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Swedish power giant Vattenfall has taken another step into the UK renewable energy market with a £126.6 million acquisition of the wind energy developer AMEC Wind Energy Ltd.

The world still needs to develop new forms of energy despite the global financial crisis and wind power firms are unlikely to merge in reaction to the crunch, Vestas Wind Systems chief executive Ditlev Engel said.

It will be a few months before the electricity flows on to the grid, but British Columbia can finally point to a wind power turbine as part of its green energy revolution.

E.On has received permission to build a EUR 400 million power plant in the Gönyű on the Danube after a series of delays.

Germany successfully persuaded its EU partners Friday to make the bloc’s gas and electricity distribution networks more open to foreign investment.

The Government of Abu Dhabi has stepped in to help to fund the world’s biggest offshore wind farm in the Thames Estuary after the withdrawal of Royal Dutch Shell from the project.

Vestas has received an order for delivery of 116 V52-850kW wind turbines for Suniteyou Wind Farm III and IV, Xilinguole City, Inner Mongolia Province, China. The order was received from China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power.

IBERDROLA RENOVABLES has begun opening seven wind farms in France, which amount to a total of 59.5 megawatts (MW) of power.

Britain was today declared a world leader in wind power generation, as the Government announced a major programme to cut the cost of off-shore wind farms.

An attitude adjustment by Canadian governments could lead to $132 billion in new wind energy investment by 2025, says a new report from the Canadian Wind Energy Association.