Nicaragua
44-MW Eolo wind project near Managua acquired
Thursday, 26 April 2012 REM Globeleq has further established itself as a leading renewable energy company in the Central American region, after it purchased 100% of the interest in Eolo de Nicaragua S.A which has been developing...
Scotland
Scottish commitment to renewables starts paying dividends
Wednesday, 28 March 2012 Toby PriceScotland clean energy drive has been given a massive boost after it was chosen as the site of a new multi-million pound offshore wind base by the Spanish wind turbine manufacturer, Gamesa.
Latest renewables news hot off the press - 23/03/2012
Friday, 23 March 2012 REM • Eurus Energy Considering 40-Megawatt Solar Project in Japan Bloomberg • Leith chosen for wind turbine factory by Gamesa BBC News • U.S. Army to Invest $7 Billion in Renewable-Energy Projects...
Gamesa enters distributed and community wind market in the US
Tuesday, 20 March 2012 REMGamesa is entering the distributed and community wind energy market through an agreement that makes Harvest the Wind Network a primary distributor of Gamesa's family of G5X-850 kW turbines.
Gamesa sells four US wind projects to Canadian utility
Friday, 09 March 2012 REMSpanish wind energy giant Gamesa has sold four wind farms currently under construction in the US to a Canadian utility for $900 million.
Top stories in March 2011
A mixed bag March this time last year
Friday, 02 March 2012 Toby Price While the Japanese earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident overshadowed all other news during March, our most read stories this time last year didn’t actually focus on events unfolding there. This,...
Honduras
Globeleq opens Central America's largest wind farm
Friday, 24 February 2012 REMGlobeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, has officially inaugurated Honduras’ first wind farm and the largest in the Central American region.
United Kingdom
World’s largest offshore wind farm opens
Friday, 10 February 2012 REM Walney (UK) Offshore Windfarms Ltd opened the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria (UK) this week. The £1 billion Walney wind farm, which is a ...
Honduras
Largest wind farm in Central America switched on
Friday, 10 February 2012 REM Iberdrola Engineering, in a consortium with Gamesa, has started up the Cerro de Hula wind farm in Honduras, the largest in Central America. This new facility has a capacity of 102 MW and its official ...
Europe
Nearly a quarter of all new power capacity was in wind sector in 2011
Monday, 06 February 2012 Toby Price In 2011, 9,616 MW of wind energy capacity was installed in the EU, making a total of 93,957 MW - enough to supply 6.3% of the EU's electricity, according to figures published today by the European Win...