The wind power project includes 133 wind turbines on about 30,000 acres and will generate 212.8 megawatts of renewable energy, enough to power more than 50,000 homes.
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Don’t increase taxes on wind energy
Wind power utilizes the Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit to incent over $7 billion of other private investment to keep growing a new U.S. wind turbines manufacturing sector.
Continue readingChina Beckons for Green-Energy Startups
When the U.S. is ready to expand its Electric Vehicles market, we’ll be here.
Continue readingNational Solar Power Announces the World?s Largest Solar Energy Farm
By converting the natural power of the sun into electricity, National Solar Power?s planned 400-megawatt farm will be capable of providing enough renewable energy to power roughly 32,000 homes.
Continue readingGamesa delivers 200 MW to Huadian
The wind energy company currently has six wind turbines manufacturing plants in Tianjin and Jilin provinces, and is about to finish construction of its new factory in Inner Mongolia. Gamesa employs 1200 people in China.
Continue readingGoogle in $75m solar energy investment
Internet search giant Google is looking to plug into solar power systems. Solar power has gotten dramatically cheaper, but the up-front cost for a homeowner remains formidable.
Continue readingONYX Wins Approval for $84 Million Solar Energy Project
ONYX management has identified a lucrative market for solar power projects in nations that use diesel produced electricity.
Continue readingSopogy?s Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Technology Receives SRCC Certification
The SRCC certification confirms that Sopogy’s MicroCSP collectors are built to international standards of excellence, an important factor for clients considering an investment in Concentrated Solar Power.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Can Help Expand Wind Power
The energy grid of the Pacific Northwest could add as much as 10 GW of wind energy if 2.1 million electric cars (EVs) were equipped with charging technology that can recognize grid conditions.
Continue readingEnercon will bring wind turbines manufacturing to Niagara Region
Niagara Region Wind Corporation has selected ENERCON to supply and maintain 230 MW of wind turbines for its Niagara Region Wind Power Project.
Continue readingUruguay to launch third wind power tender round in November
Uruguay will launch a third wind farm tender in November. The nation’s Ministry of Energy and state utility UTE have set a maximum price of $65/MWh.
Continue readingEDF-EN boosts Greek wind power portfolio with 24 MW Trikorfo wind farm
EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned the 24MW Trikorfo wind farm in Greece. The wind energy project, in central Greece, consists of eight 3MW Vestas wind turbines.
Continue readingInvenergy, DTE break ground on 212.8MW Gratiot wind farm in Michigan
Gratiot will be a 133 wind turbines, 212.8-megawatt (MW) wind power project that will generate enough clean, renewable energy to power more than 50,000 Michigan homes.
Continue readingEnergy prices are too high in Europe
Energy prices in Europe are too high, said at a public debate hosted by European Wind Energy Association.
Continue readingGamesa expands its position in the Chinese wind energy market delivering 200 MW to Huadian
The wind power company will supply and install its G90-2.0 MW wind turbines between 2011 and 2012.
Continue readingAcciona completes three wind energy plants in Mexico totaling 306 MW
Acciona consolidates its position as the biggest owner of wind power assets in Mexico, with a total capacity of 556.5 MW, 204 wind turbines and a wind farm market share of 65 per cent.
Continue readingVehicle-to-grid (V2G) venture eV2g connects to utility NRG
It’s been said that utilities see electric vehicles as batteries on wheels. A university project to use electric cars to stabilize the grid has brought utility NRG to put that idea to the test.
Continue readingCanada urged to back string of charging stations for electric vehicles
Electric Mobility Canada is asking the federal government for $15 million to kick-start a coastto-coast “green highway” that will include a string of about 100 rapid charging stations for electric cars.
Continue readingGrowing wind energy to rival gas plants in UK
A rapid rise in British wind farm capacity will gradually cut returns for operators of gas and coal plants over the next three years as their power stations serve more and more as gap fillers for intermittent renewables.
Continue readingCornwall wind farm plan gets green light
Energy business Renewable Energy Generation (REG) said Cornwall County Council had resolved to grant planning permission for the company’s wind power project at Denzell Downs in the county.
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