Danes Hail Lidar Breakthrough in Wind

The world’s largest independent rotor blade manufacturer, LM Glasfiber of Denmark, and two Danish partners are developing a laser-based wind sensing system integrated into a wind turbine’s blades and spinner. They have claimed success for the system in predicting wind direction, gusts and turbulence. See... Read More

Boralex Gets CAN $190M for 90-MW of Wind

Manulife Financial announced the completion of a CAN $194.5 million financing with Boralex Inc. for the construction and long term operation of a portfolio of nine 10 megawatt (MW) wind farms in southwest Ontario, Canada. Manulife formed and led a syndicate of Canadian life insurance companies to provide... Read More

Financing Closes on Moray Wind Farm

RES has confirmed that it has reached a financing deal for its Hill of Towie Wind Farm, in Moray, Scotland. The arrangement with Lloyds Banking Group and BNP Paribas for construction of the wind farm is the first large scale project to benefit from the EIB Intermediated UK Onshore Wind Scheme. Here... Read More

Suniva & Clipper Wind Get Ex-Im Bank Awards

Suniva Inc. this week received the 2010 Green Transaction of the Year award from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) at the Bank’s annual conference in Washington D.C. Suniva used a US $2 million Ex-Im Bank short-term multi-buyer insurance policy to offer a $500,000 credit... Read More

AMSC Gets US $10M Wind Component Order

American Superconductor Corporation has received an additional follow-on order for US $10 million worth of wind turbine core electrical components from China’s CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute Co. Ltd. (CSR-ZELRI). See original here:  AMSC Gets US $10M Wind Component Order  Read More →

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