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UK Coalition Government Must Display Leadership

The UK coalition Government of Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, led by David Cameron, boasted of their green credentials when they came to power. About to introduce an energy bill into Parliament in the next few weeks, it is essential that the Coalition shows its political leadership, and its grasp of economic analysis, and listen to what… Read the rest

Denmark Create High-Tech Wind TurbineTest Centre

6 October saw the inauguration of a state-of-the-art Wind Turbine Test Centre at Østerild, Denmark. It’s the world’s first purpose-built test site than can accommodate the tallest masted wind turbines produced today, under optimum wind conditions. Given that Denmark has but 7 years to meet its energy target of half of its energy consumption having been… Read the rest

Highlights of Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference

The Scottish Low Carbon Investment Conference took place earlier this month (October) in Edinburgh. There were many noteworthy addresses, ideas and innovations discussed. For Scots, it’s all the more poignant given the recent agreement between Alex Salmond, the Scottish Parliament First Minister, and David Cameron, the UK Prime Minister, regarding the vote to allow them to… Read the rest

MWPS and Free Breeze UK sign strategic deal for RRB Energy Wind Turbines

London, 25th June 2012 MWPS, The online market leader in facilitating the purchase and sale of new and used wind turbines across the globe, announces a strategic business alliance with Free Breeze Energy Systems UK, who distributes RRB wind turbines worldwide and provides complete turnkey solutions for wind farm projects. The partnership brings together two major… Read the rest

Chinese Wind Turbine Companies Rising Up The Ranks In World League

With the Global Wind energy Council ( GWEC ) prediction on Tuesday that world wind power capacity will more than double by 2015 – growing to 450GW from 194.4GW at the end of 2010, MAKE Consulting releases a new wind power companies league table. Based on the power of its world install activity in 2010, Vestas… Read the rest

Vestas Reports Strong Performance In Early 2010

Denmark’s Vestas, the world’s largest wind turbine maker, is enjoying a large number of orders recently to come back from a very shaky 2009. Vestas announced last Wednesday that German company Nordwind Handels GmbH & Co. ordered 40 V90 turbines for installation in eastern Germany. Each turbine has a capacity of 2 MW. The contract includes… Read the rest

Intel Moving On Opportunities of Wind and Electric Cars

By Poornima Gupta – SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 17 (Reuters) – Technology giant Intel Corporation is seeing big opportunities in wind forecasting for power generation, and in information management for electric vehicles, John Skinner, Intel’s director of marketing for its Eco-Technology division said on Tuesday. Intel already sells microprocessors to wind turbine manufacturers and this would be… Read the rest

Siemens Closing In On Major Players With $900M In Wind Turbine Contracts

Siemens Closing In On Major Players With 0M In Wind Turbine Contracts

By Camille Ricketts – Engineering giant Siemens has made its presence felt in the wind business, winning six contracts to build 565-megawatts worth of wind turbines, valued at more than $900 million. About 250 of the turbines will be installed in Ontario Canada, with the other 750 (enough to power 170,000 homes) destined for wind farms… Read the rest

Vestas to Invest $380m to Expand Wind Power Capacity India

Vestas to Invest 0m to Expand Wind Power Capacity India

Danish wind manufacturer Vestas is planning to invest $380m in Gujarat, Kutch – India. The world’s number one wind power solutions provider Vestas is increasing its installed capacity in Gujarat after the third largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, Suzlon Energy, has already decided to expand the capacity of its wind farm in Kutch.

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BP reportedly to sell Wind Power Assets to Indian IDFC Private Equity Fund

It is rumoured that BP is reportedly to sell its domestic Indian Wind Power Assets to a private equity fund named IDFC for INR6.5 billion ($133.8 million), the Economic Times reports. The fund will pay for the transaction in two tranches, with the initial payment totaling INR3.5 billion, the Web site said. BP has currently 40… Read the rest