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COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --Wind and Solar Jobs for Ohio, a coalition of businesses and organizations advocating for a more competitive environment for wind and solar projects in Ohio, today launched an intense three-week effort to push for passage of pending legislation before the summer recess to get Ohio back in the game for renewable power development. Renewable energy investment in Ohio's fledgling wind farm sector is being crippled by the state's out-of-date taxation model as...

FORT MADISON, Iowa, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Today, Siemens hosted the President of the United States, Barack Obama, for a tour and visit to its recently expanded 600,000 sq. ft. wind turbine blade facility at Fort Madison, Iowa. The President of the United States toured the facility - seeing a blade for a 2.3 MW wind turbine in the process of manufacturing. He then addressed an audience of 300 employees, visitors and local representatives highlighting the Fort Madison plant as...

ORLANDO, Fla., April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- E.ON has placed an order with Siemens Energy for the supply of 87 2.3-MW SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for the Papalote Creek II wind power plant in San Patricio County, Texas. With a total installed rated capacity of more than 200 megawatts (MW), the Papalote Creek II wind farm is expected to provide clean power to approximately 60,000 households. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070904/SIEMENSLOGO ) "With this new project, E.ON and Siemens...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Renewable Energy Systems Americas Inc. (RES Americas), a national leader in the development and construction of renewable energy projects, executed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo) on March 29, 2010. PSCo's agreement to purchase 252.2 megawatts (MW) of clean power from Cedar Point Wind is part of the 2009 All Source Solicitation for energy generators. Once constructed, Cedar Point Wind will...

SAN FRANCISCO, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced it has acquired the 283 megawatt (MW) Gulf Wind project (Gulf Wind) from Babcock & Brown. Gulf Wind includes 118 wind turbines and generates 283 MW of energy, the power equivalent to the annual energy usage of approximately 80,000 Texas homes. Gulf Wind is strategically located on the Gulf Coast in Kenedy County, Texas, where favorable wind conditions allow the project to maximize energy...

NEW YORK and WINDTHORST, Texas, March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- OwnEnergy, the leading development platform for Community Wind in the United States, and Horn Wind, a Dallas, TX regional developer, announced today that they have completed development of a 51MW wind power project in Texas. OwnEnergy and Horn Wind developed the project as a joint venture and have subsequently sold a majority stake in the project to a global renewable energy company. The Windthorst-1 project is strategically located...

SHENYANG, China, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- A-Power Energy Generation Systems, Ltd. (Nasdaq: APWR) ("A-Power" or "the Company"), a leading provider of distributed power generation ("DG") systems in China and a fast-growing manufacturer of wind turbines, today announced that its subsidiary, Shenyang Power Group ("SPG") has completed the establishment of a project company related to the development of a 600MW wind farm in Texas and has made an initial cash contribution of...

DETROIT, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind farm is utility's first under new state energy reform lawWind turbines to produce enough electricity to power 2,000 homesState's new energy industry spurs economic development opportunities Detroit Edison and Michigan-based Heritage Sustainable Energy have started commercial operation of a wind farm that will supply the utility's customers with enough electricity to power about 2,000 homes. The wind farm is the first constructed and operated in...

WORCESTER, Mass., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MMGW) announced today that a Pennsylvania based licensee, Electric City Wind Power Corp had executed a $5,800,000 agreement with John Gianacopoulos, principal of a leading architectural firm, who heads a consortium of wind power investors from the Scranton area. The parties had previously signed a letter of understanding, and Electric City Wind Power Corp announced on November...

NEW YORK, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue. Global Small Wind Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2013 http://www.reportlinker.com/p0164654/Global-Small-Wind-Market-Analysis-and-Forecasts-to-2013.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=prnewswire Description Global Small Wind Market Analysis and Forecasts to 2013 Summary This report gives an in-depth analysis of the global small wind energy...