Recent Wind

Study IDs two compressed air energy storage methods, sites for the Northwest Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a new, comprehensive study. Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Bonneville Power Administration identified [...]

More wind energy will increase Europe’s competitiveness, which is being undermined by increasing fossil fuel import costs. As EU Heads of State and Government meet to discuss Europe’s energy policy on 22 May, they should remember that the EU paid 406 billion Euros for oil and gas imports in 2012 (1.1 billion Euros per day), [...]

Today, there is information in the market that the installation of the 396 MW Mareña Renovables project in Mexico (ref. company announcement No. 14/2012 of 12 March 2012) has been delayed. Vestas can confirm that access to the project sites has continued to be impacted by minority opposition groups, which has caused significant delays in [...]

Finavera Wind Energy Inc. (‘Finavera’) (TSX-V: FVR) announces that the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench has issued reasons for judgment in the case of Scott & Associates Engineering Ltd. (‘Scott’) v. Finavera Wind Energy Inc. Scott was claiming a constructive trust over a wind energy project known as the Three Hills Project (‘Three Hills’), which [...]

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) said Monday that its data centers have gone “green” to support both clean energy and local job creation. Through the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) for Pennsylvania wind power equal to its data centers’ annual energy usage, the health system became the first in the state to [...]

This work represents a key milestone to obtain project certification and planning consent from the regulator BSH The €20 million geotechnical feasibility campaign was conducted on the site of the offshore wind project The findings will be used to define the dimensions and design of turbine foundations and will determine the wind farm installation method [...]

Summary Full-year guidance maintained. Turnaround continues according to plan. EBIT and free cash flow significantly improved. Vestas maintains its full-year guidance and the focus on cost reductions, low investments and increased capacity utilisation continues. In the first quarter of 2013, Vestas generated revenue of EUR 1,096m – a decrease of 1 per cent to the [...]

Mexico is currently a benchmark country for the Company This new facility will be located in the town of Juchitán de Zaragoza, in the State of Oaxaca, and will have an installed capacity of 70 megawatts (MW) IBERDROLA has commissioned Gamesa for the promotion and construction of this wind farm, which is expected to come [...]

The former Outland Energy Services displayed its new Duke Energy Renewables colors this week at the American Wind Energy Association trade show in Chicago. Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, acquired Minnesota-based Outland Energy Services in late 2012. Outland Energy Services has provided monitoring, maintenance and site management services for wind [...]