Vestas has received a wind power order for 23 V112-3.0 MW wind turbines from Arise Windpower AB and Platina Partners LLP for the Jädraås wind farm in Sweden.
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Goldwind enters Pakistan wind energy market
Goldwind has signed an agreement with China Three Gorges Corporation to provide 33 wind turbines for Three Gorges’s wind farm in Pakistan.
Continue readingMortenson Construction Completes Comber Wind Energy Project
Mortenson Construction, one of North America?s leading renewable energy contractors, has worked through challenging weather conditions to construct the 165.6- megawatt Comber Wind Farm in Essex County, Ontario.
Continue readingInfocast’s 2nd Annual Wind Power & Solar Energy Integration Summit Returns
The Unique Venue Where You Will Find the Solutions for Integrating Wind Energy and Solar Power Into the Power Grid.
Continue readingGreen Mountain Power to Conserve Over 2,700 Acres as Part of Wind Power Development
Green Mountain Power generates, transmits, distributes and sells electricity in Vermont and is a leader in wind energy and solar power generation.
Continue readingArise Windpower initiates Phase 2 of Jädraås wind energy project
The planned investmentfor Phase 2 of the Jädraås wind farm, involving the construction of a further 70 MW (23 wind turbines), has now been taken. Wind power project is owned by Arise and Platina Partners.
Continue readingWind energy: Vestas order intake for 2011 amounted to 7.4 GW
Wind power order intake for 2011 amounted to 7.4 GW at a total value of approx EUR 7.3bn. The forecast was 7-8 GW.
Continue readingConcentrating Solar Power: SolarReserve Appoints Stephen Mullennix
SolarReserve, a U.S. developer of large-scale concentrated solar thermal power projects, announced the appointment of Stephen Mullennix as Senior Vice President of Operations.
Continue readingIs wind power holding electricity costs down?
There is very strong evidence to suggest that wind energy is helping to hold electricity costs down.
Continue readingIn 2011 it sold 375 electric vehicles in Spain
The electric car registrations in the Spanish market stood at 375 electric cars with lithium ion batteries in 2011.
Continue readingNordex gets biggest Irish wind power order for 42 MW Bord Gais wind farm
Nordex will deliver, install and maintain 17 wind turbines N90 for Bord Gais’ 42.5MW Garracummer wind power in County Tipperary.
Continue readingAnalyzing Solar Energy Technologies
Solar Power Technologies Market . The solar photovoltaic market has been booming over the last years and is forecasted to confirm this trend in the coming years.
Continue readingConcentrating solar power with storage
Two California companies are planning to deploy the storage technology: SolarReserve and BrightSource. the four concentrating solar power projects will be capable of powering tens of thousand of households.
Continue readingChina’s offshore wind energy
China has made substantial progress in boosting its burgeoning offshore wind power by launching its largest intertidal wind farm at the end of 2011.
Continue readingSSE Announces One Gigawatt of Onshore Wind Farm Capacity
Continuing progress in the construction of its large capital projects means that SSE plc now has over one gigawatt (GW) or one thousand megawatts (MW) of onshore wind power capacity in operation for the first time.
Continue readingSuzlon wins 120 MW wind power order from US wind farm
Suzlon Wind Energy has bagged a contract for supplying 57 wind turbines for a wind farm in the US.
Continue readingImpsa commissions the largest wind energy project in Latin America
The Santa Catarina wind power plants with IV 77 wind turbines of 1.5 MW strengthen IMPSA?s position as the largest investor in wind farm plants in Latin America.
Continue readingSaint Kitts and Nevis Moves Closer to Wind Energy and Solar Power Goals
The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis has taken a step forward towards realizing its policy of achieving 60% energy generation from renewable energy sources (wind power, solar energy, geothermal energ) by 2015.
Continue readingWind energy in Ireland: largest Nordex wind farm
The wind power project is called ?Garracummer? located in county Tipperary and is to go on grid with 17 N90/2500 wind turbines.
Continue readingGamesa delivers 200 MW of wind turbines to Egypt
Gamesa will deliver 100 of its G80-2.0 MW wind turbines to the New & Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) for a total of 200 MW of wind energy projects in the Gulf of El-Zayt on Egypt?s Red Sea coast.
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