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WORCESTER, Mass., Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mass Megawatts Wind Power, Inc. (OTC: MMMW) reports a net loss of $64,345 or less than one cent per share in the second quarter ending October 31, 2011. In the same three month period last year, Mass Megawatts reported a net loss of one cent per share or $124,102. Earlier this week, Mass Megawatts started the production of its wind power units in a manufacturing facility located on Highway 8 in Morrison, Colorado. The new facility is...
As the percentage of wind energy contributing to the power grid continues to increase, the variable nature of wind can make it difficult to keep the generation and the load balanced. But recent work by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in conjunction with AWS Truepower, may help this balance through a project that alerts control room operators of wind conditions and energy forecasts so they can make well-informed scheduling decisions. This is especially important during extreme...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced its intention to abandon development of its Yolo County wind project due to the potential for impact on sensitive local bird species, including golden eagles and bald eagles. The 100 megawatt (MW) Yolo County project, located near Sacramento, was in mid-stage development and had not yet entered construction. "This would have been a strong source of wind power for California, which needs...
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Since July 2011, Siemens Energy has been awarded six new wind turbine orders for a total of 293 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 673 megawatts (MW). Four projects are in the U.S., one in Canada, and one in the Caribbean in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico. Five of the orders were awarded during the period from July through September 2011 (FY11), with the Puerto Rico project (101 MW) order secured in October 2011 in the new...
ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- As Siemens Energy's wind power business continues its focus on regionalization and providing increased efficiency to its customers, the company today announced it has opened a new wind power distribution facility in Wichita, Kansas. The 73,000-square-foot warehouse, with seven acres of outside storage, will provide procurement, kitting, storage, refurbishment and distribution for the tooling needed to erect and install wind turbines...
DALLAS, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Thomas M. Carbone has been appointed president of Tri Global Energy, a renewable energy project developer and operator with fifteen utility-scale wind farms under development in the Southwest. Carbone will also serve on Tri Global Energy's board of directors. According to CEO and board chair John Billingsley, "Tom is an energy industry veteran who brings substantial financial, operational and leadership experience to our firm. Tom will help us move...
BUTTE, Mont., Sept. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE), and OwnEnergy, Inc., a developer of Community Wind projects, today announced that they have signed a 25-year Qualifying Facility Agreement, for the 9.7 megawatt Two Dot Wind Farm. The project is located in Wheatland County, near the town of Two Dot, about 90 miles NW of Billings. OwnEnergy will sell the electricity from the Community Wind farm to NorthWestern Energy under the terms and conditions set forth by the...
DES MOINES, Iowa, Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Siemens Energy, Inc., Mortenson Construction, and MidAmerican Energy Company recently completed the expansion of MidAmerican Energy's wind project near Pomeroy, Iowa. Thirteen Siemens wind turbines were erected at the site, creating an additional 29.9 megawatts of generation capacity. The 13 units are the first of 258 wind turbines Siemens is providing and Mortenson Construction is erecting at three MidAmerican Energy wind projects in Iowa...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pattern Energy Group LP (Pattern) today announced that it has completed the financing of Spring Valley Wind, the first wind energy project in the state of Nevada. The financing is a secured construction loan that converts into an 18-year term loan. The lenders are Siemens Financial Services, Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Union Bank, N.A. "The successful financing of Nevada's first wind power project is an historic event...
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK) announced plans today to build a large-scale wind farm in Willacy County, Texas, and sell the electricity it generates to San Antonio-based CPS Energy, the nation's largest municipally owned energy utility. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040414/DUKEENERGYLOGO ) Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, will build, own and operate the 200-megawatt (MW) Los Vientos I Windpower Project in...
