Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Goldwind”) is the second largest manufacturer of wind turbines in China, and the 4th largest globally.
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University of Minnesota to open wind power research site
The University of Minnesota is flipping the switch on a new wind research energy station this week at the university?s UMore Park property in Rosemount.
Continue readingOnyx President Travels to Peru to Hunt for Solar Power Projects
The Company is currently concentrating on securing the most profitable solar power projects in the region. Onyx said it has secured two solar power projects in Honduras, one of which is 22 MW.
Continue readingSolar power doubled in the US last year and are expected to double again
Photovoltaic solar energy is beginning to go mainstream. Utilities are erecting large concentrated solar thermal power plants near big cities.
Continue readingWestern Wind Energy update
The 120 MW $313 Million Windstar wind farm located in Tehachapi, CA has completed its first phase of 106 MW and is waiting to sell power.
Continue readingAcciona to connect 306 MW of Mexican wind power
Acciona consolidates its position as the biggest owner of wind energy assets in Mexico, with a total capacity of 556.5 MW and a wind turbines market share of 65 per cent.
Continue readingAndes and Himalayas could be solar power hotspots
The freezing heights of the Himalaya region in South Asia, and the highest mountains in the Andes in South America, are two of the best places to produce solar energy.
Continue readingWind energy in Russia: Adigeya wind farm projects
Russia has the highest wind power potential around the world, but its oil and natural gas, combined with Putin’s anti-ecological policy, have made the development of renewable energy is negligible.
Continue readingKorea begins taking electric vehicles serious
Last year, domestic automakers unveiled their first electric cars with lithium ion batteries, announcing they would commence mass-production in two to three years.
Continue readingThe barriers to renewable energy in Australia
A set feed-in tariff for large scale renewables would remove the uncertainty of a fluctuating REC market. This is what is driving the rapid expansion of large scale solar energy and wind energy in countries like Spain.
Continue readingWind power is old friend of China
Standing in at the wind power reception was the embassy’s deputy head Soren Jacobsen, who applauded 20 years of wind energy exchanges between the two countries.
Continue reading22 wind farm projects in pipeline in Pakistan
Alternative Energy Development Board official said that 11 wind energy developers have so far completed feasibility studies while six independent wind power producers have also acquired generation license.
Continue readingIndia likely to see 3,000 MW wind energy addition in 2011
The anticipated wind power capacity addition would be 39 per cent higher than that of 2,142 MW witnessed last year. The country is projected to have wind turbines capacity addition of nearly 7,500 MW between 2011-15.
Continue readingKawasaki to test marine energy technology in Orkney
Kawasaki will test its new tidal energy technology at the European Marine Energy Centre site in Orkney.
Continue readingCan Electric Vehicles Ignite The Smart Grid?
People aren’t so gung-ho about smart meters and vehicle-to-grid (V2G), but they are about electric cars and lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingNorth Dakota monastery sees pay back from wind power
Two wind turbines near the Sacred Heart Monastery catch the breezes coming through the valley below. They have become part of prairie landscape, generating wind energy for the monastery since June 1997.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy Expo
The Geothermal Energy Expo is the world’s largest gathering of vendors providing support for geothermal resource exploration, characterisation, development, production and management.
Continue readingEnel Green Power commissions first photovoltaic solar power in Greece
4.9 MW ground-mounted solar energy photovoltaic system to generate 7 million kWh per year.
Continue readingChile?s Minister of Energy Visits the Gemasolar Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
The importance of this concentrated solar energy plant, the first of its technology in the world, has aroused the interest of numerous governments and institutions around the world.
Continue readingDevelop technical reference for Electric Vehicles charging infrastructure
The Renault Nissan Alliance, PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi Motors have decided to develop the technical reference for compliance of public recharge equipments for electric cars with lithium ion batteries in Europe.
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