Pattern Energy Group LP acquired the 283 MW Gulf Wind project Gulf Wind from Babcock & Brown. Gulf Wind includes 118 wind turbines and is on the Gulf Coast in Kenedy County, Texas.

Offshore wind farm subsidies underwritten by British electricity bill payers will be paid to generators even if the electricity is transmitted outside the UK via a North Sea 'supergrid', the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has confirmed.

Manulife Financial completed a C$194.5 million (US$190.77 million) financing with Boralex Inc. to build and operate nine 10 MW wind farms in southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Three companies are making plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing plant in Nevada.

The Department of Energy, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, offered First Wind a conditional loan guarantee for $117 million to finance the construction of a 30 MW wind farm in Hawaii that will also have on-site storage.

Enel, the Italian electricity group, has outlined plans for a EUR13bn ($17.7bn) flotation of its renewable energy business, Enel Green Power (EGP).

The UK government will publish a document on 24 March outlining a move towards the introduction of a "Low Carbon Obligation" that would force power suppliers to buy a percentage of their power from nuclear and coal plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS).

The Financial Times has reported leaks in the French press suggesting Paris is mulling a 'gentle reorganisation' of its nuclear industry to give it a better chance to compete in international markets.

A draft policy calling for power plants to recycle and reuse cooling water through closed cycle cooling technology could affect six New York State nuclear reactors and may require $2 billion in investment. Similar rules affect power generators in California and New Jersey.

FPL Group Inc. proposed changing its name to NextEra Energy Inc. Shareholders will vote on the name change at the company’s annual meeting on May 21.