The Caribbean islands of Nevis and Dominica are discussing the way forward for geothermal energy.
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Marine energy in New York receives FERC license
The marine energy project, owned by Verdant Power and known as the Roosevelt Island Tidal Energy (RITE) Project, will use the tidal currents of the East River to generate up to 1 MW of electricity.
Continue readingWind power: Working with Farmers to create a new green-energy economy
The scientific and medical evidence to date clearly concludes that sound from wind turbines does not adversely impact human health.
Continue readingenXco Signs Wind Power Agreement With REpower for 50 MW
With Shiloh IV wind farm, enXco will have developed five wind energy projects in the Montezuma Hills Wind Resource Area. Three of these wind power projects (355 MW) utilize the REpower MM92 wind turbines.
Continue readingEU offshore wind farm installations stable in 2011
246 wind turbines were erected during 2011 Offshore wind power work began on a further five wind energy projects and preparatory onshore work on nine new wind farm projects.
Continue readingREenergy Electric (Suzhou) Deploys Ioxus’ Ultracapacitors for Wind Turbines
Ioxus provides 50 megawatts of ultracapacitor cells in wind turbines; helps meet the development requirements of wind energy generation across China.
Continue readingWind power in Spain: new wind farm in Murcia with Gamesa’s wind turbines
Iberdrola is the leader in the wind energy sector in the Murcia Region. It has six wind farms in operation, with a combined installed capacity of 140 MW.
Continue readingRES Canada Awarded Contract for Alberta Wind Power Project
RES Canada has been awarded the Balance of Plant (BOP) construction contract for the 150 megawatt (MW) Halkirk Wind Energy Project (Halkirk), the largest wind farm currently under construction in Alberta.
Continue readingVestas scores again in wind farm in Finland
Finland recently launched a feed-in tariff system for wind energy, and has a target to produce 6TWh from wind power by 2020. Vestas has received the third order for V112-3.0 MW wind turbines.
Continue readingWind farm producing for PHI
Delmarva Power will receive 38 MW of wind energy and associated renewable energy credits from the recently completed Chestnut Flats wind power in south central Pennsylvania with 19 wind turbines.
Continue readingFirst concentrated solar power plant in the world of variable geometry
At the end of 2011, Spain had 26 operational concentrating solar thermal power plants with a total installed capacity of 1,100 MW.
Continue readingWells Fargo Completes Financing for 53.5 MW Solar Power Project in New Mexico
Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) announced that equity financing is complete for a 53.5 megawatt (MW) multi-site photovoltaic solar energy project in New Mexico.
Continue readingSolar energy brightens future in India
In October last year, Moser Baer Clean Energy commissioned a 30 megawatt (MW) photovoltaic (PV) solar power farm at Banaskantha district in north Gujarat.
Continue reading200 MW Wind Farm to Boost Ohio Wind Power
The approval clears the way for Black Fork Wind Energy, LLC, a subsidiary of Element Power, to begin erecting 91 wind turbines on a wind farm.
Continue readingInvestment in innovation and education key to growth
He said that Masdar Power would use 2012 to build on its innovation breakthrough in 2011 – a concentrated solar power generator that harnessed the properties liquid salt to provide power generation 24 hours a day.
Continue readingMarine energy in UK
The British government will announce the creation of the UK’s first marine energy hub, The South West Marine Energy Park, stretching from Bristol to Cornwall and as far as the Isles of Scilly, as part of a push to speed up progress in the sector.
Continue readingOpus Energy enters into wind energy agreement with Nordjysk Elhandel
Wind power generation is expanding rapidly in the UK and we at Opus Energy want to secure the best possible set-up in production management for wind turbiness.
Continue readingSelling electric vehicles power back to grid or vehicle-to-grid (V2G)
By now, everyone is familiar with the idea of an electric car plugging into an outlet to recharge. But vehicle-to-grid (V2G) electrification flips that around.
Continue readingGamesa supplies 10 MW of wind turbines for Ontario wind farm
Gamesa will supply five of its G97 2 MW wind turbines for the 10 MW wind farm planned in Highgate, Ontario, Canada, marking the first Canadian wind power project for the Spanish wind energy company.
Continue readingEdison Mission Group Commissions Wind Energy Project
Edison Mission Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Edison International (NYSE:EIX), has announced commissioning of the Pinnacle Wind Farm with 23 wind turbines.
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