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  • In California and several Northeastern states, utilities typically are paying roughly $80 per megawatt hour for long-term wind-power contracts—some 50% above the price in breezier Illinois.

    Wind Power Hits a Trough Jeffrey Ball 2011

  • Market turbulence and wariness among investors to commit capital as the year drew to an end, however, led to a few IPOs being pulled, among them the US$1.28 billion IPO of Huaneng Renewables Corp., the wind-power unit of China Huaneng Group.

    SBI Plans Hong Kong-Japan Share Offering Prudence Ho 2011

  • The bank continues to see value in solar and wind-power projects, despite the political scandal following the bankruptcy last fall of solar-panel maker and federal-loan recipient Solyndra Inc., and the bankruptcies of other solar companies including Evergreen Solar, said Darren Van't Hof, director of renewable energy investments.

    U.S. Bancorp Plans to Invest in Solar, Wind Projects Cassandra Sweet 2012

  • The U.S. wind-power market is widely expected to contract next year, if a federal tax credit for such projects expires, as scheduled, at the end of this year.

    U.S. Bancorp Plans to Invest in Solar, Wind Projects Cassandra Sweet 2012

  • Mr. Grybowski, the developer working on a New Jersey offshore-wind deal, said he was concerned the Interior Department would move forward with its leasing program before the state awarded its own offshore wind-power incentives.

    Administration Fast-Tracks Offshore Wind Farms Ryan Tracy 2012

  • In 2010, half of all new wind-power capacity was installed in China, it said.

    Wind Giant Vestas Cuts Back Flemming Emil Hansen 2012

  • The company focused on wind-power generation in India is listed on the London Stock Exchange.

    Indian Energy in Period of Exclusivity Peter Evans of Dow Jones Newswires 2011

  • In December, the U.S. accused China of subsidizing wind-power projects and breaking World Trade Organization rules, after the United Steelworkers union raised concerns over Chinese subsidies.

    U.S. Seals Energy Deals as Hu Arrives for Visit Bob Davis 2011

  • Instead, and to meet the state's requirements that utilities purchase 3.5% of their power from "green" sources, NSTAR has contracted with several far less expensive land-based wind-power providers.

    Nantucket's Wind Power Rip-off Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 2011

  • The bank has invested $680 million in solar and wind-power projects since 2008, with roughly half that amount invested in 2011.

    U.S. Bancorp Plans to Invest in Solar, Wind Projects Cassandra Sweet 2012

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