17 February '10
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Wind

A-Power Receives Chinese Regulatory Approval for Texas Wind Farm

A-Power Energy Generation Systems has received Chinese regulatory approval to proceed with a 600 megawatt, $1.5 billion wind farm in Texas and established a company with its partners to develop the project, according to the company.

A-Power, through its subsidiary Shenyang Power Group, also contributed $36.6 million to the the company, which is a joint venture with U.S. Renewable Energy Group Wind Partners I and Cielo Wind Power. The company has not received financing commitments for the project. Read More »

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5 November '09
3:47 PM EST
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Wind

Schumer: No Hearings (For Now) on Chinese-Backed Texas Wind Farm

Barely a week after it was announced, a $1.5 billion, Chinese-backed 600-megawatt Texas wind farm is in hot water.

In a letter released today, Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) urged Energy Secretary Steven Chu and the Obama administration to deny the wind project’s Chinese backers stimulus funds — they were seeking $450 million in government money – to finance a portion of the project.

Is Senator Schumer’s letter a first salvo on the way to hearings? A spokesman with the senator’s Washington office tells us that’s not likely. “We’re sending the letter for now in the hopes that the secretary would deny the funding,” he explains.

In his letter to Secretary Chu, Schumer writes (scroll below for a full copy of the letter):

The idea that stimulus funds would be used to create jobs overseas is quite troubling and, therefore, I urge you to reject any request for stimulus money unless the high-value components, including the wind turbines, are manufactured in the United States.

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