Wind Power in the News Tuesday February 9th 2010




Wind Power Producer Huaneng Said to Plan I.P.O.
(New York Times: Mon, 08 Feb) China Huaneng Group, the country's largest power producer, plans to take its wind power unit public in a Hong Kong share sale this year worth at least $1 billion, four people familiar with the plan told Bloomberg News.


The Hindu Business Line : China breezes through to the top of wind power list
(The Hindu: Mon, 08 Feb) China powered ahead yet again, adding 13,000 MW of wind power capacity in 2009, accounting for a little over a third of the 37,466 MW added during the year.


Huaneng Group wind power unit in $1 bln HK IPO -sources
(Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News: Mon, 08 Feb) HONG KONG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - China Huaneng Group Corp, the country's largest power producer, plans to float shares of its wind power unit, aiming to raise $1 billion from a Hong Kong initial public offering this year, sources close to the deal said.


Alberta Mac's C-stores Use Wind Power
(Convenience Store News: Mon, 08 Feb) February 07, 2010 - CALGARY, Alberta -- Some of Alimentation Couche-Tard 's convenience stores are going green, as 68 Mac's Convenience Store locations in the province are now "bullfrogpowered" -- utilizing 100 percent locally produced wind power through Bullfrog Power, a Canadian green electricity provider.



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Asia's First Professional Offshore Wind Power Market Event Receives Great Attention
(PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance: Mon, 08 Feb) The Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association , Global Wind Energy Council and Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the Shanghai branch of the China International Trade Promotion Committee, once again join forces to build Asia's first professional platform focused on the offshore wind power market -- the "Offshore wind China 2010" -- which will be held from June 7-9 ...


Wind power capacity grows at record pace, but industry jobs actually fall
(Louisville Courier-Journal: Sat, 06 Feb) America's wind-energy industry enjoyed a banner year in 2009, thanks largely to tax credits and other incentives packed into the $787 billion economic stimulus bill. But few jobs were created overall and wind-power manufacturing employment fell.


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