As the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) reported, the 93,957 MW of installed wind farm capacity in Europe is already enough to supply 26% of Denmark?s electricity, and 16% in Spain and Portugal.
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Wind power – Bipartisan letter from Colorado Congressional delegation urges: Extend the PTC
Colorado is home to several major wind farm developers and wind turbines manufacturing facilities, employing upwards of 6,000 workers statewide.
Continue readingEmerging wind farm markets are taking the lead as wind energy powers ahead
The Global Wind Energy Council annual market statistics published this week show that the wind turbines industry installed just over 41000 MW.
Continue readingVestas Wind Energy: warns on profits, chairman resigns
The chairman of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world’s biggest wind power maker of wind turbines in terms of revenue, will step down after the company said that its 2011 profits were substantially below target.
Continue readingNovatec Solar to enter South African Concentrating Solar Power market
ABB has signed an agreement with FG Emvelo, an independent solar energy plant company, to develop concentrating solar thermal power (CSP) plants at Karoshoek Solar Valley in Northern Cape province, South Africa.
Continue readingUK: Wind Energy Industry gets heavyweight political backing
Deputy Prime Minister: Race is on to lead the world in wind power. New Energy Secretary’s priorities: Green jobs, green growth. RenewableUK: Government standing shoulder to shoulder with us.
Continue readingWind energy in Finland: WinWinD to build a 50 MW wind farm
The full-scale production capacity of the Myllykangas Wind Power Park is 50 megawatts, with a maximum of 19 wind turbines located in the area.
Continue readingAora ?tulip? sprouting concentrating solar energy in Spain
AORA Solar, an Israeli developer of applied ultra-high-temperature concentrated solar power (CSP), launched its second-ever gas-turbine solar thermal power.
Continue readingWorld`s largest wind farm erects first offshore wind turbines
The first of 175 wind turbines to be deployed as part of phase one of the giant London Array offshore wind farm has been erected in the Thames Estuary.
Continue readingBison 1 Wind Farm in North Dakota Now Delivers Wind Power
The Bison 1 Wind Energy Center is the company?s latest wind farm located in New Salem, North Dakota. The farm includes 15 Siemens wind turbines.
Continue readingVestas Wind Energy: Annual report 2011
2011 was a very challenging year for the wind power industry. The same applies to Vestas which had to issue two profit warnings and abandon its Triple15 targets.
Continue readingHertz Launches Global Sustainability Strategy
Hertz is committed to providing customers vehicle rental options that are fuel efficient and use clean, low-emissions technology such as Electric Vehicles (EVs) and hybrids.
Continue readingTargray Unveils New Cathode Materials
L&F Material has launched a wide variety of market leading products for lithium ion batteries.
Continue readingSolar energy in Rajasthan
The ambitious solar power projects, photovoltaic and concentrating solar power, modeled after the special economic zones will take off the ground from February 17.
Continue readingCyprus Institute secures European grant for concentrated solar power research
The OPTS project is the result of an incubation process that took place within the Joint Programme on Concentrating Solar Thermal Power of the European Energy Research Alliance (EERA).
Continue readingChina Ming Yang Wind Power Group wins 125 MW wind energy Bulgarian EPC contract
Chinese wind turbines company China Ming Yang Wind Power Group has won an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with W. Power and A1 Development to build a 125 MW wind farm in Bulgaria.
Continue readingMythbusting facts about wind energy in the southern U.S.
Renewable energy sources (like wind power) and energy efficiency can help the southern U.S. meet what is expected to be growing future electricity demand.
Continue readingUS wind power AMSC presses theft charge against China rival
US wind energy company AMSC had filed three civil lawsuits in Chinese courts against rival Sinovel Wind Group Co., which it accused of stealing wind turbines secrets.
Continue readingCatch the Wind to outfit Canadian wind farm with optical wind turbines system
Catch the Wind Ltd. has announced a signed sales agreement with Saturn Power to equip all wind turbines at its Gesner wind farm in Ontario, Canada with Vindicator OTCS.
Continue readingGamesa launches G97-2.0 MW wind turbines in India
The wind turbines are designed for low wind farm sites. Gamesa, a global technology leader in wind energy announced the launch of its new G97-2.0 MW wind turbines in India.
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