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Alberta’s largest wind farm comes on stream
Renewable Energy Systems Canada Inc. has completed Halkirk Wind, the largest wind project completed to date in Alberta. The 150MW project, which cost $346 million, hosts 83 Vestas V90 turbines, owned...
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Samsung wind farm breaks ground in SW Ontario
Construction is getting underway on a wind power project that will provide 270 megawatts of electricity in Ontario. Samsung Renewable Energy, Inc. and Pattern Energy Group LP broke ground on the South...
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Siemens awarded largest ever contract for onshore wind turbines
The largest ever single order for onshore wind power has gone to Siemens AG. MidAmerican Energy Holdings of Iowa, owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Holdings, has ordered 448 wind turbines to be...
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Large Ontario wind power project gets go-ahead, now hiring
A large wind power project in southwestern Ontario, which had been delayed pending an environmental appeal, is now hiring workers to begin work on the project after the appeal was dismissed by the...
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Overheated bearings, gearboxes among causes of wind turbine fires
Wind turbines often catch fire and burn much more frequently than is reported, a study from the UK and Sweden maintains. Researchers at Imperial College London, Edinburgh University and SP Technical...
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New Samsung-Pattern wind farm underway with Siemens-built turbines
With financing secured, construction is now underway on the Armow Wind project in Kincardine, Ontario. The project is being developed by Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Pattern Energy Group. The wind...
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Wind projects going ahead in Quebec, public not necessarily on board
A number of new wind farm projects are going ahead in Quebec, and the provincial government there is working with the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) to develop a new energy policy for...
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First anti-icing wind turbine blades will power Quebec community
Senvion Canada announced today that it and partner LM Wind Power have begun production of what it calls the longest wind turbine blades in Canada. The blades, which are 55.8 metres long, will be used...
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World’s largest offshore wind turbines would mimic palm trees to withstand winds
The US Department of Energy is funding research that could lead to the building of the world’s largest offshore wind turbines. The turbine blades being developed are 200 metres long and would be...
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Wind to provide 20 per cent of world’s electricity by 2030: report
A new report on global wind energy says that wind could supply as much as 20 per cent of the world’s electricity by 2030. The Global Wind Energy Outlook 2016 claims that wind power could reach 2,110...
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