The wind energy contract to supply 10 MW in Kingman (Arizona) is Gamesa’s second sale to wind power developer Western Wind Energy in the last month.
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GWS Technologies to Develop Colorado Plateau Wind Energy Project
Arizona utilities are required to generate 15 percent of their power from renewable energy sources, such as wind turbines and solar power by 2025.
Continue readingGemasolar concentrated solar energy plant at WFES 2011
The innovative Gemasolar Concentrating Solar Power plant will be the main project of SENER and Torresol Energy at WFES 2011
Continue readingSolar Millennium Will Manage Project and Development Data of Blythe Solar Power
The multi-billion dollar concentrating solar power project is the largest active development project in the United States today and is estimated to take up to five years to build.
Continue readingSouthwest Solar Technologies Opens Research Park in Phoenix, Arizona
Founded in 2008, the company is focused on this unique approach to provide concentrated solar energy (CSP) while using no cooling water, and with the capability of firm power using backup fuel and energy storage.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa endows the University of Zaragoza´s 35th Academic Chair
A manufacturer and wind farm developer in Aragon, Gamesa installs the prototype of its G10X wind turbines in Jaulín.
Continue readingCanWEA introduces guidelines about wind power developments
The Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) is helping its members enhance their communications about proposed wind farm with the introduction of Best Practices for Community Engagement and Public Consultation.
Continue readingTranscat Completes Acquisition of Wind Turbine Tools
The acquisition further expands and deepens Transcat?s presence in the wind energy industry.
Continue readingGamesa Wins Contract to Build Syria?s First Wind Energy Plant
The wind farm will be located southwest of the central city of Homs. Vestas, the world?s largest maker of wind turbines, will develop a wind energy project with generation capacity of 50 to 100 MW.
Continue readingChina supplants US as country with most installed wind energy capacity
China in 2010 became the country with the most installed wind power capacity, supplanting the United States. China will increase cumulative grid-connected installed wind farm capacity to 55G W this year.
Continue readingWind energy Sinovel debuts below IPO price
Sinovel is China’s largest producer of wind turbines. Sinovel won a bid to build wind power plant to provide 1.35 million kilowatts of the total 3.3-million-kilowatt capacity in Zhangjiakou.
Continue readingLargest electric vehicles trial in Canada
Hydro-Québec and Mitsubishi Motor Sales of Canada Inc. (MMSCAN) are pleased to invite local Boucherville businesses to participate in Canada’s largest all-electric car pilot project.
Continue readingSaft receives multi-million dollar Li-ion battery order from Boeing
Saft is preparing to fill its next order for lithium-ion (Li-ion) space batteries as part of a five-year Long Term Agreement signed with Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems in 2009.
Continue readingGemasolar concentrating solar power plant at the centre of the Masdar
Abu Dhabi future energy company Masdar is piloting groundbreaking PV and concentrated solar energy (CSP) projects. Gemasolar plant will be the main project of SENER and Torresol Energy at WFES 2011.
Continue readingChina surpassed US on wind energy
China installed 16 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2010, a 62 percent annual increase, taking its total installed capacity to 41.8 GW. The US installed about 5 GW of new wind farm capacity in 2010.
Continue readingWind energy Vestas? sustainability figures now available online
A new site under Vestas.com will disclose the naked figures, making the company more transparent.
Continue readingChina has highest wind energy capacity: 41.8 GW
China has the world’s highest wind power capacity after adding 16 gigawatts (GW) in new wind farm capacity last year, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Continue readingFord to increase workforce with 7,000 new jobs
The electric vehicles Focus are powered by an advanced Li battery system engineered by Ford in cooperation with supplier LG Chem.
Continue readingWind energy gaining ground in states
Nationwide, even though wind power today is more than 10 times the size it was a decade ago, it still generates just over 2% of U.S. electricity.
Continue readingSiemens to supply turbines for 400 MW California solar thermal plant
The purchaser is BrightSource Energy Inc., a developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants headquartered in Oakland, California.
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