Voltalia do Brazil, fully owned subsidiary of VOLTALIA SA, won 170 MW in the last 20th of December Brazil power tender supervised by ANEEL which sold more than 1000 MW of wind farm plants in the auction.
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Vestas reveals disappointing 2011 financial results
Danish wind energy giant Vestas enjoyed a busy 2011, with over 6 GW of wind power capacity ordered by customers in France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the UK, Pakistan, and Brazil.
Continue readingGDF SUEZ reaches 1,000 MW of wind energy and confirms its wind power ambitions in France
Withthis 12 MW wind farm, GDF SUEZ passes the 1,000 MW mark in operatingwind power in France. GDF SUEZ contributes to the development of offshore wind energy and the creation of French offshore wind turbines industry.
Continue readingVermont wind farm gets green light from US Forest Service
The US Forest Service (FS) has approved the construction of a 30 MW wind energy facility on the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.
Continue readingOffshore wind energy development only beginning in Finland
In Finland there are about ten large offshore wind farm projects under development, but it will still take several years before the wind turbines projects are ready to be constructed.
Continue readingSolar Power in the Mena Region
Future solar energy projects are expected to use concentrating solar thermal power with backup natural gas-fired generators
Continue readingUPS Delivery Vehicles Being Built by Electric Vehicles International
UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Amex: UQM) has received an order for 100 additional PowerPhase® HD Select 200 systems from Electric Vehicles International (EVI).
Continue readingAzure Power commissions photovoltaic solar energy plant in Rajasthan
This is the first 5MW photovoltaic solar power plant to be commissioned under the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM).
Continue readingOrder for Nordex wind farm in Ireland
The 42,5MW wind power project is called ?Garracummer? located in county Tipperary and is to go on grid with 17 N90/2500 wind turbines.
Continue readingUS Forest Service Approves Vermont Wind Farm
The U.S. Forest Service has approved the construction of a 15 wind turbines wind energy facility on the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont.
Continue readingSuzlon announces 166 MW of new wind power orders in India
Cumulative wind energy order wins between October 22 to December 22, 2011, excluding separately announced wind turbines orders.
Continue readingMaterials and Devices for Renewable Energy
PVs? share of the market is projected to decline to 39% by 2016, but is still expected to lead wind energy, the second-largest segment with 30% of the market in 2016.
Continue readingSuzlon wins 120 MW wind farm order in western USA
Wind power order for 57 S97?2.1 MW wind turbines. Wind energy project to be commissioned in Q3 FY2013.
Continue readingWill Congress give gift of wind power jobs to Americans or foreign countries?
According to the American Wind Energy Association, average annual growth in wind power since the PTC was last allowed to expire is a robust 35%, and during that time the cost of wind power has been reduced by 24-39%.
Continue readingWind power in Spain
Spanish wind energy companies such as Iberdrola, Gamesa and former wind turbines giant Ecotecnia could confidently invest in technologies that at the time would not have been profitable.
Continue readingSEIA and the Solar Alliance Merge to Drive Effective Policy for Solar Power
The solar energy industry is expanding and it is critical for SEIA to mirror this growth and put our resources and expertise into developing state policy that expand markets for solar energy.
Continue readingGeothermal Energy in Nevada: San Emidio project
U.S. Geothermal is a leading geothermal energy development company that is operating geothermal power projects at Raft River, Idaho and San Emidio, Nevada.
Continue readingApproval of offshore wind energy project Borkum Riffgrund II
PNE WIND AG was also involved from the very outset in the development of this North Sea wind farm, in which up to 97 wind turbines can be constructed.
Continue readingExelon’s Michigan Wind Energy 2 Project Now Operational
The 50 wind turbine,s 90 megawatt (MW) wind farm is the first commercial wind power project developed by Exelon Wind.
Continue readingenXco and KCP&L Sign PPA for 100.8 MW Spearville 3 Wind Farm
The agreement was finalized in November 2011. enXco will develop, build, and own the Spearville 3 Wind Power Project, consisting of 63 General Electric (GE) XLE wind turbines.
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