SNL Energy Analysis: Wind Industry Q3’10 Update
Commercial wind development has dropped sharply so far in 2010, according to SNL Energy data and the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA). Data from AWEA showed wind installations in the third quarter dropping to their lowest level of any quarter since early 2007. AWEA attributed this to continued weak demand in U.S. power markets, as well as continued lack of certainty surrounding U.S. energy policy.
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SNL Energy Analysis: Wind Industry Q3′10 Update
Siemens Gets 80-MW Order from RES, 100 MW from EWE
Siemens Energy has received an order for 43 of its 2.3-megawatt (MW) SWT-2.3-101 wind turbines for the Greenwich wind energy project near Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The order was place by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Canada Inc. Once completed, the wind farm will have an installed capacity of about 100 megawatts (MW). Siemens will begin installation of the 43 wind turbines in June 2011.
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Siemens Gets 80-MW Order from RES, 100 MW from EWE
Pattern Energy Signs 138-MW PP with Manitoba Hydro
Pattern Energy Group LP and Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board announced that the two companies have entered into a 27-year power purchase agreement for the sale of energy produced by St. Joseph Windfarm Inc., a 138-megawatt (MW) wind project currently under construction and located in the southern Manitoba community of St. Joseph.
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Pattern Energy Signs 138-MW PP with Manitoba Hydro