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Ontario's Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) will introduce a new dispatch tool for all grid-connected wind resources. The ability to dispatch wind, scheduled to take effect September 11, 2013, comes at a pivotal point in Ontario's transition to a more sustainable fuel mix. By February 2015, an expected 7,400MW of wind and solar power will be connected across the distribution and transmission networks.
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SunZia Transmission, LLC has announced the signing of a Letter of Intent (LOI) with First Wind Energy, LLC, as an anchor tenant in the SunZia Southwest Transmission Project for a reservation of up to 1,500MW of transmission capacity from one of its wind energy projects in development in New Mexico.
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Power Climber Wind will be providing 220 IBEX 1000P climb assist systems to a renewable energy company for three wind plants in New York – the Altona, Chateaugay and Wethersfield projects. The IBEX 1000P systems will be installed on 65 turbines at Altona, 71 turbines at Chateaugay and 84 turbines at Wethersfield later this year.
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E.ON inaugurated a power-to-gas (P2G) unit in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany. The unit uses wind power to run electrolysis equipment that transforms water into hydrogen which is injected into the regional gas transmission system.
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Following submission on 30th July 2013, the Planning Inspectorate has notified SMart Wind that the application for Hornsea Project One offshore wind farm has been formally accepted for examination.
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Dominion Virginia Power, a subsidiary of Dominion, bid US$ 1.6 million to win the lease for 112,800 acres of federal land off the coast of Virginia to develop an offshore wind turbine farm capable of generating up to 2,000MW of electricity.
- Denmark’s largest offshore wind power plant is inaugurated
- GE expands Brazil production facility and installs 500th turbine
- VTT lands offshore wind energy contract
- Fred. Olsen Renewables’ Rothes II Wind Farm operational
- Vestas receives order for 52MW in Turkey
- RWE receives permits for Innogy Nordsee offshore wind farm 2 & 3
- WWP sells 75% stake in four wind projects to Renewable Energy Developers
- Siemens to supply direct-drive wind turbines to France
- GL Garrad Hassan commissioned for FINO Wind research project
- Reichhold granted research funds for project within wind energy
- Siemens successfully installs first North Sea platform
- Huisman awarded with contract for Leg Encircling Crane
- Cooperation contract for offshore wind projects in the Baltic Sea signed
- Vestas to supply 400MW for US projects
- Ameren's transmission project approved by Illinois Commerce Commission
- Pattern Energy begins construction of Panhandle Wind Project in Texas
- Siemens receives 267MW wind order in the USA
- Further call-off under Finnish framework agreement with Nordex
- UL selected as testing center by the Korean MTIE
- Vestas receives order for Ukraine
- Siemens signs chartering agreement for two new offshore wind service operation vessels
- Natural Power provide Lenders Technical Due Diligence Services for French wind farms
- Vestas has received a 50MW order for China
- Vestas receives order under EGP’s global supply agreement
- Dong Energy sells Norwegian onshore wind asset
- Paldiski onshore wind farm officially opened in Estonia
- TPI to manufacture rotor blades for Nordex
- Starwood Energy Acquires Stephens Ranch Wind Project in Texas
- The IKEA Group has plans to invest GBP 1.5 billion in renewable energy up to 2015
- Turkey’s GAMA Enerji invests in GE wind turbines
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