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Company invites individual and institutional investors to log-on to view presentation NEW YORK, March 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Energias de Portugal, S.A., (NYSE Euronext Lisbon: EDP, OCQX: EDPFY) one of the largest utilities in Iberian Peninsula, today announced that their March 19th Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference presentation is now available for on-demand viewing. LINK: https://vts.inxpo.com/Launch/QReg.htm?ShowKey=10481 EDP's presentation will...

Company invites Main Street and Wall Street investors to attend interactive real-time virtual conference NEW YORK, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A., (NYSE Euronext Lisbon: EDP, OTCQX: EDPFY) one of the largest utilities in Iberian Peninsula, will present at Deutsche Bank Depositary Receipts Virtual Investor Conference, through Sonia Pimpao, IR Manager. DATE: March 19th, 2013 TIME: 6pm GMT/ 2pm NYT LINK:...

CHICAGO, Jan. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) North America announced today it has more than 2,700 megawatts (MW) of nameplate capacity in operation across its 18 wind farms located in 5 states. The company completed construction on three projects in Texas and Indiana in 2012, totaling approximately 500 MW: --Magic Valley Wind Farm, located approximately 5 miles east of Raymondville, Texas, and the first wind energy project in Willacy...

ABERDEEN, Scotland, Oct. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group has been awarded a £17 million management contract to fabricate, install, commission, operate and maintain two weather monitoring stations in one of the UK's largest offshore wind farm developments off the Norfolk and Suffolk coast. The project will be delivered by the Wood Group Kenny business unit, including leading renewable energy consultancy SgurrEnergy. The masts will collect vital wind data that will be used to...

DUBLIN, Oct. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Irish renewable energy development and energy storage Group, Gaelectric has today (Thursday) announced that it has secured planning approval for a further two on-shore wind energy projects in Northern Ireland located at Smulgedon, north east of Dungiven in Co. Derry, and at Monnaboy on Loughtermore Mountain, also in Co. Derry. Both projects total to an additional 25 MW of consented wind power and bring Gaelectric's on shore portfolio with...

Have we just witnessed Britain simply not wake up early enough to take the lead on offshore wind construction? Or is Germany just making proactive strides to get the edge on those late Brits? LONDON (PRWEB) August 03, 2012 More than 20 offshore wind parks have been approved in the North Sea and three more in the Baltic, all outside the 12 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). Inside the EEZ, four wind parks have been approved in the North Sea and two in the Baltic. In total, there...

Roughly 90% of global offshore wind capacity comes from Europe, with the UK, Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany at the forefront. London (PRWEB) July 20, 2012 Developments progressed slower in 2011 than in 2010 with only 788.1 MW of additional offshore wind capacity installed as opposed to 1139.9 MW in 2010, leading to a total capacity of 3820.1 MW, as reported by Wind Energy Update. The projects, as reported by Wind Energy Update, which are adding to this include the Walney I, Walney...

LONDON, April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- S&C Electric Europe Ltd has won the multi-million pound contract to supply reactive compensation to EDF Energy Renewables' Fallago Rig wind farm, one of the UK's largest onshore wind farms. The site in the Scottish borders will consist of 48 turbines providing 144MW of renewable electricity, which can power around 90,000 homes and will form a major step forward in meeting the Government's renewable energy targets. S&C will provide all...

Two extensive, parallel studies were released this week on the impact and advantageous planning of offshore wind power facilities on the Northeast United States coast. Wind is consistent in near-shore environments, driven by frequent shifts in temperatures between land and water. Offshore wind farms could play a large role in meeting future power needs without adding to pollution issues inherent to fossil fuel and nuclear power plants. The Northeast Coast in particular has a combination...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wind energy is the most mature technology among all renewable energy solutions. Finding appropriate sites for developing onshore wind farms might, however, soon pose a challenge due to dense urbanization (especially in western Europe) and concerns about the negative visual impact that wind farms could have on the surrounding environment. This is creating a promising window of opportunity for the offshore wind power industry....