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
Alterra Power Acquires Wind Development Assets in British Columbia
TSX : AXYVANCOUVER, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Alterra Power Corp. (TSX: AXY) is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites ...
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.
New Jersey Takes Slow, Steady Approach to Offshore Wind
The international wind power industry is watching Washington, DC to see if lawmakers will extend the federal production tax credit (PTC) for wind power. But their eyes are also focused on Trenton, the state capital of New Jersey, to see if state regulators there will help launch America's long-awaited offshore wind energy industry.
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.
MN Power Wind Parts Unloaded
The first of four shipments of components for Minnesota Power's rapidly-expanding Bison Wind Energy Center in North Dakota are being unloaded in Duluth this week.
Wind generation picks up in TN
Generation of electricity from wind power has picked up in Tamil Nadu. On Wednesday, it reached a high of 41.32 million units, taking the total generation in the first sixteen days of this month to 558 million units.
Alliance Power Awards RMT Colorado Highlands Wind Project
MADISON, Wis., May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind energy developer Alliance Power, Inc. has selected RMT, Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor, to design ...
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 ...
Hearing on NStar-Cape Wind contract in Natick
The state Department of Public Utilities has scheduled a public hearing at Town Hall Tuesday to receive comments on a proposal by NStar to purchase electricity from the Cape Wind offshore wind power project.
Have a good wind power site? College wants to help
Have a good wind power site? College wants to help the salt lake tribune Published May 18, 2012 09:27AM MDT Utah business operators and landowners interested in installing wind power generating systems on their properties have until June 1 to file an application with Salt Lake Community College to borrow an anemometer. Anemometers are tower-mounted instruments that measure wind speed and ...
