BP Wind Energy has selected General Electric (GE) to supply 350 1.6MW wind turbines for wind farm projects in Kansas and Pennsylvania, under a $750m wind power contract.
Continue readingMonthly Archives: October 2011
Wind energy in Peru will boost social inclusion
Rios, who was a guest speaker at a wind farm integration seminar, organized by Concytec in Lima, praised the construction of three new wind power farms for 2012.
Continue readingParliament backs dedicated EU budget line for wind energy
For the first time ever the European Parliament has voted to create a dedicated budget line for wind power research and development.
Continue readingRep. Pompeo?s planned legislation repealing a key federal wind power incentive
American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) CEO Denise Bode released the following statement today in reaction to Rep. Mike Pompeo?s (R-Kan.) planned legislation to repeal the federal Production Tax Credit for wind energy.
Continue readingPhotovoltaic Solar Power Breaks Records in 2010
Solar energy photovoltaic (PV) companies manufactured a record 24,000 megawatts of PV cells worldwide in 2010, more than doubling their 2009 output.
Continue readingT-Solar Constructs 61 MW of Photovoltaic Solar Energy in India and Peru
The T-Solar Group, a worldwide solar power photovoltaic (PV) generator, is continuing its international expansion with the construction of a further 61 megawatts (MW) in Peru and India.
Continue readingThe rise of solar power in homes
We recently sat down with AGBeat, an online business resource for entrepreneurs and businesses, to discuss solar energy.
Continue readingWind energy Gamesa erects its first 4.5-MW wind turbines
Gamesa obtains type certification from GL for its G128-4.5 MW wind turbine, the most powerful device on the onshore wind power market.
Continue readingFirst Wind Celebrates Completion of Sheffield Wind Energy Project
Gov. Shumlin participates in ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate 40 megawatt wind power project that will deliver clean energy to about 15,000 Vermont homes.
Continue readingVestas and DONG Energy enter into wind power agreement on testing 7 MW offshore wind turbines
Vestas and DONG Energy have entered into wind energy cooperation on testing of Vestas? new V164-7.0 MW offshore wind turbines at DONG Energy?s wind farm in the waters off Frederikshavn.
Continue readingApple co-founder Steve Wozniak to address attendees at AWEA Fall Symposium
“Now more than ever, wind turbines industry leaders and communicators must stress the importance of wind farm in America’s energy portfolio,” said AWEA CEO Denise Bode.
Continue readingThe U.S. wind energy now totals 43,461 MW of wind turbines capacity
The U.S. wind power industry installed just over 1,200 megawatts (MW) in the third quarter, and about 3,360 MW on the year so far ? but has more than 8,400 MW under construction.
Continue reading20% by 2020: A EURELECTRIC Renewables Action Plan
The take-off of RES is a key investment opportunity. But it also poses unique challenges: variable renewables will have a profound, transformative effect on the electricity system as a whole.
Continue readingConcentrated solar power plants are blooming in California’s southern deserts
California’s solar Gold Rush is under way, fueled by billions of dollars of federal stimulus funding and a new state law that requires utilities to buy a third of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Continue readingDOE Creates New Funding to Support Development of Concentrated Solar Power
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) stated its plans to invest $60 million to support the advancement of concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) technologies.
Continue readingPolaris Announces Investment in Brammo
Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII) today announced a minority investment in Brammo, an Ashland, Ore.-based maker of electric vehicle technology and two-wheel electric vehicles.
Continue readingEnergy Storage Technologies by Type, Applications and Strategic Opportunities (2011-2016)
The report discusses the trends, forecasts, and applications of energy storage technologies. Certain geographic markets that are pioneers in energy storage and research activities such as Japan, China, and South Korea.
Continue readingBP announces $750M wind turbines deal for wind farm plants
BP Wind Energy has reached a $750 million deal with General Electric Co. to supply and maintain 350 wind turbines for wind power farms in Pennsylvania and Kansas.
Continue readingMarket for Distributed Solar Energy Photovoltaic Systems to Top $150 Billion by 2015
Pike Research?s report, ?Distributed Solar Energy Generation?, analyzes the current status of, along with the future outlook for, the global market for distributed solar power photovoltaics.
Continue readingDOE to invest $60 million to develop concentrating solar power
The US DOE wants researchers and scientists to “think outside the box” and come up “highly disruptive Concentrated Solar Thermal Power technologies that will meet 6¢/kWh cost targets by the end of the decade.
Continue reading