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		<title>MPX and E.ON in strategic partnership for energy projects in Brazil and Chile</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2012/01/16/mpx-and-e-on-in-strategic-partnership-for-energy-projects-in-brazil-and-chile.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:09:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MPX (Brazil) and E.ON have entered into an agreement to form an equally owned joint venture for energy development and supply and trade activities in Brazil and Chile. The new partnership will aim to develop 20 GW of new power generating capacity in the two South American countries. This figure represents about 20% of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EGP building 99 MW wind farm in Chile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enel Green Power (EGP) has been awarded a concession for the construction of a 99 MW wind project in the Antofagasta region, Chile. The concession has been awarded by the Ministry of Energy and National Assets, after a recent tender. The location of the new project is on public land in the Taltal district. A [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EDP Renováveis awarded PPAs for 120 MW of wind generated electricity</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/12/27/edp-renovaveis-awarded-ppas-for-120-mw-of-wind-generated-electricity.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[EDP Renováveis&#039; subsidiary in Brazil, EDP Renováveis Brasil, has been awarded four 20-year power purchase agreements at the A-5 auction about a week ago. The PPAs are for a total of 120 MW of electrical power generated at four wind farms, which are to be developed in Rio Grande do Norte, a state in Brazil. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alstom&#039;s new wind facility in Brazil opened</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/12/02/alstoms-new-wind-facility-in-brazil-opened.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:46:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alstom has opened its new wind turbine manufacturing facility in Brazil, in the industrial complex of Camaçari, Bahia. The output capacity of the new facility will be 300 MW annually. This facility is also Alstom&#039;s first of this kind in Latin America, representing an investment of about EUR 20 million. Alstom is very strong in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alstom investing in Global Hydro Technology Center in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/11/30/alstom-investing-in-global-hydro-technology-center-in-brazil.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alstom is establishing the Global Hydro Technology Center in Brazil. The center will be located in Taubaté, where Alstom has its largest factory for hydro products in the world. The facility manufactures electromechanical equipment for all hydro projects in Brazil, but also exports to other countries. The Global Hydro Technology Center will focus on Kaplan [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pattern Energy signs PPA for wind farm project in Chile</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/11/30/pattern-energy-signs-ppa-for-wind-farm-project-in-chile.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pattern Energy has signed a 20-year PPA for the El Arrayan wind project, to be built on the coast of Chile. The PPA was signed with Minera Los Pelambres, a local mining company. This agreement puts the project an important step closer to its completion, and commercial operation. El Arrayan wind farm will have 115 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ormat awarded five concessions for geothermal development in Chile</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/10/27/ormat-awarded-five-concessions-for-geothermal-development-in-chile.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Chilean Ministry of Energy has recently released the results of a tender for awarding 20 geothermal development concessions. Five of these concessions have been awarded to Ormat Technologies. The awarded concession areas are Aroma, Quinohuen, Marimar, San Jose II and Sollipulli. According to studies, Chile has a vast amount of untapped geothermal potential, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama to issue tender for first wind farm soon</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/10/27/panama-to-issue-tender-for-first-wind-farm-soon.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 08:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panama&#039;s Secretary of Energy, Juan Manual Urriola, recently announced the country is soon going to reach two major renewable energy milestones &#8211; a solar project that will be completed in mid-2012, and a tender for the first wind farm project in Panama to be issued on November 8, 2011. The announcement was made during the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alstom and partners awarded EPC contracts for two HPP projects in South America</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/09/27/alstom-and-partners-awarded-epc-contracts-for-two-hpp-projects-in-south-america.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vladimir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A consortium of companies made up of Alstom, CESBE and Areva Koblitz, has been awarded the EPC contract by Consorcio Amapa Energia, for the 373.4 MW Santo Antonio do Jari hydroelectric plant which is to be built on the Jari River in Amazon region of Brazil. The power plant is to be commissioned in late [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Panama&#039;s ETESA announces tender for wind power</title>
		<link>http://www.renewbl.com/2011/09/27/panamas-etesa-announces-tender-for-wind-power.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 13:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Panama&#039;s national power utility, Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A. (ETESA), has issued a tender calling for proposals for wind power generation. The proposals are to be based on an equivalent energy amount, for a 14 year period, from 2014-2028. The bidding has been divided into several parts as follows: January &#8211; 61.63 GWh / 119MW [...]]]></description>
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