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GE Buys Share of French Wind Assets

Posted: December 31, 2012 at 7:53 am

Spain’s largest utility, Iberdrola S.A., has sold off about €850 million of assets so far in 2012, out of planned sales of €2 billion by the end of 2014. Today ...
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Offshore Wind Leases Go On Sale

Posted: December 5, 2012 at 1:49 pm

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the first ever competitive lease sale of two offshore wind energy areas in federal waters. A ...
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More U.S. Jobs at Stake as Wind Turbine Maker Struggles

Posted: August 22, 2012 at 8:10 am

Denmark-based Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s largest maker of wind turbines, reported second-quarter results early this morning. The company posted revenue of €1.61 billion ($2.0 billion), a year-over-year rise ...
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U.S. Wind Generation Jumps in 2011, Could Fall off a Cliff Next Year (GE, SI)

Posted: August 14, 2012 at 10:27 am

In 2011, the United States added about 6,800 megawatts of new wind power generation, 31% more than was added in 2010, but less than the total additions in 2008 and ...
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Has American Superconductor Turned the Corner?

Posted: August 2, 2012 at 2:50 pm

American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC), a provider of products for the wind and power grid markets has suffered through a nasty stretch during the past 18 months following the refusal ...
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Broadwind Nabs Contract for Wind Towers (BWEN)

Posted: June 21, 2012 at 11:10 am

US manufacturing firm Broadwind Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: BWEN) announced today that it had won a contract to supply 14 wind turbine towers to Goldwind, China’s second-largest wind energy company. The ...
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MLPs Coming to Green Energy? (KMP, EPD, FSLR, SPWR, RSOL, WEST, BAC, GOOG)

Posted: June 7, 2012 at 11:24 am

US Senator Chris Coons (D-Delaware) is scheduled to introduce legislation today that would allow a wide range of renewable energy projects to qualify as master limited partnerships (MLPs). The partnerships ...
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US Wind Generation to Stall Next Year

Posted: March 30, 2012 at 8:51 am

At a US Senate hearing earlier this week, the US head of Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s (BNEF) policy analysis told the members that after a record year of US investment ...
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Chinese Wind Power Firm Opens US R&D Facility (MY, XJNGF, VWDRY)

Posted: March 14, 2012 at 1:10 pm

China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Ltd. (NYSE: MY) has opened a US research and development facility at North Carolina State University’s Centennial Campus. The new R&D center will focus ...
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Global Investment in Clean Energy Sets New Record in 2011

Posted: January 12, 2012 at 1:50 pm

The US has taken back the honor of leading the world in investments in clean energy technology. China has led world investment since 2008. The total amount invested in clean ...
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GE Inks $3+ Billion in New Energy, Beer-Making Deals (GE, BP, RDS-A, BUD)

Posted: September 20, 2011 at 9:41 am

General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has signed agreements with a number of companies that will use GE's technology to explore for energy, generate power, and make beer in China. The ...
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Wind Power… Blowing Again (AMSC, ED, GE)

Posted: September 19, 2011 at 10:51 am

The wind power industry has taken something of a back seat to the solar PV makers in the last few months. News of bankruptcies, missed earnings targets, and collapsing prices ...
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Is Solar Power Cheaper Than Wind? (FSLR, STP, JASO)

Posted: September 9, 2011 at 11:43 am

As the cost for crystalline solar PV panels falls toward the magic number of $1/watt, the cost of building a utility scale solar plant approaches the cost of building an ...
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GE Developing Massive New Wind Turbines (GE, SI, VWDRY, AMSC, PHG)

Posted: August 31, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Get ready for massively larger new wind turbines... Currently available wind turbines for land-based wind farms typically generate between 1.5 and 3 megawatts. Most include a gearbox to transfer the ...
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More Trouble at American Superconductor, But There’s Still Hope (AMSC)

Posted: August 12, 2011 at 10:51 am

Since last April the news from American Superconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: AMSC) has been uniformly awful. The company's largest customer refused to pay for shipments received in the second half of ...
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