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- Siemens buys stake in renewable energy firm
- German engineering firm Siemens is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire a 25% stake in BGZ Beteiligungsgesellschaft. The firm finances, develops and operates biomass, wind and solar energy plants, and had revenues of USD71m in 2008. Through its wind energy subsidiary, WKN Windkraft Nord, BGZ has installed 730MW of...
- Articles 2009-06-02
- AXA buys Babcock’s French wind assets
- AXA Private Equity is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire the French wind energy assets of Australian investment firm Babcock & Brown. The business comprises 15 wind farms with a combined capacity of 163MW. The deal includes the acquisition of Kallista Energies Renouvelables and Kallista France which will be...
- Articles 2009-08-03
- BarCap invests in American Wind Capital
- Connecticut-based American Wind Capital AWC has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Natural Resource Investments, a unit of Barclays Capital, and NGP Energy Technology Partners, the private equity firm. AWC pays property owners a lump sum to acquire long-term wind energy leases. It then collects all royalty payments...
- Articles 2009-09-13
- GE and Plutonic to buy Canadian wind farm
- General Electric unit, GE Energy Financial Services and Plutonic Power plan to pay an undisclosed sum to acquire a British Columbia wind farm project from EarthFirst Canada. The pair have completed due diligence and plan to own and operate the Dokie Ridge project, which will have a first phase...
- Articles 2009-09-28
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- London Array wind farm to go ahead
- Denmark-based DONG Energy, E.ON UK and Abu Dhabi’s Masdar will go ahead with plans to develop London Array offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary, England. The trio will invest EUR2.2bn (USD3bn) in the first phase of the project, which is scheduled for completion in 2012. When complete, the...
- Articles 2009-05-12
- Centrica plans offshore wind project
- UK utility Centrica has received final approval to develop a 270MW wind farm off the coast of Skegness, Lincolnshire. The project is expected to cost GBP725m (USD1.2bn) and will comprise 75 wind turbines supplied by Siemens Energy. Construction will begin next year and is schedule for completion in 2012....
- Articles 2009-10-28
- GE signs wind turbine maintenance deal with E.ON
- General Electric GE will provide operations and maintenance services for E.ON Climate & Renewables’ GE wind turbines under a seven-year contract. E.ON has 529 GE Energy turbines installed in the US, all of which are covered by the deal. GE will monitor the turbines’ performance remotely from its New...
- Articles 2009-11-16
- Southwest raises USD10m for micro-wind turbines
- Arizona-based Southwest Windpower has raised USD10m in funding from GE Energy Financial Services and existing investors Altira, Rockport Capital Partners, NGP Energy Technology Partners and CTTV Investments. The company manufactures small-scale wind turbines with capacities of up to 3kW. Southwest plans to use the funding to develop new...
- Articles 2009-04-07
- Union Shakedowns Face Renewable Energy Companies
- "It's not a warm fuzzy thing they're doing," says a Sierra Club spokesman of union labor tactics against renewable energy companies. "It's a very self-interested thing." But the question, never quite asked by Todd Woody in an article about unions in the New York Times, is whether it's acceptable for...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Vestas and Boeing team up on R&D
- Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas and Washington-based Boeing plan to collaborate on research projects that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, pollution and waste. The pair share expertise in a number of areas, such as aerodynamics and materials science, and have identified a number of potential projects which include...
- Articles 2009-03-13
- Moog buys renewable energy firm LTi REEnergy
- New York-based Moog is paying EUR21.5m (USD29.6m) to acquire the remaining 60% stake of German renewable energy firm LTi REEnergy. The deal comprises EUR12m (USD16.5m) in cash and a EUR9.5m (USD13.2m) convertible note payable in February of next year. LTi operates in the wind, solar and biomass sectors producing...
- Articles 2009-06-15
- Energy Roundup: Rejected Climate Goals, SolFocus and Control4 Investments and More
- Poor nations refuse emission cut goals -- Nations led by China and India refused at the G8 nations' meeting to commit to goals for limiting greenhouse gas emissions, instead opting for the vague goal of making "meaningful" contributions. Others at the meeting were reaching for a commitment to keep temperature...
- Blog posts 2009-07-09
- Energy Roundup: Rocky Iraq Oil Auction, BG Jumps Into U.S. Shale, Top 10 Green Cities, and More
- BP, CNPC scores only contract in Iraq oil auction -- Foreign companies bidding on Iraq oil contracts have shied away from the narrow terms and low price the government is willing to pay for their services. Only one of the eight contracts has been secured. BP and China's CNPC beat out...
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Editorial | The Lightning Round
- They call the wind pariah An ill wind has blown a bad idea from Alaska to Cape Cod. Alaska Republicans Rep. Don Young and Sen. Ted Stevens inserted an amendment in a Coast Guard financing bill to derail a proposed 130-turbine wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts....
- Research articles 2006-04-27
- Bilfinger-Aarsleff to build offshore wind farm foundations
- German construction firm Bilfinger Berger and joint venture partner Aarsleff have received a EUR400m (USD599m) contract to construct the foundations for the London Array offshore wind farm. The project will be developed by DONG Energy, E.ON and Masdar and be located 20km off the coast of Kent. The wind farm will comprise 341 turbines and is projected to...
- Articles 2009-11-10
- OPT and Lockheed aim for utility-scale wave power
- New Jersey-based Ocean Power Technologies OPT has signed an engineering services deal with Lockheed Martin to adapt OPT’s wave energy systems for utility-scale power projects. Lockheed is providing expertise in systems integration, lean manufacturing, and test and optimisation analysis. The partnership builds on a deal signed in January to...
- Articles 2009-10-13
- GE Energy buys ScanWind for USD18m
- General Electric subsidiary GE Energy is paying SEK130m (USD18.1m) to acquire ScanWind from Morphic Technologies and Nord Trondelag Elektrisitetsverk. The deal is expected to close early next month. Based in Norway, ScanWind manufactures 3.5MW-capacity offshore wind turbines. Of the purchase...
- Articles 2009-08-12
- Market structure no longer fits the bill
- Just as he has done in the financial services industry, Lord Turner is challenging free-market orthodoxy as it applies to energy policy. Britain has one of the most liberalised energy markets in the world, with no controls on wholesale or retail prices, and a large number of competing suppliers. Lord...
- News items 2009-10-11
- Largest U.S. Biomass Plant to be Built Near Austin, Texas
- The largest ever U.S. biomass power plant (100 megawatts) is to be built near Austin, Texas. Austin's city council approved a 20-year, $2.3 billion plan to purchase power from a proposed plant fueled entirely by wood waste and to be built and managed by Nacogdoches Power, LLC. The plant will...
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Anadarko Royalties Case Spurs Oil Taxes Debate
- No one really expected the federal government to just roll over and take a recent ruling that could prevent it from collecting billions in royalties on oil and natural gas leases, right? So it should be no surprise the Obama administration asked Monday for an "en banc" review -- that...
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
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