Iberdrola SA said it started building the 150 MW Calango wind power project in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Norte state.

Chile’s environmental evaluation service approved an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the $240 million, 106 MW Renaico wind farm.

Vestas has received an order from ContourGlobal for a total capacity of 114 MW for the Cupisnique and Talara wind power plants in Peru.

Global investment in clean energy totaled $56.6 billion in the third quarter of 2012, down 5 percent from the previous quarter and 20 percent lower than 3Q 2011.

Company Vientos de Electrotecnia's planned wind farms in Honduras will produce a combined 94.5 MW of capacity.

ContourGlobal, through its subsidiary, ContourGlobal Latam S.A., said Oct. 3 that it will construct two wind farms in Peru that it has acquired from Energia Eolica S.A.

A week after announcing 230 layoffs at its Little Rock, Ark. manufacturing plant, LM Wind Power has announced plans to open a new blade manufacturing facility in Brazil.

Brazil's power regulator Aneel has approved the startup of seven wind farms totaling 188 MW of capacity.

Alstom signed a letter of intent with the state of Rio Grande do Sul in southern Brazil to build a wind tower turbine production facility.

Alstom on Sept. 27 said it has signed two contracts totaling about €270 million ($348 million) with Queiroz Galvão, an infrastructure group in Brazil.

The Brazilian government said it will invest 269 billion reals ($132.2 billion) in the power generation and transmission sectors over the next 10 years.

Acciona is requesting a $90 million unsecured corporate loan from the Inter-Developmental Bank for projects in Chile, Costa Rica and Mexico.

Mainstream Renewable Power of Ireland signed a $78.4 million credit facility with Macquarie to finance wind and solar projects in four countries, including Chile and Canada.

E-CL has filed an environmental impact assessment (EIA) with the Chilean government’s evaluation service for a $165 million, 75 MW wind farm in northern region II.

Alstom Renewable Power has signed a letter of intent with Casa dos Ventos to provide 68 wind turbines for new projects in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil.

Gamesa signed a contract to deliver 258 MW of wind turbines to 10 wind farms in Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.

German project developer juwi opened an office in Costa Rica and will supervise construction of a 39.6 MW wind farm in Nicaragua.

GE said it has installed 300 wind turbines in Brazil, and is expected to install more than 600 additional turbines in the country.

Brazilian power holding company Grupo CEEE will invest 81 million reais ($40.1 million) in two wind power projects in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, giving the company a 10 percent stake in the projects.