Wind

Iberdrola Engineering starts erecting its first wind turbines in the US

Monday, 28 November 2011 REM Iberdrola brands itself as the US’s second largest wind operator, already possessing over 5 GW of wind capacity across the country. Now its engineering subsidiary, Iberdrola Engineering and Construction, ...

South America

Bolivia turns to wind energy: a power source that Nicaragua reports dampens price hikes

Tuesday, 22 November 2011 Toby Price Bolivia is finally following in the footsteps of its South American neighbours and is preparing for its first wind turbines to start spinning in two years’ time. While initially small, only 2.3 MW, the ...

United States

New world record set for share of wind power in energy mix

Wednesday, 16 November 2011 Toby Price For seven consecutive years, the American Wind Energy Association has named Xcel Energy the nation’s No. 1 wind power provider. Now, the company is able to boast a new title: wind power generation world ...

Mexico

A further 400 MW puts wind in Oaxaca's sails

Monday, 07 November 2011 Toby Price The state of Oaxaca has unfurled its mainsail and is gliding to the top of mexico’s burgeoning wind industry. A further 400 MW are in the pipeline in the state, while one wind farm in the area, the Piedra ...

Latin America

Nestlé helping mexico to grow wind industry

Monday, 10 October 2011 Toby Price The world’s largest food and nutrition group, Nestlé, is to invest in wind power in an effort to meet 85 percent of its electricity requirements in mexico with wind energy. The Swiss multinational’s ...

Mexico

Acciona completes construction of 306 MW in wind power capacity

Wednesday, 28 September 2011 REM

Acciona Energy has completed construction of three wind farms in mexico with a combined capacity of 306 MW, thus consolidating its position as the largest owner of wind power assets in the country.

Wind association seeks to forge new partnership between financiers and regional firms

Monday, 19 September 2011 Dan McCue The Latin American Wind Energy Association is working with international financial institutions to help bolster support for home grown suppliers of wind energy technology in South and Central America. ...

Vestas on a roll in Latin America

Thursday, 15 September 2011 Dan McCue Danish wind turbine maker Vestas is on a roll in Latin America, winning a 40 MW order in Nicaragua while also beginning the construction of its fully-owned 100 MW wind project in Chile, which is poised ...

Vestas nets turbine orders from Puerto Rico, Brazil

Thursday, 14 July 2011 REM

Vestas Wind Systems A/S has received an order for a total of 23.4 MW consisting of 13 units of the V100-1.8 MW platform for the Punta Lima project which will be located in Puerto Rico.

United States

Study seeks middle ground between wind industry, rural communities

Saturday, 25 June 2011 Dan McCue A new report from the Acoustic Ecology Institute purports to strike a middle ground in the ongoing debate in the US between wind energy businesses seeking to grow and residents of rural communities in ...