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There are many voices on sustainability—so many, in fact, that it may be difficult to decipher the true issues and solutions that face our continent and the world. ACCIONA offers an equally pragmatic and passionate perspective on renewable energy, sustainable clean water and infrastructure. We aim to educate as well as take action. We are a leading owner and operator of wind farms, a concentrating solar plant and desalination plants in North America, as well as a company using sustainable building practices to develop roads, hospitals and other key public infrastructures.

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Recent News

ACCIONA's Red Hills Becomes First Wind Farm in the United States to Be Validated on APX VCS Registry (Electric Light & Power)
Date: 1/28/2010

ACCIONA announced today that the company's Red Hills Wind Farm is the first in the U.S. to be validated and registered under the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS), and listed on APX's VCS Carbon Registry.

2009 IN REVIEW: EcoGrove wind farm opens near Lena (The Journal-Standard)
Date: 12/31/2009

Lena, Ill. - Acciona Energy opened its 67-turbine EcoGrove wind farm outside Lena in the summer of 2009, a project that local officials hope will place Stephenson County on the forefront of a renewable energy revolution in northwest Illinois.

Storing the sun’s heat (Las Vegas Sun)
Date: 12/31/2009

Nevada, Arizona race to be the first to use emerging...

U.S. Army Launches Huge Solar Project in Mojave Desert (Electrical Contractor)
Date: 12/30/2009

The federal government owns approximately 650 million acres of land. That’s nearly 30 percent of all U.S. land, and much of it is unused desert. Now a 21-square-mile area of federal property in the Mojave Desert is scheduled to become a 500-megawatt (MW) solar power system to serve the U.

Lompoc Wind Farm Targeted to Break Ground in 2010 (KCOY)
Date: 12/24/2009

12.24.09 SANTA BARBARA COUNTY - Harley McDonald is project developer for the planned Lompoc Wind Farm on about three thousand acres of ranch land at the southern tip of Miguelito Canyon Road.

ACCIONA Prepares for New Wind Project (The Bioenergy Site)
Date: 12/18/2009

US - Spanish company ACCIONA Energy is preparing to build a new wind farm in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. The Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm will have 66 turbines spread over more than 8,000 acres according to a report on News OK.

Spanish company plans 2nd wind farm in Oklahoma Still days are needed to put up the project’s more than 13 dozen turbines (News OK (AP))
Date: 12/17/2009

Another wind farm is ready to spring from the ground in western Oklahoma. ACCIONA Energy is preparing to ramp up engineering and equipment acquisition for the 132-megawatt wind farm in Roger Mills County.

Sears Canada Hosts "Live Green Toronto" Booth at Toronto Eaton Centre Store (Zibb)
Date: 12/15/2009

Torontonians can sign the Hopenhagen Petition on site Sears Canada Inc. (TSX: SCC) is pleased to join with the City of Toronto on climate change initiatives by hosting a "Live Green Toronto" booth at the Yonge and Dundas entrance of its Toronto Eaton Centre store.

Where the Wind Comes Sweepin? Down the Plain (Electric Light & Power)
Date: 12/14/2009

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II knew the power of Oklahoma’s wind in 1947 when they wrote of it “sweepin’ down the plain” in the show tune “Oklahoma!” The lyrics resonated so well with Okies that the Legislature declared it the official state song in 1953.

ACCIONA completes largest wind farm in Latin America (Renewable Energy Focus)
Date: 12/1/2009

ACCIONA Energy has completed construction of its largest wind farm in the world and the largest facility in Latin America.

Utility-Scale Solar Power (Pennenergy)
Date: 12/1/2009

‘The technological breakthroughs we have achieved, coupled with our expertise, has enabled us to take a qualitative leap forward in our power tower technology.

Wind energy, natural gas among topics at Oklahoma Wind Energy (BNET)
Date: 11/23/2009

Are natural gas and wind going to be partners or competitors as sources to generate electricity? This question will be among the topics discussed at Revolution 2009: the Oklahoma Wind Energy Conference scheduled Dec.

County may consider wind farm zoning change (The Journal-Standard)
Date: 11/12/2009

Freeport, Ill. - Stephenson County Board member Jeff Mikkelsen said he will introduce a proposal to make wind farms a permitted use within the zoning ordinance to eliminate the need for a special use permit.

A Straw and a Big Cup (Water World)
Date: 11/12/2009

Source: www.twdb.state.tx.us The plant's high pressure RO feed pumps push source water through each membrane at up to 1,000 pounds per square inch (psi).

ACCIONA net profit rises 255% to 1,229 million euros (Your Industry News Blogs)
Date: 11/12/2009

ACCIONA registered in the first nine months of 2009 a net profit of 1,229 million euros, a rise of 254.9% compared to the same period of last year, including activities ceased due to the sell-off of Endesa.