Wind power news articles

A US$ 47 million investment will help build the first wind energy project in Mongolia

Mongolia's newly discovered wealth of natural resources has been on the minds of many investors with the main focus being on mineral resources such as coal, copper and iron ore. The EBRD is supporting another rich, but as yet unused, natural resource in this Asian democracy by investing in the first wind energy project and the first privately-owned generator in Mongolia, the Salkhit wind farm. Mongolia, whose giant coal and mineral deposits ha... [more]

Belden will present wind farm management solutions at Hanover

Belden will showcase its world-class solutions for effective wind energy management at this year’s Hanover Fair, stand G34 in Hall 27. Belden offers innovative products and solutions for both onshore and offshore wind power applications that help to reduce downtime, whilst at the same time meeting reliability, safety and security needs for effective wind farm management. With a proven track record in reliability and high quality, Belden soluti... [more]

2012 Climate Week Awards finalist - Sustainabilitylive! - the UK’s leading energy, water, land and sustainable business exhibition

Sustainabilitylive! – the UK’s leading energy, water, land and sustainable business exhibition – is in line for the prestigious Best Event award at Climate Week, Britain’s biggest climate change campaign. The announcement reinforces Sustainabilitylive!’s status as a must-attend show for environmental professionals. The Climate Week Awards celebrate the UK’s most innovative, effective, and ambitious organisations, communities and individuals an... [more]

Green Light For Investment

Last week, the announcement that the Green Investment Bank (GIB) would sit between Edinburgh and London is a blow to the efforts of the Leeds City Region to bring this showpiece institution out of the traditional banking centres north and south of the Border. When it was clear that the Business Secretary was to make the announcement after the appointment of leading figures to the GIB, it was perhaps inevitable that the new recruits would prefer ... [more]

Masdar of Abu Dhabi procures two ZephIR 300 wind lidars

ZephIR technology has been chosen by both Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The two ZephIR 300 systems will be used to produce high resolution wind resource maps for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) while assisting a number of partner developing countries in the assessment of their wind energy resources. Masdar Power is a developer and operator... [more]

Other Wind power news and reviews

Siemens receives its first wind power order in Chile
ORLANDO, Fla., May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Energy has received an order for a total of 50 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 115 megawatts (MW) for the El Arrayan wind power plant in Chile. ...

Nation's wind power generation capacity grew fivefold in last decade
The nation's wind power capacity has climbed about fivefold to 2.5 million kw over the past decade, sources say. But growth in fiscal 2011 shrank to just under 100,000 kw — the slowest pace in the decade — following the termination of subsidies for wind plant construction the previous year, the sources said Saturday.

Japan banks offer $320 million to buy wind power firm
Loan will be the nation's largest ever extended in connection with wind power generation. -Yomiuri Shimbun/ANN

PHI Group Partners With Global Sun Wind & Power Corp. to Provide Hybrid Renewable Energy to Southeast Asia
LOS ANGELES, Calif. and JAKARTA, Indonesia, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PHI Group, Inc., (PHIL.PK), (PHIL.PK), a company focused on energy and natural resources, announced today that it ...

Break Up Big Wind's Subsidies
The only surefire products that the wind power industry is producing are unmet expectations and government subsidies. If wind farms were to survive based on their performance, there would be far fewer of them and far more eagles, hawks and other birds alive today.

Juhl Wind, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2012 Financial Results
PIPESTONE, Minn., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Juhl Wind, Inc. (JUHL.OB), the Leader in Community Wind Power, announced today financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.   "We are ...

Many benefits of wind power make tax credit a smart idea: Michael Rucker
The wind-power industry is experiencing its most robust growth ever. Ohio is developing several wind farms, and has become a hub for wind-power manufacturing. More than 100 companies work in the wind-power supply chain, employing an estimated 7,500 Ohioans. But even as we're building momentum for renewable power in America, ill winds are blowing.

Wind Energy Update: Siemens Procurement Team Talk Wind Energy Supply Chain Challenges
Wind Energy Update provides Siemens Wind Power podcast. Procurement directors and CEO’s explain their top three challenges in the supply chain. It also covers advice for the wind component suppliers in how to address the shift from European to global supply supply chain.London, UK (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 CEO Global Supply Chain Manager, Leo Schot and Director Global Sourcing, Mogens Pedersen, of ...

6 Japanese banks offer $253m to buy wind power firm
Six Japanese banks will extend a syndicated loan of about 20 billion yen (US$253 million) to two companies to purchase Seajacks, a British company that builds wind power generators, according to industry sources.

Google-Backed Wind Power Line Clears Hurdle
(Reuters) - A planned $5 billion transmission line to send power from wind farms off the East Coast cleared a hurdle, allowing the Google Inc-backed project to move to the next step in the approval process, officials said. The Department of the Interior declared on Monday there was "no overlapping competitive interest" in proposed areas for building the line off the mid-Altantic coast. [More]