French engineering group Alstom moved to capitalize on a booming Brazilian wind energy market by inaugurating a new wind turbine manufacturing plant in northeastern Bahia state Wednesday, its first in Latin America.

The plant, built with an initial investment of 20 million euros ($26 million dollars), is located in Camacari

Does investing in wind power make sense?

2011-11-22T19:30:30Z

This company's growth prospects, leaner operating expenses and ability to make a profit make it a better bet

The answer is a qualified, “Yes.” You just have to pick the right company. U.S. investors typically aren’t familiar with the “Who’s Who” of wind turbine manufacturers. That’s not surprising. Compared to other places around the world, wind power isn’t exactly taking off here.

According to

Prince Philip blasts 'useless' wind farms

2011-11-20T11:30:19Z

Britain's Prince Philip has launched a fierce attack on "absolutely useless" wind farms, in the latest outburst from the famously outspoken consort, a report said on Sunday.

The husband of Queen Elizabeth II said that onshore wind farms would never work and accused their supporters of b...

Dutch fall out of love with windmills

2011-11-16T08:00:20Z

EGMOND AAN ZEE, Netherlands (Reuters) - When the Netherlands built its first sea-based wind turbines in 2006, they were seen as symbols of a greener future.

Towering over the waves of the North Sea like an army of giants, blades wh...

Egypt launches tender offer for wind farms

2011-11-13T12:30:19Z

Egypt is to launch a tender offer for the installation of wind farms on the Gulf of Suez with a capacity of 200 megawatts, Energy Minister Hassan Yunis said on Sunday.

The tender represent the second and third phases of the expansion of Egypt's wind farming plans under a renewable energy programme, Yunis said in a statement, addin...

UK offshore wind to struggle with surge in projects

2011-10-25T08:30:39Z

MANCHESTER (Reuters) - Britain's offshore wind industry will struggle to fulfill new orders in four years' time as the yearly growth in UK offshore wind farms is expected to double between 2015 and 2016, figures released by Britain's renewable energy trade association showed on Tuesday.

Annual offshore wind deployment w...

Pennsylvania wind farm stops working nights to protect bats

2011-10-19T08:02:53Z

PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - A Pennsylvania wind farm has stopped operating at night after the carcass of an endangered bat was found at the site last month, a spokesman for the wind farm's owner said on Tuesday.

The carcass of the Indiana bat was discovered on September 26 at t...

Junior energy stock pops on Middle Eastern investment

2011-10-18T19:30:09Z

This as an energy services play surged on a takeover deal Tuesday

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Analysis: Renewable "gold rush" powers Germany's north shore

2011-10-16T22:30:06Z

ROSTOCK, Germany (Reuters) - Renewable energy has created a "gold rush" atmosphere in Germany's depressed north-east, giving the country's poorhouse good jobs and great promise.

The natural resources attracting investors and industry are of a simple variety: wind, sunshine, agricultural products and f...

Romania approves much awaited green energy support

2011-10-13T04:00:05Z

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's centrist coalition government late on Wednesday approved a much awaited support scheme for renewable energy producers which would lead to a 2.5 percent rise in electricity tariffs for household consumers next year, it said in a statement.

The support scheme, which i...

Deepwater to build first U.S. offshore wind farm

2011-10-12T23:30:07Z

(Reuters) - Deepwater Wind is racing to build the first U.S. offshore wind farm off Rhode Island and hopes to parlay that into a string of East Coast farms that could partially replace embattled nuclear power plants.

The privately held U.S. wind power developer plans to begin construction of the $205 million, 30-megawatt

Analysis: Small Canada province flexes green energy muscle

2011-10-04T11:00:28Z

(Reuters) - Nova Scotia is a small, picturesque province on Canada's Atlantic Coast but its appetite for green energy is big and aggressive as it moves to wean itself away from coal, and wins plaudits for its efforts.

Last month, the province, Canada's second-smallest, unveiled the highest tarif...

North Sea platforms are fish magnets: researcher

2011-09-29T04:30:10Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Oil platforms in the North Sea are attracting more cod and haddock than previously thought and wind farm installations could be designed with reefs in mind to help attract fish.

Scientists have long been aware of the "reef effect" whereby artificial structures in the sea act as havens for fish, but a two year study by

Spain's Gamesa signs deal with Chinese firm

2011-09-27T15:30:33Z

Shares in Spain's Gamesa, one of the world's top wind turbine makers, closed sharply higher Tuesday after it announced a new contract with a Chinese firm that is part of a surge in clear energy investments in China.

The company will build wind parks capable of generating 200 megawatts in China's Inner Mongolia province for Huadian Ne...

BMW to power Leipzig factory by wind energy

2011-08-21T15:30:11Z

German auto giant BMW plans to build four wind turbines to power a factory with enough electricity to assemble hundreds of vehicles a day, auto newspaper Automobilwoche will report on Monday.

The wind farm should be able to produce the necessary energy by late 2013, the company said.

BMW said it wants its Leipzig factory to become an example of green energy production, one that could eve...

Brazil's booming wind sector faces auction test

2011-08-17T10:00:17Z

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's blustery coastlines and booming electricity demand have spurred a wind-power gold rush as investors flock to build turbines and set up wind farms.

Yet, as wind projects slowly shed government protection to compete head-to-head with traditionally cheaper ...

US fund Blackstone plans two big German wind farms

2011-08-07T01:30:06Z

The US investment fund Blackstone plans to invest several billion euros in German wind farms, as the biggest economy in Europe will need the energy when it abandons nuclear power by 2022.

Blackstone said Friday that it had finalised 1.2 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in financing to build what it says will ...

Historic Polish shipyard set to 'go green'

2011-07-24T03:30:12Z

The Gdansk Shipyard, where the Solidarity movement that ended the communist era in Poland was born, is now trying to lead another Polish revolution ... in offshore wind power.

The European Union has laid out clean energy targets to be reached by its 27-members by 2020. To hit those marks Poland must break its coal addiction...

Poland should drop nuclear, study for Greenpeace says

2011-07-13T13:30:39Z

Poland should turn to offshore wind farms for safer, cheaper energy and more jobs instead of pushing ahead with plans to build its first nuclear power facility by 2020, a study said on Wednesday.

"Either we'll choose the dangerous atom and pay higher energy bills or we'll invest in offshore wind farms on the Baltic, thanks to which we'll pay less for electricity and create more jobs," Maciej Muscat, head of Reuters) - British wind farms may be shut down about 38 days per year by 2020 to avoid power transmission overload at times of weak demand and high wind speeds, UK energy network operator National Grid said on Monday. Britain is expected to increas...

German port's future blowing in the wind

2011-06-12T16:30:27Z

The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.

Five-hundred-tonne tripods, meant to be sunk to the sea floor to support giant wind turbines, line the quays awaiting shipment out to sea.

"Wind power is the promise of an industrial future. Busin...

China wind energy firms back subsidy move: report

2011-06-08T04:30:21Z

China's wind energy turbine makers have said scrapping subsidies for the domestic sector will have little impact, even as US manufacturers hailed the move as a victory, state media reported Wednesday.

Beijing has stopped offering subsidies to the country's wind power sector six months after the United States lodg...

Google backs wind energy in California desert

2011-05-24T17:00:10Z

Google on Tuesday said it is investing $55 million into a California wind energy farm, raising to $400 million the amount of money the technology giant has pumped into clean energy projects.

"The Mojave Desert might be best known for its scorching sun and scary sidewinders," said Google director of green bus...

Bonneville trims wind, fossil plants to protect fish

2011-05-20T06:00:17Z

HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has curtailed coal, natural gas and wind generation in the Pacific Northwest so it can increase hydropower output to protect salmon and other fish, the ...

Spain's Gamesa touts big Indian wind turbine deal

2011-05-17T14:30:39Z

Spanish wind turbine giant Gamesa said Tuesday it had won a $2 billion (1.4-billion-euro) deal to supply turbines in India, touting it as one of the largest contracts of its kind in the world.

Gamesa signed an outline agreement with Caparo Energy India Ltd to deliver wind turbines with a combined capacity of 2,000 MW over the next five years, it said in a statement.

The agreement was one of the largest wind turbine contra...

Renewable firms struggle with austerity, cheap gas

2011-05-04T09:30:18Z

OSLO/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Spending cuts by cash-strapped European governments and cheap gas are denting the profits and prospects of renewable energy companies, quarterly reports from two major sector players showed on Wednesday.

Vestas, the world's biggest wind turbine maker, and Norwe...

Germany cuts red tape for offshore windpark firms

2011-05-04T06:30:10Z

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany aims to cut bureaucratic red tape that can hold up the construction of offshore windparks by bundling and transferring all responsibility for their approval process to one state authority.

"This draft bill is a key first step toward a new energy concept by ...

Merkel opens German offshore wind farm

2011-05-02T13:30:24Z

Chancellor Angela Merkel inaugurated Germany's first commercial offshore wind farm on Monday, with 21 turbines set to supply electricity to more than 50,000 households.

The wind farm, 16 kilometres (10 miles) off Germany's northeastern Baltic coast, covers an area of around seven square kilometres (three square miles), with each Reuters) - Google Inc has not given up on its goal of making renewable energy cheaper than coal for consumers but it is not predicting victory soon, its director of green business operations said.

"We are still moving forward," said Rick Needham, in an interview at the company's office in

Google unit to buy more wind power from NextEra

2011-04-21T09:30:17Z

(Reuters) - NextEra Energy Inc said its unit will sell 100.8 megawatts (MW) of wind energy to Google Inc's energy subsidiary, the companies' second such agreement that could help the Internet search giant power its data centers using renewable sources of ene...

US approves first offshore wind farm

2011-04-19T20:30:17Z

The US government on Tuesday approved a plan to build the country's first offshore wind farm, in a picturesque bay near Cape Cod, a popular Massachusetts holiday destination.

Installation of 130, 3.6-megawatt wind turbine generators that will stand 440 feet high (134 meters) could begin in Nantucket Sound

First offshore wind farm construction to start soon

2011-04-19T10:00:16Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - After years of delay, construction of what is expected to be the first U.S. offshore wind farm, located off Massachusetts' picturesque Nantucket Sound, could begin as early as this fall.

Secretary of the Interior Ken S...

Google, Japanese invest $500 billion in wind farm

2011-04-18T20:30:24Z

Google and the subsidiaries of two Japanese companies are investing $500 million in a wind farm being built in the northwestern US state of Oregon.

Google said in a blog post Monday it was investing $100 million in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, expected to be the largest in the world when it is completed in 2012.

Google sa...

Google, Japanese invest $500 million in wind farm

2011-04-18T18:30:19Z

Google and the subsidiaries of two Japanese companies are investing $500 million in a wind farm being built in the northwestern US state of Oregon.

Google said in a blog post Monday it was investing $100 million in the Shepherds Flat Wind Farm, expected to be the largest in the world when it is completed in 2012.

Google sa...

GE, Google to invest in $2 billion Oregon wind farm

2011-04-18T12:31:58Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - General Electric Co, Google Inc, and two Japanese partners will invest about $500 million in a wind farm under construction in Oregon, the partners said on Monday.

The $2 billion She...

AMSC warns of Q4 loss as top customer refuses shipments

2011-04-05T16:00:09Z

(Reuters) - American Superconductor Corp, which makes electrical systems for wind farms, said it will post a loss in the fourth quarter, as a slowdown in China's wind power market forced its top customer to refuse shipments...

Wind power in Spain reaches historic high

2011-03-31T11:30:35Z

Wind power became Spain's main source of electricity for the first time ever this month, in a country renowned for its focus on renewable energy, the power-generating authority REE said Thursday.

"Wind farms accounted for 21 percent of demand and reached a monthly record," 5.0 percent more than in March 2010, it said in a statement.

Overall, renewable energy provided 42.2 percent of electricity demand, a figure that was down 48.5 perc...

Micro cap energy stock's valuation "shockingly" low

2011-03-28T19:30:10Z

Short-term speculators destroy promising project’s valuation: Opportunity or dead money?

Naikun Wind Energy Group (TSX: V.NKW, Stock Forum; 23 cents)

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> Estimated cash the end of March: Approx. $8 million (20 cents/share). Shares outstanding: 40 million.

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Ontario puts moratorium on off-shore wind projects

2011-02-11T13:00:25Z

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian province of Ontario won't approve any proposed off-shore wind power projects until there is further scientific research on their impact on the environment.

The province, which offers North America's mo...

Wind farm threatens Mont St Michel's UNESCO status

2011-02-02T10:30:17Z

PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Plans to build a wind farm near the picturesque island abbey of Mont Saint Michel could threaten the UNESCO World Heritage status of one of France's most famous monuments.

The <...

India's Suzlon wins $1.28 bn wind power deal

2011-01-28T17:30:43Z

Suzlon Energy, the world's third-biggest wind turbine maker, said on Friday it received a $1.28 billion order from Caparo Energy to develop 1,000 megawatts of wind power projects in India.

The projects will produce 500 megawatts of energy from March 2012 with a further 500 megawatts added by the same month the next year, Suzlon said in a statement.

Suzlon shares rose ...

France launches 10-billion euro tender for wind turbines

2011-01-25T18:30:45Z

President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday France was seeking bidders for a 10-billion euro (13.6 billion dollar) contract to build the country's first offshore wind-power facilities.

"Our aim is to have an outstanding national sector emerge to build the means to produce these off-shore wind turbines and to look towards exporting them," he said in a speech in the western port of Sa...

Groups launch wind power product label "WindMade"

2011-01-17T07:30:07Z

LONDON (Reuters) - Groups and companies including WWF and Danish wind turbine maker Vestas on Monday supported the launch of "WindMade" as a label for products made using wind power, aiming to attract green consumers.

To use the label, producers would have to pass a test confirming their use of wind power, and in return they can benefit from a possible price premium similar to t...

China has highest wind power capacity: report

2011-01-13T00:00:06Z

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has the world's highest wind power capacity after adding 62 percent or 16 gigawatts (GW) in new capacity last year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Thursday.

The country's total installed...

Feds eyeing more wind farms off Mass. coastline

2010-12-28T16:00:21Z

Feds eyeing more wind farms off Mass. coastline 14 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Tuesday began seeking proposals from developers that want to build commercial wind farms off the Massachusetts coast, even before construction has begun on the Iberdrola said Thursday it has signed a long-term agreement with two utilities to purchase the majority of the electricity that will be produced at wind farm it is building in Iowa in the United States.

Under the agreement, the company will sell the output of 75 of the New Harvest wind farm's 100 megawatts (MW)...

Atlantic Wind files to build offshore power line

2010-12-21T03:30:09Z

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Atlantic Wind Connection plans to file with federal energy regulators its proposal to build a giant power transmission system in the Atlantic Ocean along the U.S. Mid-Atlantic coast to enable the region's offshore wind potential, a spokesman for the project said in an email late Monday.

Announced in...

Wind farm near Williams OK'd over objections

2010-12-18T15:30:08Z

Neighbors oppose wind farm outside Williams, but Coconino County planners give OK

Coconino County planners have approved the installation of 62 large wind turbines on a ranch north of Williams despite the objections of nearby residents.

The county planning and zoning commission debated the impacts and benefits of the wind energy farm for more than nine hours before approving the project early Frid...

AP Enterprise: Eagle concerns stymie wind farms

2010-12-13T06:30:38Z

AP Enterprise: Wind farms on public land stymied by eagle concerns, radar interference

APPLE VALLEY, Calif. — Fears that whirling wind turbines could slaughter protected golden eagles have halted progress on a key piece of the federal government's push to increase renewable energy on public lands, stalling plans for billions o...

Massive wind power project proposed for RI

2010-12-08T14:00:59Z

Wind power company proposes largest offshore wind farm in the US; to be located off RI coast

A renewable energy company has proposed what it says would be the largest offshore wind farm in the United States: a 200-turbine, 1,000-megawatt project off the coast of Rhode Island that would provide power to multiple states along the East Coast.

Deepwater Wind LCC, which recently m...

Commissioner: 3-mile turbine buffer is too much

2010-12-08T14:00:26Z

San Miguel County task force debates proposed 3-mile distance between homes and turbines

A San Miguel County task force has proposed requiring a three-mile distance between homes and wind farms, but a county commissioner is concerned that such a large gap could discourage the industry from building in the area.

County Commissioner Nicholas Leger said Monday he supports a shorter d...

Deepwater doubles size of proposed U.S. wind farm

2010-12-08T10:30:44Z

BOSTON (Reuters) - The developer of a proposed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island doubled the size of the project, saying that greater scale would allow it to sell the electricity produced at a lower price.

Deepwater Wind said it now plans to install 200 wind turbines some 20 miles off the shore of the smallest U.S. state. The project could generate enough electricity to me...

Mexico's Bimbo to build $200 million wind farm

2010-12-03T10:25:28Z

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Grupo Bimbo, one of the world's biggest breadmakers, will build a $200 million wind farm to supply almost all of the electric power needed for its Mexican operations, the company said on Thursday.

Bimbo said in a statement that the project, wh...

Wind Summit Turkey 11-12 NOVEMBER 2010 [Grand Hyatt] Istanbul, Turkey Harnessing the Power of Wind in Turkey

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U.S. to speed up offshore wind efforts

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Mass. regulators approve offshore wind power deal

2010-11-22T12:50:50Z

Cape Cod wind farm has 1st customer as Mass. regulators approve power deal with National Grid

Massachusetts regulators have approved a power-purchase deal between the nation's first offshore wind farm and its first customer.

The Department of Public Utilities on Monday approved a pact between the utility National Grid and ...

NM issues renewable energy transmission bonds

2010-11-29T14:41:08Z

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E. Idaho county restricts wind farm development

2010-11-19T10:30:18Z

E. Idaho county restricts wind farm development by creating 'turbine zone'

Planning commissioners in eastern Idaho's Bonneville County have established a boundary restricting where wind farms can be built.

At a meeting that started Wednesday and ended early Thursday morning, the planning and zoning com...

Omaha district approves wind-power agreement

2010-11-29T14:40:50Z

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Hearings begin on MDU's ND electric rate rise

2010-11-08T19:00:11Z

ND regulators begin hearings on 10 percent increase in Montana-Dakota Utilities electric rates

North Dakota regulators on Monday began exploring whether to trim Montana-Dakota Utilities Co.'s request for a 10 percent electric rate increase.

The proposal would increase the minimum charge that the Bismarck utility's customers pay each month from $5.50 to $10.64, whet...

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Wind Power Public Lands

2010-12-13T12:01:44Z

In this Nov. 8, 2010 photo, a wind-driven turbine drives an electrical generator on private property near a site proposed for wind turbines to generate electricity, in the Mojave Desert near the town of Apple Valley, Calif. For years, wind farms sprouted on privately held land while projects on public lands languished, in part becau...

Mexico Climate Conference

2010-11-28T23:31:21Z

Mexican authorities and guests gather under a wind turbine during an event where Mexico's President Felipe Calderon activated a wind turbine that is planned to help power the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico, Sun...

China Economy

2010-10-28T03:00:33Z

In this Oct. 9, 2010 photo, a worker checks on a wind turbine inside a factory making wind turbines in Zouping county in east China's Shandong province. China's leaders are promising to narrow its huge trade surplus and curb surging emissions of climate-changing greenhouse gases in an ambitious five-year plan to make its economy cleaner and more technology-driven. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT

Britain Wind Farm

2010-09-23T12:30:11Z

A small boat passes through the windmills of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm off the coast of Ramsgate in Kent, England Thursday Sept. 23, 2010 as it is officially opened becoming the world's largest site of its type. Officials of energy company Vattenfall say the wind farm has 100 turbines and will produce enough energy a year to power the equivalent of more than 200,000 homes. T...

BC-US--Wind to Fertilizer

2010-06-09T01:00:15Z

A wind turbine spins above the University of Minnesota Renewable Energy Center at Morris, Thursday, April 29, 2010, in Morris, Minn. Energy from the turbine will be used for a $3.75 million wind energy to fertilizer project to be built this year. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

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