Resource Group International, Inc. to Develop Several Wind Energy Projects

Resource Group International, Inc. announced that the Company has signed an agreement to develop several wind energy projects in South America beginning with Chile. Resource Group is partnering with ANPL G.P., through its Chilean subsidiary ANPL Latin America Limited, and has signed a “beneficial” agreement to construct several wind farms... 

Clearview Acquisitions Closes Merger with Helix Wind, Inc.

Clearview Acquisitions, Inc. announced that it has completed its previously-disclosed acquisition of Helix Wind Inc. As previously reported in the January 29, 2009 press release, Helix Wind is engaged in the manufacture and sale of small wind turbines designed to generate 2.5 to 5 KW of clean, renewable electricity. Clearview acquired 100% of Helix... 

NACEL Energy Announces 10 MW Hedley Pointe, TX Wind Farm

NACEL Energy Corporation, a wind power company in business to generate clean, renewable energy, today confirmed it has entered into two long term wind development rights agreements covering an aggregate of 636 acres in Donley County, Texas. Hedley Pointe is the Company’s fourth Texas wind energy project located in the Panhandle. At project build-out,... 

Offshore wind power to contribute to Europe’s economic recovery

The European Commission recognised offshore wind energy as a key technology in Europe’s attempt to stimulate the Union’s economies. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) considers that the €500mn in “smart investment” to specific offshore projects that the EC has earmarked is money well spent. All projects are in an advanced stage of... 

Goodrich Donates Icing Wind Tunnel to Iowa State University

Goodrich Corporation’s Sensors and Integrated Systems team in Burnsville, Minn. has donated an icing wind tunnel to Iowa State University. The tunnel will be the university’s first wind tunnel to be able to perform icing physics research and will be housed in Iowa State’s wind simulation and testing (WiST) laboratory. The WiST lab... 

Obama Administration Pushes Accelerator for Renewable Fuels

The inauguration of Barack Obama as the new President of the United States yesterday has combined with Canadian efforts to spark a North American explosion in the growth of renewable fuels, says Gordon Quaiattini, President of the Canadian Renewable Fuels Association (CRFA). “When President-elect Obama took the oath of office, a new North American... 

RMT Wraps Up Michigan Wind 1 Construction

RMT, Inc. (RMT), the leader in wind energy development, engineering, and construction, has completed construction of Michigan Wind 1, located near Ubly, Michigan. With a total capacity of 69 MW, Michigan Wind 1 is the largest commercial-scale wind farm in Michigan. The wind facility began commercial operation in mid-December, and will produce enough... 

RES Americas Announces Completion Of Hackberry Wind Project

Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas), a national leader in the development and construction of wind power projects, announced completion and commencement of commercial operations of its Hackberry Wind Project, a $350 million wind farm in Shackelford County, Texas. RES Americas is the developer, construction contractor, operator of the project,... 

Obama Stimulus Package to Include $25 Billion for Renewable Energy

Congressional leaders together with Barack Obama’s new Cabinet are planning a $25 Billion stimulus package in order to meet the President-elect’s goal of doubling renewable energy production in the next three years, according to a report in Sunday’s Washington Post. President-elect Obama’s Cabinet favors an $8.6 billion extension... 

Horizon Wind Energy Announces Commercial Operation of Three Wind Farms

Horizon Wind Energy, owned by EDP Renovaveis, the fourth largest wind energy producer in the world, fully commissioned over 500 megawatts (MW) in December of 2008. The 201 MW Meridian Way Wind Farm, located in north central Kansas in Cloud County, the 102.9 megawatt (MW) Rattlesnake Road Wind Farm located near the city of Arlington in Gilliam County,...