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Ontario breaks wind generation record in 2011

01/11/2012

A record 444 MW of wind energy was produced in Ontario in 2011 - up substantially from the 319 MW produced in 2010, according to data from the Independent Electricity System Operator.

AWS Truepower, Duke Energy to partner on Carolinas offshore wind study

01/11/2012

AWS Truepower LLC, will collaborate on the Carolinas Offshore Wind Integration Case Study with Duke Energy, ABB Inc, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC).

BP Wind, Sempra to develop two wind farms

01/10/2012

BP Wind Energy and Sempra U.S. Gas & Power will jointly develop the Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania and the Flat Ridge 2 Wind Farm in Kansas with a combined $1 billion investment.

Financing locked in for wind power project in Kansas

01/10/2012

CPV Renewable Energy Co. on Jan. 10 said it closed financing for the construction of its 165.6 MW Cimarron Wind Energy Project in Kansas.

MidAmerican reveals Iowa wind energy plans

01/06/2012

MidAmerican Energy Co. said it plans to build 176 wind turbines with a generating capacity of 407.1 MW in five Iowa counties by the end of 2012.

Exelon completes wind energy project in Michigan

01/06/2012

Exelon Wind, a unit of Exelon Corp, completed the 90 MW capacity Michigan Wind 2 Project.

ABB to provide equipment to help integrate wind energy to the grid

01/05/2012

ABB won a $50 million order from Electric Transmission Texas LLC (ETT) to provide electrical equipment that will improve reliability, strengthen the existing transmission grid and facilitate the integration ofwind power.

Wind power farm to be built in Kansas

01/04/2012

EnXco, an EDF Energies Nouvelles Co., and Kansas City Power & Light (KCP&L) have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 100.8 MW wind energy facility to be built in Ford County, Kan.

Ontario wind farm completed

01/04/2012

Mortenson Construction completed construction on the 165.6 MW capacity Comber Wind Farm in Ontario.

To the Editor:

01/01/2012

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has connected so much new wind generation to its transmission system so fast that the BPA grid now holds more wind capacity than all but three states.

Report analyzes wind turbine prices since 2002

12/29/2011

Wind turbine prices in the U.S. have fallen by nearly one-third on average since 2008, according to a new report from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

200 MW Kansas wind farm begins operations

12/28/2011

Enel Green Power North America Inc has announced that its Caney River wind farm, located in Caney River, Kan., has entered operation.

NRG Bluewater Wind terminates offshore PPA

12/28/2011

NRG Bluewater Wind has terminated its power purchase agreement with Delmarva Power & Light for a 200 MW offshore wind project off the coast of Delaware.

Wind power project to be supplied with A123 battery system

12/22/2011

A123 Systems said it will supply an 11 MW grid battery system (GBS) to Sempra Generation for the 21 MW Auwahi Wind project in Hawaii.

EverPower to acquire 30 MW Pennsylvania wind farm

12/20/2011

EverPower Wind Holdings Inc., a unit of Terra Firma, and OwnEnergy closed a transaction where EverPower will acquire and construct the 30 MW Patton Wind Farm LLC. across three counties in Pennsylvania.

Wind power project enters commercial operation

12/20/2011

We Energies' 162 MW Glacier Hills Wind Park in Wisconsin was placed into commercial service Dec. 20.

enXco signs O&M agreement with Ridgeline Energy

12/20/2011

EnXco Service Corp. has signed a multi-year operations and maintenance agreement with Ridgeline Energy, LLC to provide operations and maintenance services for the 79.86 MW Rockland Wind Farm.

First Wind secures $210mn for wind power project

12/19/2011

First Wind said it has obtained $210 million in financing for the company’s subsidiary, Palouse Wind LLC, the owner of the 105 MW Palouse Wind project in Washington.

Wind power project approved in Hawaii

12/19/2011

The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission on Dec. 14 approved an agreement between First Wind and Hawaiian Electric Co. for the utility to purchase renewable energy produced by the proposed 69 MW Kawailoa Wind project on Oahu’s North Shore.

POWER-GEN International News in Brief

12/13/2011

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