Philips North America will use 100% renewable energy for its North American operations by the end of 2016 — a major step toward its 2020 carbon-neutrality ambitions announced last week at COP21. Working with EDP Renewables North America, Philips will purchase 250,000 MWh of electricity per year over the next 15 years from the Hidalgo…
U.S. winds show deviation from long-term average
During the second quarter of 2012, mean wind speeds across much of North America deviated substantially from the long term (1997 to 2011) average. In much of the Western United States and Canada, wind speeds were 5% to 15% higher than average, while across Nunavut, Southern Alaska, and portions of the Southern and Eastern United…
Cable manufacturer acquires similar North American operation
General Cable Corporation says it has completed the acquisition of the North American portion of Alcan Cable for $151 million, subject to customary adjustments primarily related to working capital levels at closing. The North American portion of Alcan Cable represents about 85 to 90% of overall revenues of Alcan Cable. As anticipated in the purchase…
Global offshore wind market could be 80 GW by 2020
A report gives an in-depth analysis of the global offshore wind power market, covering three major regions: North America (the US and Canada), Europe (the UK, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Spain and Finland) and Asia-Pacific (China and Japan). The report covers the offshore wind cumulative installed capacity, power generation from 2001 to 2020…
Q3 2010 wind performance maps for Europe and North America
Winds generally up in North America and down in Europe A renewable energy information service released wind performance maps for the third quarter of 2010 covering both Europe and North America. It is the first such map 3TIER has produced for Europe after strong interest in its analysis in North America. The maps reveal that…
Wind work around North America
Wind energy production is growing rapidly, having doubled in just the past three years. As of May 2009, eighty countries around the world use wind power on a commercial basis. Here are a few of the latest projects in North America. Shepard’s Flat, Oregon A wind farm is under construction in Oregon. Shepherd’s Flat, spanning…