Energy news, December 2010

NGenTec gets £2m for offshore wind technology

NGenTec Ltd has secured investment of £2 million from Amsterdam based SET Venture Partners and Scottish Enterprise’s Scottish Co-investment Fund for the de

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European Offshore Wind Development Centre gets €40m from EU

The proposed European Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Scotland has been awarded a grant of up to €40 million from the EU through the European Economic Re

REpower Delivers 51 MW of Wind Turbines to US

REpower will deliver 25 of its MM92, 2.05 MW wind turbines to EverPower for projects in New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.

WebCore's TYCOR W core material GL approved for wind blades

WebCore Technologies LLC has announced that its TYCOR® W core material products have earned a Certificate of Approval by Germanischer Lloyd (GL) for use in

BayernLB finances Turkish 30 MW wind farm

BayernLB is contributing €26 million for the 30 MW Seyitali-Aliaga wind farm in the northwestern Turkish province of Izmir.

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Bird Organization Calls for Regulation of Wind Power

The American Bird Conservancy urges US Senators to include the US Fish and Wildlife Service Advisory Committee’s recommendations for wind turbine impacts o

COP-16: Wind power industry wants “urgent progress” in Cancún

Wind power can and must make a significant contribution to saving the climate, according to international wind industry representatives at the Global Wind

Conergy sells off French and German wind project business

Conergy AG is selling off its German and French wind development and operating business to an investment fund managed by Impax Asset Management, as part of

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Samsung sets up wind blade and tower plants in Ontario

Samsung and partners is setting up a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Tillsonburg and wind turbine wind tower plant in Windsor, Ontario.

Cover competition winners announced

Siemens Sets up Wind Turbine Factories in the US and China

Siemens has opened a wind turbine blade manufacturing plant in Shanghai, China, and a wind turbine nacelle production plant in Hutchinson, Kansas, as well

Mitsubishi R&D hub for offshore wind technology to Scotland

Mitsubishi Power Systems Europe Ltd (MPSE) plans to invest up to £100 million in an engineering facility to carry our research and development into offshor

Nordex Delivers 75 MW of Wind turbines to EverPower

Nordex USA has secured an order for a 75 MW wind power project using its 2.5 MW N100 wind turbines from EverPower Wind Holdings Inc.

ROI and funding issues hampers European offshore wind

The offshore wind industry has moved from a niche market to a maturing industry, however securing funding and low returns on investment are major issues fo

Gamesa and Eolia develop wind farms in Mexico

Gamesa and Eolia Renovables de Inversiones will develop two wind energy projects in Mexico, for which Gamesa will supply wind turbines with a combined inst

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Gamesa sets up wind turbine nacelle facility in Brazil

Gamesa will set up a 300 MW wind turbine nacelle facility in Brazil following a memorandum of intentions with Jacques Wagner, Governor of the Brazilian sta