Oregon-based Element Power Americas is working toward a Phase II to the already operational site at the 50 MW Macho Springs Wind Energy Facility in Luna County, N.M.

NRG Systems, a provider of wind measurement products, has announced that it will reduce its workforce by 18 employees in response to ongoing uncertainty and volatility in the global wind energy industry.

Siemens has received an order for 50 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 115 MW for the El Arrayán wind power plant in Chile, approximately 400 kilometers north of Santiago.

Alterra Power Corp. said it has entered into an agreement to acquire a portfolio of wind development assets at four sites in coastal British Columbia from a group of sellers led by English Bay Energy Limited.

RMT Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor specializing in the design, engineering, and construction of wind and solar energy generating facilities, is adding 555 MW to its renewable energy practice in 2012.

Sempra U.S. Gas & Power and BP Wind Energy will jointly develop the 21 MW Auwahi Wind farm in Hawaii.

Elecnor received C$250 million ($246 million) in financing for the development of the 100 MW L'Erable wind farm currently being built in Quebec, Canada.

Wind energy developer Alliance Power Inc. has selected RMT Inc. (RMT) to design and construct the 67 MW Colorado Highlands Wind project in Logan County, Colo.

Texas posted a 13 percent increase in renewable energy generation, from 28 million MWh in 2010 to 31.7 million MWh in 2011, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

Western Wind Energy Corp. has executed a term sheet with Champlin/GEI Wind Holdings (CGEI Wind) to acquire the rights and title to a 4,000 MW wind energy development pipeline for $20 million.

A consortium including GE and Spanish energy services company Tamoin Energías Renovables signed the largest single GE wind turbine maintenance agreement in Europe with Iberdrola Renovables S.A. of Madrid.

Brazil-based CPFL Energia plans to spend 8.3 billion reais ($4.17 billion) on new power projects over the next five years.

Eolectric Inc. and Fiera Axium Infrastructure Inc. have announced the creation of an investment fund, Eolectric Club L.P., and completion of equity financing for the Vents du Kempt wind farm.

Sauer Energy Inc., a developer of the patented WindCharger vertical-axis wind turbine, purchased 100 percent of the assets of Helix Wind Corp., a manufacturer of small vertical axis wind turbine systems, on May 11.

Minerco Resources, Inc., a developer of renewable energy in Latin America, has released a business update for its Sayab Wind Project and Iscan Hydro-Electric Project in Honduras.

El Salvador could see the addition of 689 MW of renewable generating capacity through 2026 according to a renewables development master plan.

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has announced the completion of Phase 3 of its Solano Wind Project.

Argentina-based Impsa’s Brazilian subsidiary Wind Power Energia applied for a $65 million loan from the Inter-American Developmental Bank (IDB) to finance a 65 MW wind project in Uruguay.

GE will supply 38 wind turbines for four wind projects in construction in northern Poland.