...... Less red tape, an optimised financing mechanism and talking to investors: these three steps are key to increasing wind power in Turkey, the country's Deputy Energy Minister Mercan said. Talking to EWEA at the 2013 Annual Event in Vienna this week, he said that slow administrative processes act as a "brake" but not a "block" on wind power investments. He also spoke in favour of a more ......

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...... market, but regulatory problems have led to a decline in new wind energy installations," Nicolas Wolff, FEE President, told journalists attending EWEA's 2013 Annual Event in Vienna. Wind power installations in 2012 were down 35% compared to 2011 installations, "far below what they should be," Wolff said, adding that in 2012 only 750 megawatts were built when the sector needs to be adding 1 ......

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...... billion U.S. dollars). Under the four-year agreement, Alstom will "operate and maintain in Brazil around 440 onshore wind turbines" that were expected to represent at least 1,200 MW new wind power generation capacity, the French group said. In a statement, Alstom said it would provide the Brazilian group with turbines over the next three years with the first ones projected in 2015. Alstom ......

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...... TuuliWatti Ltd also includes operation and maintenance (O&M) services for 10 years, extendable for another five year. The company is making progress in its expansion in northern Europe's wind power market, following its arrival in Sweden over a year ago. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has bolstered its presence in northern Europe by disembarking in a new market, Finland, ......

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...... Because of its many environmental benefits, the Cape Wind offshore wind power project in Nantucket Sound has won NRDC's and many other national, regional and local environmental groups' longstanding support. That project is cleared for take off and can create 420 megawatts of clean, renewable energy, jumpstarting the country's nascent offshore wind industry. But the Alliance to Protect ......

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...... The biggest wind farm in Turkey, Enerjisa Bares Wind Power Plant in Balikesir in the west of the country, has started producing electricity. The plant, built with a 135 million syndicated loan arranged by the EBRD, will increase Turkey's current wind power-generated electricity by about 8 per cent and help the country diversify away from expensive imported fossil fuels. "Last year when ......

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...... long-term vision of stability for the industry. Buoyed by a steady stream of positive industry news over the past several weeks, including new utility purchases of and solicitations for wind power, the industry appears set to add another generous helping of new generating capacity over the next two years to the 60,000 megawatts (MW) in place at the end of a record 2012. Customer enthusiasm ......

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...... Following the very late extension on January 1 of the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC), the U.S. wind power market appears headed for a sizable drop this year, followed by a solid recovery in 2014, according to panelists at the WINDPOWER 2013 Large Turbine Vendors Forum. The overarching theme of what the market needspolicy stabilityis nothing new, but the panelists' remarks ......

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...... Having reached the benchmark of being the number one source of new electric generating capacity last year, American wind power must develop a vision for predictable policies that create a stable business environment and allow the industry to grow to its full potential, industry leaders said today at the WINDPOWER 2013 Conference & Exhibition of the American Wind Energy Assocation (AWEA). ......

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...... The wind power project planned for northern Kenya has received a lifeline after the African Development Bank ( AfDB) approved a Sh12.5 billion ($149.5 million) loan. The Lake Turkana wind power project has been dogged by delays due to unavailability of funding, with the World Bank withdrawing its support late last year. In addition to the loan, AfDB will play an expanded role as lead ......

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