalina Solar projects were developed and contracted independently; however, their close geographic proximity to one another enabled the projects to share certain infrastructure and thus evolve into one of the largest wind/solar hybrid projects in the United States.

30 Oct 2012

Mass Megawatts Nears Completion for Prototype, Wind Augmentation System

Mass Megawatts Wind Power, reports that it is nearing project completion for its prototype, wind augmentation system installed near Worcester, Massachusetts. Initial results indicate a significant increase in wind-power generation levels for turbines that utilize the company's patented, augmentation system.

19 Oct 2012

EDF EN Canada’s First Wind Project in Quebec Begins Commercial Operations

EDF EN Canada, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles, announces the commercial operation of its first wind project in Quebec -- Saint-Robert-Bellarmin Wind Project.

18 Oct 2012

GE Achieves Milestone in 2.5-MW Series Wind Turbine Installation

GE today announced the installation of its 1,000th advanced technology 2.5-megawatt (MW) series wind turbine. The milestone unit is going to CEZ Romania for use in the 600-MW Fantanele/Cogealac wind farm, Europe’s largest onshore wind project, GE reported at CanWEA 2012.

16 Oct 2012

Pattern Energy Closes Financing of 265 MW Ocotillo Wind Project

Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that it has closed the financing of its Ocotillo Wind project, a 265 megawatt (MW) wind power project that will utilize 112 Siemens 2.37 MW turbines.

15 Oct 2012

A Comprehensive Directory of Wind Farms across Mexico

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Directory of Wind Farms, Mexico" directory to their offering.

From Research and Markets 15 Oct 2012

EC+R Celebrates Wildcat I Wind Farm with Onsite Ceremony

E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America celebrated the Wildcat I Wind Farm today with an onsite ceremony.

10 Oct 2012

Subsea 7, Bechtel to Develop Offshore Wind and Transmission Projects in Europe

Bechtel and Subsea 7 announced today that they will work together to develop offshore wind and associated transmission projects in Europe, including the UK and Germany.

8 Oct 2012

Gaelectric Expands On-Shore Portfolio of Wind Energy Projects in Ireland

Irish renewable energy development and energy storage Group, Gaelectric has today (Thursday) announced that it has secured planning approval for a further two on-shore wind energy projects in Northern Ireland located at Smulgedon, north east of Dungiven in Co. Derry, and at Monnaboy on Loughtermore Mountain, also in Co. Derry.

6 Oct 2012

Sandia Labs Publishes Second Annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark

Sandia National Laboratories published the second annual 2012 Wind Plant Reliability Benchmark on Monday, and the results should help the nation’s growing wind industry benchmark its performance, understand vulnerabilities and enhance productivity.

5 Oct 2012