Shiloh IV Wind Power represents a repowering effort to upgrade older technology allowing for increased generation of clean energy with fewer wind turbines.
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Brazil wind energy booms, and cheaper than gas
Wind farm projects in the auction on Wednesday won 39 per cent of the total capacity contracted, offering an average price of 99.58 reais ($US62.91) per megawatt hour.
Continue readingUK Ford facility on wind energy
When the first two wind turbines were erected, every Ford diesel car or van engine made was built entirely using wind power.
Continue readingChina Ming Yang, China Wind Power ink wind energy deal
China Ming Yang Wind Power Group Limited (NYSE: MY) is a leading and fast-growing wind turbine manufacturer in China, focusing on designing, manufacturing, selling and servicing megawatt-class wind turbines.
Continue readingU.S. looks to east coast for offshore wind energy
U.S. regulators said they started the steps needed to advance offshore wind power off the coasts of Rhode Island and Massachusetts. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar joined Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich to announce from Washington that the government had taken preliminary steps to develop commercial wind turbines off the U.S. … Continue reading U.S. looks to east coast for offshore wind energy
Continue readingSri Lanka to set up wind power plants in northwestern coast
Sri Lanka plans to harness the wind energy along the northwestern coast of the country and has identified Mannar and the adjoining coastal areas as suitable for setting up a dedicated Wind Farm Plants. The Cabinet of Ministers Wednesday approved a proposal made by Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka to set up the first of … Continue reading Sri Lanka to set up wind power plants in northwestern coast
Continue readingWind Energy Prices Lower Than Expected In Brazil Auction
Brazil’s A-3 energy auction, a competitive tender between several energy sources, took place on Aug. 17 and saw an average price for wind farm projects of below 100 reais/MWh (or less than $63/MWh).
Continue readingAfrica?s renewable energy electrification race to be led by wind energy
Wind power is expected to dominate Africa?s renewable energy sector over the next decade as the continent faces a massive struggle of providing electricity to remote communities.
Continue readingUS opens Massachusetts-Rhode Island offshore wind energy area
Four wind power areas offshore Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia were identified in February this year, and BOEMRE expects to begin the commercial leasing process in those states as early as 2012.
Continue readingOffshore wind power could soon be operating in Texas
EWEA figures showed that there are now wind turbines totalling 3,294 MW of wind farm capacity in European waters.
Continue readingWind turbines still standing in Japan
Yoshinori Ueda from the Japan Wind Energy Association confirmed that none of Japan?s 1,798 wind turbines were heavily damaged.
Continue readingBringing solar power to Sierra Leone
The advent of solar energy has saved the village about $1,000 in candles and kerosene so far.
Continue readingSolar Millennium Opt for Photovoltaic Technology at Blythe Project
Solar Millennium and its US subsidiary Solar Trust of America announced their plan to convert the first 500 MW phase of the Blythe Concentrated Solar Power Project to photovoltaic (PV) technology.
Continue readingWind energy incentives: leveling the playing field
Robert Bradley, of the misleadingly named and petro-funded Institute for Energy Research, has a new opinion article on Forbes.com attacking federal incentives for wind power.
Continue readingSolar energy cost hits par with coal fuel
The cost of solar power in parts of NSW has for the first time crept below that of coal-fired electricity – seen as a key tipping point for the expansion of renewable energy.
Continue readingSCHOTT Solar Filling 16 MW Solar Power Order In Thailand
SCHOTT Solar is successfully strengthening its project business and activities abroad and just announced that it has received a large solar energy order from Thailand.
Continue readingKoch Brothers Fund Bogus Study Bashing Offshore Wind Energy in New Jersey
According to a 2009 report by the European Wind Energy Association, the wind power sector in Europe created more than 60,000 jobs from 2004-2008.
Continue readingVermonters choose wind energy
As in many parts of the eastern U.S., the wind power debate has been contentious in Vermont, most likely because there are few areas of flat land.
Continue readingEDF hires Siemens to build UK offshore wind farm
Siemens will supply and install 27 wind turbines for the 62 MW Teesside wind energy project.
Continue readingAlstom Grid To Deliver Substation For Meerwind Offshore Wind Farm In Germany
The offshore wind energy plants Meerwind Süd and Meerwind Ost will be located in the German North Sea Zone 23 km north of the island of Helgoland and will consist of 80 wind turbines.
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