The 6 GW mark was reached with the completion of the Ormonde offshore wind farm, located off the coast of Cumbria, which is now outputting up to 120 megawatts, enough to power 67000 homes.
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Wind energy in Poland: Iberdrola new wind farm
The wind power company is also building wind turbines farms in another nine countries: Spain, Mexico, USA, France, Honduras, Brazil, Romania, Kenya and Bulgaria
Continue readingCoasts offer major potential for marine energy, says DOE
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released two nationwide resource assessments showing the waveenergy and tidal energy potential.
Continue readingElectric Vehicles Charging Infrastructure
Central and Local Government Playing a Significant Role in Establishing Electric Car Charging Infrastructure; London to Become European Capital of Electric Cars.
Continue readingLanguage of electric cars
As electric vehicles roll out, a whole new set of abbreviations and acronyms have entered the automotive lexicon.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis
Dominica and Saint Kitts and Nevis should work to become centres of excellence and a hub for training and technical assistance in geothermal energy development.
Continue readingABB alliance plans to connect electric car lithium ion batteries to the power grid
Electric car batteries have up to 70 percent capacity remaining after 10 years of use. Lithium ion batteries of electric vehicles to be tested for energy storage.
Continue readingEuropean-Algerian agreement for renewable energy development
Algeria is a highly suitable solar energy source for Europe, photovoltaic and concentrated solar power, which in turn, thanks to this agreement, will be able to benefit from Western technology.
Continue readingNevada aims at enhancing geothermal energy
Solar energy, wind power, geothermal energy and vast empty lands. This is the State of Nevada (USA), a privileged location for renewable energy generation and development.
Continue readingWind energy in UK: Mabey Bridge secures wind turbines order
The wind turbines will be deployed at the planned 42 MW Pant-Y-Wal wind farm near Rhondda in South Wales and the 52.5 MW Baillie wind farm near Thurso on the north coast of Scotland.
Continue readingWind power in New Zealand: Wind energy targets ‘on track’ despite wind farm decision
The state-owned power company has abandoned its six-year fight to build the $2 billion, 176 wind turbines Project Hayes wind farm on the Lammermoor Range. NZ has committed to having 90% of renewable energy by 2025.
Continue readingU.S. to probe wind power disputes with China, Vietnam
China and the United States are two of the world’s biggest markets for solar power, wind energy and other renewable energy technology.
Continue readingNo health effects from wind turbines
?There is no evidence for a set of health effects from exposure to wind turbines that could be characterized as a “Wind Turbine Syndrome,? the report declared.
Continue readingMaine DEP Approves First Wind’s Proposed 150 MW Wind Farm
First Wind has been approved by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to expand its wind energy generation capacity in the Pine Tree State.
Continue readingUtilities Debate Which Solar Technology Will Win Out at Solar Power Generation
Leaders to Evaluate Merits of Concentrated Solar Power, Photovoltaic, and Concentrated Photovoltaic as US Increases Large-Scale Solar Power.
Continue readingDeveloping More Efficient Concentrating Solar Power Systems
DOE will provide up to $10 million to university-based projects over five years to develop and demonstrate innovative heat transfer fluids for use in Concentrated Solar Thermal Power energy systems.
Continue reading3rd World Summit for Small Wind Power
World Wind Energy Association – WWEA’s Small Wind World Report will be launched: 700 000 small wind turbines have been installed worldwide.
Continue readingWind energy in Angola: first 100 MW wind farm
Angola wants to install 100 wind turbines with 50 MW near the city of Tombwa in Namibe province, under the impulse of renewables such as solar energy and wind power.
Continue readingGamesa supplies 50 MW of wind turbines to China’s Longyuan
Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy, has signed a deal to supply an additional 50 MW of capacity -its G97-2.0 MW wind turbines to Chinese wind power company Longyuan for a wind farm.
Continue readingMidAmerican Energy Holdings to Acquire Illinois Wind Farm from Invenergy
This wind power project, which currently is in construction in Henry County, Ill., will feature 50 General Electric 1.62-megawatt wind turbines.
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